50+ Introduction to Literary Forms (Prose) Solved MCQs

1.

An Essay is a__________.

A. Short Composition in Poem
B. Short Composition in prose
C. Short Composition
D. All of the above
Answer» B. Short Composition in prose
2.

______ said "An Essay is a Short Composition in Prose".

A. Charles Lamb
B. Francis Bacon
C. Montaigne
D. Voltaire
Answer» A. Charles Lamb
3.

The word 'essay' is derived from________ word.

A. Latin
B. French
C. Greek
D. Chinese
Answer» A. Latin
4.

_______is the father of English Essays.

A. Charles Lamb
B. Francis Bacon
C. Montaigne
D. Voltaire
Answer» B. Francis Bacon
5.

Personal essay is called________.

A. subjective
B. objective
C. autobiographical
D. None
Answer» A. subjective
6.

Of Studies' is a famous essay of _________.

A. Hazlitt
B. Montaigne
C. Charles Lamb
D. Francis Bacon
Answer» D. Francis Bacon
7.

_______is the father of Essays.

A. Voltaire
B. Francis Bacon
C. Montaigne
D. Hazlitt
Answer» C. Montaigne
8.

The Ideal length of writing short story is ________.

A. 2000-6000 Words
B. 50000 words
C. 15000 words
D. 1000-20000 words
Answer» D. 1000-20000 words
9.

The main idea of short story is called___________.

A. Plot
B. Theme
C. Story
D. Setting
Answer» A. Plot
10.

___________is not short story writer.

A. Rudyard Kipling
B. Edgar Poe
C. Henry James
D. Charles Lamb
Answer» D. Charles Lamb
11.

The Necklace' is famous short story of____________.

A. D.H.Lawrence
B. Maupassant
C. Henry James
D. R.K Narayan
Answer» B. Maupassant
12.

________said "Short story is a work of prose fiction".

A. H.G. Wells
B. M.H.Abram
C. Henry James
D. Oxford Dictionary
Answer» D. Oxford Dictionary
13.

The setting of the short story is __________.

A. Single
B. Double
C. Multiple
D. Mixed
Answer» A. Single
14.

Shkespeare's sister is an essay by_______.

A. Shakespeare
B. Tagore
C. Virginia Woolf
D. R.K Narayan
Answer» C. Virginia Woolf
15.

Virginia's short essay 'Shakespeare's sister' is published in___.

A. 1928
B. 1828
C. 1935
D. 1929
Answer» D. 1929
16.

_________is the narrator of the essay 'Shakespeare's sister'.

A. Woolf
B. Mary Beton
C. Mary Shelley
D. Shakespeare
Answer» B. Mary Beton
17.

The Religion of the Forest' is an essay by_________.

A. Sarojini Naidu
B. M.K Gandhi
C. Tagore
D. Mulk Raj
Answer» C. Tagore
18.

The Religion of the Forest' is originally written in__________.

A. Bengali
B. English
C. Gujarati
D. Hindi
Answer» A. Bengali
19.

The founder of Shantiniketan was____________.

A. Arbindo Ghosh
B. Tagore
C. Raja Rao
D. M.K Gandhi
Answer» B. Tagore
20.

_________translated 'The Religion of the Forest' into English.

A. Khushwant Singh
B. Priya Adarkar
C. Mohit K Roy
D. Tagore
Answer» C. Mohit K Roy
21.

Tagore was given Nobel prize in_____.

A. 1912
B. 1913
C. 1911
D. 1910
Answer» B. 1913
22.

According to Tagore,_________is the symbol of unity.

A. water
B. air
C. river
D. forest
Answer» D. forest
23.

The Two Lady Rams' is a short story by__________.

A. Raja Rao
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. R.K Narayan
D. Tagore
Answer» B. Mulk Raj Anand
24.

_____________is not a character of 'The Two Lady Rams'.

A. Sukhiram
B. Shakutanla
C. Lalla Jinda Ram
D. Chhotu Ram
Answer» D. Chhotu Ram
25.

Lalla Jinda Ram is __________.

A. farmer
B. teacher
C. contractor
D. doctor
Answer» C. contractor
26.

Lalla Jinda Ram was awarded___________________.

