McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts (BA) .
| 1. |
Indian English Literarture has a new form of Indian…………. |
| A. | Society |
| B. | Culture |
| C. | Politics |
| D. | History |
| Answer» B. Culture | |
| 2. |
The Bulk of Indian English literarure is in the ………form. |
| A. | Poetry |
| B. | Drama |
| C. | Novel |
| D. | Essay |
| Answer» C. Novel | |
| 3. |
…………….wrote the first novel Rajmohan's wife. |
| A. | B.C Chatterjee |
| B. | Ramesh Chauhan |
| C. | Raja Rao |
| D. | R.K Narayan |
| Answer» A. B.C Chatterjee | |
| 4. |
…………..wrote Untouchable in 1935. |
| A. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| B. | K.A Abbas |
| C. | C.S Rau |
| D. | Ahmad Ali |
| Answer» A. Mulk Raj Anand | |
| 5. |
R.K Narayan won the ………award in 1960 for his novel 'The Guide'. |
| A. | Sahitya Akademy |
| B. | Nobel |
| C. | Commonwealth |
| D. | Pultizer |
| Answer» A. Sahitya Akademy | |
| 6. |
Khushwant Singh has written his novel Train to Pakistan. |
| A. | 1952 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» C. 1956 | |
| 7. |
……………… is the first novel of Kamala Markandeya. |
| A. | Some Inner Furry |
| B. | A Silence Desire |
| C. | A Handful of Rice |
| D. | Necter in a Sieve |
| Answer» D. Necter in a Sieve | |
| 8. |
………..wrote a novel The Inheritance of Loss. |
| A. | Anita Desai |
| B. | Kamala Markendeya |
| C. | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| D. | Kiran Desai |
| Answer» D. Kiran Desai | |
| 9. |
The Novel Swami and Friends was published in……… |
| A. | 1935 |
| B. | 1937 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» A. 1935 | |
| 10. |
The setting of the Novel is in ………… |
| A. | Malegao |
| B. | Malgudi |
| C. | Miligao |
| D. | Navagam |
| Answer» B. Malgudi | |
| 11. |
……….. is Rajam's father in Swami and Friends. |
| A. | IAS Officer |
| B. | IFS |
| C. | A Police Superientendant |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. A Police Superientendant | |
| 12. |
Swaminathan,Rajam,Mani, Shankar and the Pea Studied in……….. |
| A. | Albert Mission School |
| B. | Board School |
| C. | South School |
| D. | Christ College |
| Answer» A. Albert Mission School | |
| 13. |
………. is the real name of the Pea. |
| A. | Shankar |
| B. | Suresh |
| C. | Samuel |
| D. | Sanket |
| Answer» C. Samuel | |
| 14. |
Malgudi Days in 1986, is a televison drama series of ………..novel by R.K Narayan. |
| A. | The Bachelor of Arts |
| B. | The Dark Room |
| C. | The English Teacher |
| D. | Swami and Friends |
| Answer» D. Swami and Friends | |
| 15. |
Swaminathan is the central character of the novel……… |
| A. | Swami and Friends |
| B. | The Bachelor of Arts |
| C. | Mr.Sampath |
| D. | The English Teacher |
| Answer» A. Swami and Friends | |
| 16. |
……wrote an introduction to R.K Narayan's novel The Financial Expert. |
| A. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| B. | Raja Rao |
| C. | Graham Greene |
| D. | E.M Forster |
| Answer» C. Graham Greene | |
| 17. |
Narayan created the fictitious town of Malgudi which is similar to ………. |
| A. | T.S Eliot's Waste Land |
| B. | Hardy'sWessex |
| C. | Pope's London |
| D. | Chaucer;s Canterbury |
| Answer» B. Hardy'sWessex | |
| 18. |
…………river flows through the town of Malgudi. |
| A. | Saraswati |
| B. | Narmada |
| C. | Saryu |
| D. | Tapi |
| Answer» C. Saryu | |
| 19. |
Raja Rao was born in…….family. |
| A. | Rich |
| B. | An orthodox Brahmin |
| C. | A poor |
| D. | Educated |
| Answer» B. An orthodox Brahmin | |
| 20. |
Raja Rao went to …………University in india for his higher studies. |
| A. | Mumbai |
| B. | Calcutta |
| C. | Aligarh |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» C. Aligarh | |
| 21. |
Raja Rao married …………actress. |
| A. | a French |
| B. | a American |
| C. | a Bengali |
| D. | a Bollywood |
| Answer» A. a French | |
| 22. |
Kanthapura is a typical……village. |
| A. | South Indian |
| B. | North Indian |
| C. | Esat Indian |
| D. | West Indian |
| Answer» A. South Indian | |
| 23. |
Women are called as …….. |
| A. | Devis |
| B. | Dhakti |
| C. | Destroyer |
| D. | Creator |
| Answer» B. Dhakti | |
| 24. |
When Moorthy is arrested…..takes over Moorthy's work. |
| A. | Waterfall Venkamma |
| B. | Ratna |
| C. | Bhatta |
| D. | Sankar |
| Answer» B. Ratna | |
| 25. |
……….is the narrator of the novel. |
| A. | Rangemma |
| B. | Narasimma |
| C. | Achakka |
| D. | Ratna |
| Answer» C. Achakka | |
| 26. |
Jayaramachar is a …….. |
| A. | Harikathaman |
| B. | priest |
| C. | freedon fighter |
| D. | an old man |
| Answer» A. Harikathaman | |
| 27. |
……………is the protagonist of the novel Kanthapura. |
| A. | Ratna |
