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| 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 | |
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