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| 1. |
Which work made SarankumarLimbale famous in literature? |
| A. | akkarmashi |
| B. | towards an aesthetics of dalit literature |
| C. | black dance |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. towards an aesthetics of dalit literature | |
| 2. |
Which is the autobiographical novel of Sarankumar Limbale? |
| A. | akkarmashi |
| B. | jootan |
| C. | aamen |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. akkarmashi | |
| 3. |
What is the meaning of ‘Akkarmashi ‘? |
| A. | dalit |
| B. | hungry |
| C. | out caste |
| D. | upper caste |
| Answer» C. out caste | |
| 4. |
What makes Dalit Literature different from the mainstream literature? |
| A. | style |
| B. | vibrant expression |
| C. | content |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» D. all of them | |
| 5. |
Which of the following features forms a reason for the suppression of Dalit? |
| A. | caste |
| B. | class |
| C. | occupation |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» D. all of them | |
| 6. |
Which character is considered as the forefather of dalits? |
| A. | rama |
| B. | ekalavya |
| C. | sita |
| D. | brahma |
| Answer» B. ekalavya | |
| 7. |
What is the aim of Dalit literature? |
| A. | submission |
| B. | agreement |
| C. | observation |
| D. | protest |
| Answer» D. protest | |
| 8. |
To which community Limbale belonged? |
| A. | mahar |
| B. | chuhra |
| C. | pulaya |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. mahar | |
| 9. |
Who is the author of ‘Kandathi’? |
| A. | hirabansode |
| B. | k k s das |
| C. | raghavanatholi |
| D. | c. ayyappan |
| Answer» C. raghavanatholi | |
| 10. |
Where does the hungry woman wait? |
| A. | at home |
| B. | before the garbage |
| C. | in the road |
| D. | at the beach |
| Answer» B. before the garbage | |
| 11. |
How is the face of the parting day? |
| A. | beautiful |
| B. | tired |
| C. | hungry |
| D. | swollen |
| Answer» D. swollen | |
| 12. |
Where does Kandathi live? |
| A. | in the street |
| B. | at the river bank |
| C. | in the pitch black hut |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. in the pitch black hut | |
| 13. |
What is guarded by Kandathi? |
| A. | a fresh meal |
| B. | a cold meal |
| C. | money |
| D. | gold |
| Answer» B. a cold meal | |
| 14. |
What was broken by the hands of Kandathi? |
| A. | the caste system |
| B. | hypocrisy |
| C. | stones |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. stones | |
| 15. |
How do the people water the seeds in the fields? |
| A. | from the river |
| B. | with tears |
| C. | from the ponds |
| D. | using machines |
| Answer» A. from the river | |
| 16. |
What was vanished in the wild? |
| A. | team |
| B. | sons |
| C. | carts |
| D. | clans |
| Answer» D. clans | |
| 17. |
Which word shows the poverty of the working class people in Kandathi? |
| A. | empty hovels |
| B. | groaned |
| C. | treacherous |
| D. | full barns |
| Answer» A. empty hovels | |
| 18. |
Kandathi had shrunken in to an old ……. |
| A. | sickle |
| B. | crone |
| C. | metal |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. crone | |
| 19. |
What/who nursed the child? |
| A. | mother |
| B. | nature |
| C. | tears |
| D. | whole community |
| Answer» C. tears | |
| 20. |
To which thing, life of the out caste is compared with? |
| A. | coconut tree |
| B. | coconut shell |
| C. | coconut husk |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. coconut husk | |
| 21. |
What was crushed by the rushing feet? |
| A. | child |
| B. | handful of rice |
| C. | tear drops |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. handful of rice | |
| 22. |
What was the reason behind the battle? |
| A. | water |
| B. | rice |
| C. | food |
| D. | garments |
| Answer» A. water | |
| 23. |
What does the mother want? |
| A. | rice |
| B. | water |
| C. | coins |
| D. | a piece of land |
| Answer» D. a piece of land | |
| 24. |
According to Raj Gowthaman, any one who is ……….. dalit can produce dalit literature. |
| A. | inborn as |
| B. | brought up as |
| C. | ideologically |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. ideologically | |
| 25. |
Who provided the current position to the Dalits? |
| A. | writers |
| B. | dominant society |
| C. | cultural issues |
| D. | brahmins |
| Answer» B. dominant society | |
| 26. |
Where do the problems take place over the dalits? |
| A. | over their body |
| B. | in the street |
