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Indian Writing in English (Novel) | Set 1
1. Indian English Literarture has a new form of Indian………….
A. Society
B. Culture
C. Politics
D. History
Correct : B. Culture
2. The Bulk of Indian English literarure is in the ………form.
A. Poetry
B. Drama
C. Novel
D. Essay
Correct : C. Novel
3. …………….wrote the first novel Rajmohan's wife.
A. B.C Chatterjee
B. Ramesh Chauhan
C. Raja Rao
D. R.K Narayan
Correct : A. B.C Chatterjee
4. …………..wrote Untouchable in 1935.
A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. K.A Abbas
C. C.S Rau
D. Ahmad Ali
Correct : 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
Correct : A. Sahitya Akademy
6. Khushwant Singh has written his novel Train to Pakistan.
A. 1952
B. 1954
C. 1956
D. 1958
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : D. Kiran Desai
9. The Novel Swami and Friends was published in………
A. 1935
B. 1937
C. 1939
D. 1945
Correct : A. 1935
10. The setting of the Novel is in …………
A. Malegao
B. Malgudi
C. Miligao
D. Navagam
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : A. Albert Mission School
13. ………. is the real name of the Pea.
A. Shankar
B. Suresh
C. Samuel
D. Sanket
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : B. Hardy'sWessex
18. …………river flows through the town of Malgudi.
A. Saraswati
B. Narmada
C. Saryu
D. Tapi
Correct : C. Saryu
19. Raja Rao was born in…….family.
A. Rich
B. An orthodox Brahmin
C. A poor
D. Educated
Correct : B. An orthodox Brahmin
20. Raja Rao went to …………University in india for his higher studies.
A. Mumbai
B. Calcutta
C. Aligarh
D. Delhi
Correct : C. Aligarh
21. Raja Rao married …………actress.
A. a French
B. a American
C. a Bengali
D. a Bollywood
Correct : A. a French
22. Kanthapura is a typical……village.
A. South Indian
B. North Indian
C. Esat Indian
D. West Indian
Correct : A. South Indian
23. Women are called as ……..
A. Devis
B. Dhakti
C. Destroyer
D. Creator
Correct : B. Dhakti
24. When Moorthy is arrested…..takes over Moorthy's work.
A. Waterfall Venkamma
B. Ratna
C. Bhatta
D. Sankar
Correct : B. Ratna
25. ……….is the narrator of the novel.
A. Rangemma
B. Narasimma
C. Achakka
D. Ratna
Correct : C. Achakka
26. Jayaramachar is a ……..
A. Harikathaman
B. priest
C. freedon fighter
D. an old man
Correct : A. Harikathaman
27. ……………is the protagonist of the novel Kanthapura.
A. Ratna
B. Bhatta
C. Kamalamma
D. Moorthy
Correct : D. Moorthy
28. By………Moorthy is inspired.
A. Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Sardar
D. Vivekandad
Correct : B. Mahatma Gandhi
29. There are forests of ……..near Kanthapura.
A. teak,jack,sal,sandal
B. mango
C. apple
D. various woods
Correct : A. teak,jack,sal,sandal
30. The river……flows near Kanthapura.
A. Ganges
B. Kavery
C. Himarathy
D. Sarayu
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : C. Kanthapura
33. Rabindranath Tagore got the Nobel prize for literature in the year…….
A. 1910
B. 1913
C. 1912
D. 1915
Correct : B. 1913
34. Gujarat and Gujaratis is written by __________
A. Raja Rao
B. Behramji Malabari
C. Arundhati Roy
D. R.K Narayan
Correct : B. Behramji Malabari
35. ……………is the heroine of Rajmohan'sWife.
A. Malti
B. Mansi
C. Meena
D. Matangi
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : C. The God of Samll Things
38. Salman Rushdie's first novel……
A. Grimus
B. Midnight Children
C. Shame
D. Interpreter of Maladies
Correct : 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
Correct : B. Midnight Children
40. ………wrote Train to Pakistan.
A. Raja Rao
B. R.K Narayan
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Mulk Raj Anand
Correct : C. Khushwant Singh
41. A Suitable Boy is Published in ……..
A. 1991
B. 1992
C. 1994
D. 1993
Correct : D. 1993
42. Mano Majra is the central character in ……..
A. Train to Pakistan
B. So Many Hunger
C. Delhi
D. Interpreter of Maladies
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : D. Manju Kapoor
46. …………..is the protagonist of the novel Guide.
A. Marco
B. Rosie
C. Raju
D. Velan
Correct : C. Raju
47. …………is the dancer in the novel Guide.
A. Bharati
B. Rosie
C. Daisy
D. Savitri
Correct : B. Rosie
48. The writer of the novel Home is ………..
A. Manju Kapoor
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Gita Maheta
D. Anita Desai
Correct : A. Manju Kapoor
49. ……………is the author of A Sutable Boy.
A. Khushwant Singh
B. Raja Rao
C. Vikram Seth
D. Salman Rudhie
Correct : C. Vikram Seth
50. Anita Desai won Padma Bhushan award in……
A. 2012
B. 2013
C. 2015
D. 2014
Correct : D. 2014