A. Nobel prize
B. Knighthood
C. Sir Award
D. Businessman Award
Answer» B. Knighthood
27.

The Fall of the House of Usher' is a/an__________.

A. essay
B. short story
C. novel
D. poem
Answer» B. short story
28.

The story 'The Fall of the House of Usher' is published in________.

A. 1860
B. 1802
C. 1939
D. 1890
Answer» C. 1939
29.

At the End of 'The Fall of the House of Usher', Roderick Usher dies of ________.

A. Cancer
B. T.B
C. Corona
D. Fear
Answer» D. Fear
30.

Godan' is a novel by_________.

A. Premchand
B. O'Henry
C. Tagore
D. Ruskin Bond
Answer» A. Premchand
31.

R.K Narayan immortalized___________in his novels.

A. Kodinar
B. Malgudi
C. Madras
D. Rameshwaram
Answer» B. Malgudi
32.

Swami and Friends' is a novel by________.

A. Raja Rao
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. R.K Narayan
D. Ruskin Bond
Answer» C. R.K Narayan
33.

Our Trees still Grow in Dehra' is a novel by________.

A. Ruskin Bond
B. Anton Chekov
C. Raja Rao
D. Mulk Raj Anand
Answer» A. Ruskin Bond
34.

__________is the writer of 'Cherry or Chard'.

A. Ruskin Bond
B. Raja Rao
C. Anton Chekov
D. R.K Narayan
Answer» C. Anton Chekov
35.

Edgar Allen Poe was a/an ____________short story writer.

A. British
B. American
C. Canadian
D. Indian
Answer» B. American
36.

_______ said that “ A short story should be read in one sitting, anywhere from a half hour to two hours”.

A. H E Bates
B. Somerset Maugham
C. Boccacio
D. Edgar Allan Poe
Answer» D. Edgar Allan Poe
37.

Tagore’s Eassay “The Religion of the forest” was published in English on __________ birth anniversary.

A. 125th
B. 150th
C. 100th
D. 140th
Answer» B. 150th
38.

________ is called the “Father of Hindi Fiction”

A. R K Narayan
B. Munshi Premchand
C. Raja Rao
D. Ahmad Ali
Answer» B. Munshi Premchand
39.

Mulk Raj Anand won Sahitya Akademi Award in _________.

A. 1968
B. 1970
C. 1971
D. 1987
Answer» C. 1971
40.

__________is the father of Short Story.

A. Somerset Maugham
B. H E Bates
C. Raja Rao
D. Edgar Allan Poe
Answer» D. Edgar Allan Poe
41.

The Fall of the House of Usher' is______story.

A. romantic
B. Gothic
C. Moral
D. Didactic
Answer» B. Gothic
42.

Indian Juggler' is a famous essay by ________________

A. Stevension
B. Bacon
C. Lamb
D. Hazlitt
Answer» D. Hazlitt
43.

R.L. Stevenson was_______essayist.

A. British
B. Scottish
C. Indian
D. Chinese
Answer» B. Scottish
44.

Tagore said that Forest is the source of ________.

A. Beauty
B. Joy
C. Harmony
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
45.

________said "An essay is an irregular, undigested piece".

A. Ben Johnson
B. Dr.Johnson
C. Edmund Gosse
D. Bacon
Answer» B. Dr.Johnson
46.

The Prince of English essayists was__________.

A. Fancis Bacon
B. Charles Lamb
C. Hazlitt
D. Stevenson
Answer» B. Charles Lamb
47.

The essay 'The Religion of the Forest' has ________parts.

A. Four
B. Three
C. Two
D. Seven
Answer» A. Four
48.

Ruskin Bond was awarded the Padma Shri in __________.

A. 1996
B. 1997
C. 1999
D. 2000
Answer» C. 1999
49.

Anton Chekov was a _______short story writer.

A. Indian
B. Russian
C. Scottish
D. British
Answer» B. Russian
50.

Charles Lamb wrote under the pseudonym of _____.

A. Ela
B. Elia
C. Ila
D. Ibla
Answer» B. Elia
51.

___________ is considered as Critic's Critic.

A. Hazlitt
B. Bacon
C. Stevenson
D. Henry
Answer» A. Hazlitt
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