| C. | in the fields |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. over their body | |
| 27. |
Who is Yasodhara? |
| A. | mother of buddha |
| B. | wife of buddha |
| C. | daughter of buddha |
| D. | a poetess |
| Answer» B. wife of buddha | |
| 28. |
In the beginning of the poem, who is compared to the dream of sharp pain? |
| A. | yasodhara |
| B. | sangamitra |
| C. | kourvaki |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. yasodhara | |
| 29. |
Who gave the light to the entire people? |
| A. | gotama |
| B. | goutama buddha |
| C. | patanjali |
| D. | kanada |
| Answer» B. goutama buddha | |
| 30. |
Who was thrown to darkness by Buddha? |
| A. | badrayana |
| B. | sangamitra |
| C. | yasodhara |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. yasodhara | |
| 31. |
Which colour is used to show the emptiness of Yasodhara’s life? |
| A. | white |
| B. | yellow |
| C. | black |
| D. | blue |
| Answer» D. blue | |
| 32. |
Yasodhara had a …… life. |
| A. | fragmented |
| B. | lovely |
| C. | beautiful |
| D. | brocken |
| Answer» A. fragmented | |
| 33. |
Who is ready to provide refuge to Yasodhara? |
| A. | sea |
| B. | sky |
| C. | earth |
| D. | wind |
| Answer» B. sky | |
| 34. |
Yasodhara’s life is described as …..? |
| A. | fruitless |
| B. | noteworthy |
| C. | empty |
| D. | fruitful |
| Answer» A. fruitless | |
| 35. |
‘Matchless beauty’ means? |
| A. | beauty that cannot be compared |
| B. | beautiful without a companion |
| C. | most beautiful |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. beautiful without a companion | |
| 36. |
Yasodara is getting dimmed like …… |
| A. | sun |
| B. | moon |
| C. | twilight |
| D. | stars |
| Answer» C. twilight | |
| 37. |
Where does Yasodara carry the raging storm in? |
| A. | heart |
| B. | mind |
| C. | small hands |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. small hands | |
| 38. |
What shakes the earth? |
| A. | yasodhara’s sigh |
| B. | yasodhara’s life |
| C. | yasodhara’s tears |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. yasodhara’s life | |
| 39. |
What was the name of Buddha at his Grihastashrama? |
| A. | rama |
| B. | sidhartha |
| C. | badrayana |
| D. | kapila |
| Answer» B. sidhartha | |
| 40. |
Sidhartha was moving towards…… |
| A. | glory |
| B. | knowledge |
| C. | great splendor |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. great splendor | |
| 41. |
What did history hide? |
| A. | buddha’s family |
| B. | yasodhara’s sacrifice |
| C. | buddha’s son |
| D. | buddha’s country |
| Answer» B. yasodhara’s sacrifice | |
| 42. |
When do the people of Veerashaiva family throw coins? |
| A. | in the wedding feast |
| B. | in the feast of the temple |
| C. | in the funeral procession |
| Answer» C. in the funeral procession | |
| 43. |
Which activity will provide redemption from the sins? |
| A. | attending the funeral |
| B. | throwing coins on the corpse |
| C. | touching the feet of the dead |
| D. | mourning in the procession |
| Answer» B. throwing coins on the corpse | |
| 44. |
The stich that was used to control the dalits were also used to control ……. |
| A. | pigs and dogs |
| B. | other human beings |
| C. | cattle |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. pigs and dogs | |
| 45. |
What made the dominant people of the village to compete each other in ‘Coins on the Corpse and the Wedding Feast’? |
| A. | donation |
| B. | alms |
| C. | constructing houses |
| D. | all of them |
| Answer» D. all of them | |
| 46. |
Where do the younger members hide the collected coins from the corpse? |
| A. | in the pocket |
| B. | in the bag |
| C. | in the hole of the tree |
| D. | in the secret pocket |
| Answer» D. in the secret pocket | |
| 47. |
What was the profession of Adavichonchas, Lollyars and Kunchikoravas? |
| A. | burying corpses |
| B. | cleaning the dirt |
| C. | begging |
| D. | working in the fields |
| Answer» C. begging | |
| 48. |
What was the marking made to prevent the dalits from having a second meal? |
| A. | oil |
| B. | colour |
| C. | paint |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. colour | |
| 49. |
What helped dalits to remove the colour from the hands? |
| A. | water |
| B. | oil on the head |
| C. | paper |
| D. | cloth |
| Answer» B. oil on the head | |
| 50. |
Who is the founder of ‘Dalit Panther’? |
| A. | limbale |
| B. | b r ambedkar |
| C. | namdeodhasal |
| D. | c k janu |
| Answer» C. namdeodhasal | |
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