| B. | Bhatta |
| C. | Kamalamma |
| D. | Moorthy |
| Answer» D. Moorthy | |
| 28. |
By………Moorthy is inspired. |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Sardar |
| D. | Vivekandad |
| Answer» B. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 29. |
There are forests of ……..near Kanthapura. |
| A. | teak,jack,sal,sandal |
| B. | mango |
| C. | apple |
| D. | various woods |
| Answer» A. teak,jack,sal,sandal | |
| 30. |
The river……flows near Kanthapura. |
| A. | Ganges |
| B. | Kavery |
| C. | Himarathy |
| D. | Sarayu |
| Answer» C. Himarathy | |
| 31. |
………..is the first novel of Raja Rao. |
| A. | Kanthapura |
| B. | The Serpant and the Rope |
| C. | The Cat and Shakespeare |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Kanthapura | |
| 32. |
………..novels by Raja Ram Mohan Rao may be summed up as 'Gandhi and Our Village. |
| A. | The Serpant and the Rope |
| B. | The Cat and Shakespeare |
| C. | Kanthapura |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Kanthapura | |
| 33. |
Rabindranath Tagore got the Nobel prize for literature in the year……. |
| A. | 1910 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1912 |
| D. | 1915 |
| Answer» B. 1913 | |
| 34. |
Gujarat and Gujaratis is written by __________ |
| A. | Raja Rao |
| B. | Behramji Malabari |
| C. | Arundhati Roy |
| D. | R.K Narayan |
| Answer» B. Behramji Malabari | |
| 35. |
……………is the heroine of Rajmohan'sWife. |
| A. | Malti |
| B. | Mansi |
| C. | Meena |
| D. | Matangi |
| Answer» D. Matangi | |
| 36. |
The setting of The God of Samll Things is in India's southern state of……… |
| A. | Kerala |
| B. | Karnataka |
| C. | Tamilnadu |
| D. | Andhrapradesh |
| Answer» A. Kerala | |
| 37. |
………………novel has won the English speaking world's most prestigious award, the Booker Prize. |
| A. | Train to Pakistan |
| B. | So Many Hunger |
| C. | The God of Samll Things |
| D. | Interpreter of Maladies |
| Answer» C. The God of Samll Things | |
| 38. |
Salman Rushdie's first novel…… |
| A. | Grimus |
| B. | Midnight Children |
| C. | Shame |
| D. | Interpreter of Maladies |
| Answer» C. Shame | |
| 39. |
Salman Rushdie has won the Booker Prize as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for………. |
| A. | The Moor's Last Sigh |
| B. | Midnight Children |
| C. | The Satanic Verses |
| D. | Shame |
| Answer» B. Midnight Children | |
| 40. |
………wrote Train to Pakistan. |
| A. | Raja Rao |
| B. | R.K Narayan |
| C. | Khushwant Singh |
| D. | Mulk Raj Anand |
| Answer» C. Khushwant Singh | |
| 41. |
A Suitable Boy is Published in …….. |
| A. | 1991 |
| B. | 1992 |
| C. | 1994 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» D. 1993 | |
| 42. |
Mano Majra is the central character in …….. |
| A. | Train to Pakistan |
| B. | So Many Hunger |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Interpreter of Maladies |
| Answer» A. Train to Pakistan | |
| 43. |
The Title of the novel Midnight's Children refers to the children born in the midnight hour of………… |
| A. | 1947-08-15 00:00:00 |
| B. | 1947-01-26 00:00:00 |
| C. | 1950-08-15 00:00:00 |
| D. | 1922-06-22 00:00:00 |
| Answer» A. 1947-08-15 00:00:00 | |
| 44. |
A River Sutra is written by……… |
| A. | Arundhati Roy |
| B. | Anita Desai |
| C. | Gita Maheta |
| D. | Kiran Desai |
| Answer» C. Gita Maheta | |
| 45. |
………..is the winner of the 1999 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for the best book Difficult Daughters. |
| A. | Gita Maheta |
| B. | Arundhati Roy |
| C. | Shashi Deshpande |
| D. | Manju Kapoor |
| Answer» D. Manju Kapoor | |
| 46. |
…………..is the protagonist of the novel Guide. |
| A. | Marco |
| B. | Rosie |
| C. | Raju |
| D. | Velan |
| Answer» C. Raju | |
| 47. |
…………is the dancer in the novel Guide. |
| A. | Bharati |
| B. | Rosie |
| C. | Daisy |
| D. | Savitri |
| Answer» B. Rosie | |
| 48. |
The writer of the novel Home is ……….. |
| A. | Manju Kapoor |
| B. | Arundhati Roy |
| C. | Gita Maheta |
| D. | Anita Desai |
| Answer» A. Manju Kapoor | |
| 49. |
……………is the author of A Sutable Boy. |
| A. | Khushwant Singh |
| B. | Raja Rao |
| C. | Vikram Seth |
| D. | Salman Rudhie |
| Answer» C. Vikram Seth | |
| 50. |
Anita Desai won Padma Bhushan award in…… |
| A. | 2012 |
| B. | 2013 |
| C. | 2015 |
| D. | 2014 |
| Answer» D. 2014 | |
Done Studing? Take A Test.
Great job completing your study session! Now it's time to put your knowledge to the test. Challenge yourself, see how much you've learned, and identify areas for improvement. Don’t worry, this is all part of the journey to mastery. Ready for the next step? Take a quiz to solidify what you've just studied.