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Regional Literature in Translation | Set 1
1. Whose daughter is Kama-kanya?
A. death
B. birth
C. love
D. dravida
Correct : C. love
2. Who is the father of Kal-kanya?
A. time
B. space
C. rebirth
D. death
Correct : D. death
3. How many ages have been observed by the daughter of Dravida?
A. four
B. three
C. hundred
D. ten
Correct : A. four
4. Which among the following is the allure of body’s clay?
A. temple
B. palace
C. brothel
D. all of them
Correct : D. all of them
5. What resides in temple, palace, brothel and slum?
A. death
B. body
C. love
D. time
Correct : B. body
6. What does the red colour signify according to Ka Na Su?
A. sky
B. rose
C. evening
D. marriage
Correct : D. marriage
7. The red veil denotes ……..
A. disgrace
B. honour
C. respect
D. disrespect
Correct : B. honour
8. Which colour shows disgrace?
A. white
B. black
C. red
D. yellow
Correct : B. black
9. ‘I am the daughter of the land of Dravida’ is the …… of the poem?
A. alliteration
B. simile
C. metaphor
D. refrain
Correct : D. refrain
10. From where did she emerge as herself?
A. from the depth of the caverns
B. from the depth of the see
C. from the depth of her own being
D. from the depth of the sky
Correct : C. from the depth of her own being
11. Amrita Pritam is an Indian English writer who belongs to ………
A. gujarat
B. maharashtra
C. west bengal
D. punjab
Correct : D. punjab
12. In which language Ka. Naa. Subramaniam is used to write?
A. tamil
B. kannada
C. malayalam
D. telugu
Correct : A. tamil
13. What will bring cold according to the poet?
A. dust
B. rain
C. wind
D. none of these
Correct : B. rain
14. The poet shut the window in order to prevent the wind which brings ……..
A. water
B. sunshine
C. dew drops
D. dust
Correct : D. dust
15. What steals sleep from the poet?
A. wind
B. rain
C. cough
D. none of these
Correct : C. cough
16. What is the after effect of reading and reading?
A. book looks aged
B. eyes get tired
C. eyes look aged
D. sight gets shorter
Correct : D. sight gets shorter
17. Where does the poet keep books?
A. on the table
B. in the shelf
C. beside the pillow
D. somewhere else
Correct : C. beside the pillow
18. According to the poet, the comment of the townspeople will be …….
A. good
B. adverse
C. true
D. satisfactory
Correct : B. adverse
19. Who will raise objection against the poet?
A. raji
B. townspeople
C. rain
D. friends
Correct : A. raji
20. For what is the poet waiting?
A. death
B. love
C. rebirth
D. second death
Correct : D. second death
21. What was the first death for the poet?
A. falling ill
B. failure to get a job
C. separation from the lover
D. none of these
Correct : C. separation from the lover
22. What was pseudonym of Ka. Na. Su.
A. mayan
B. maran
C. mohan
D. kalki
Correct : A. mayan
23. SatishAlekar writes plays in ………….. language.
A. kannada
B. urdu
C. marathi
D. english
Correct : C. marathi
24. Which of the following was not written by SatishAlekar?
A. begum barve
B. atireki
C. mahanirvan
D. silence! the court is in session
Correct : D. silence! the court is in session
25. A K Ramanujan’s academic research ranges in ………….
A. sanskrit
B. tamil
C. telugu
D. all these languages
Correct : D. all these languages
26. Which writer created controversy by making a statement that Rama and Sita are siblings?
A. tagore
B. kalidasa
C. a k ramanujan
D. tulsidas
Correct : C. a k ramanujan
27. Who is the author of ‘Boatman Tarini’?
A. tagore
B. sarat chandra chaterjee
C. tarashankar banerjee
D. none of these
Correct : C. tarashankar banerjee
28. Tarashankar Banerjee is a …….. writer.
A. pakistani
B. bengali
C. oriya
D. kashmiri
Correct : B. bengali
29. Who represented India in the Afro-Asian Writer’s Association at Tashkent?
A. arunkolatkar
B. sarojini naidu
C. tarashankar banerjee
D. kamala das
Correct : C. tarashankar banerjee
30. What was the peculiarity of the works of Tarashankar Banerjee?
A. rejection of realism
B. simple narration
C. poetic language
D. truth of human relationship
Correct : D. truth of human relationship
31. In which year Tarashankar Banerjee received Padma Bhushan?
A. 1966
B. 1969
C. 1959
D. 1965
Correct : B. 1969
32. In which language SitakantMahapatra used to write?
A. bengali
B. assamese
C. oriya
D. hindi
Correct : C. oriya
33. In which year SitakantMahapatra was awarded with Jnanpith?
A. 1998
B. 1983
C. 1999
D. 1993
Correct : D. 1993
34. Which from the following is not written by SitakantMahapatra?
A. the other silence
B. the wooden sword
C. men, patterns of death
D. jejuri
Correct : D. jejuri
35. What is the pen name of QurratulainHyder?
A. aineeapa
B. ) hyder,
C. ora
D. apa
Correct : A. aineeapa
36. QurratulainHyder is famous for her writngs in …………
A. punjabi
B. marathi
C. telugu
D. urdu
Correct : D. urdu
37. For which workQurratulainHyder is mainly known?
A. mere bhisanamkhane
B. aajka darya
C. ruashini ki raftar
D. none of these
Correct : B. aajka darya
38. “Hers is one of the most important Indian voices of the twentieth Century.” Who commented so on QurratulainHyder?
A. amitav ghosh
B. arundati roy
C. anita desai
D. chetanbhagat
Correct : A. amitav ghosh
39. Who is the founder of Katha Books?
A. geetamadhuri
B. geetadharmarajan
C. geeta desai
D. none of these
Correct : B. geetadharmarajan
40. What is the other name given to Katha Books?
A. kathalayam
B. katha pusthak
C. katha vilasam
D. none of these
Correct : C. katha vilasam
41. To which process Katha Books is related?
A. child welfare
B. community
C. translation of regional literature
D. all of them
Correct : D. all of them
42. SachidanandaHiranandaVatsyayana used the pen name ………
A. kalki
B. yogesh
C. ajneya
D. none of these
Correct : C. ajneya
43. What was the name of the classic trilogy of Ajneya?
A. shekhar: ekjeevani
B. bheenubhagat
C. kavishri
D. sadanira
Correct : A. shekhar: ekjeevani
44. What are ‘Katha Prize Stories’?
A. translation of indian stories
B. novels
C. novels in english
D. none of these
Correct : A. translation of indian stories
45. Which river is mentioned in ‘Boatman Tarini’?
A. yamuna
B. mayurakshi
C. ganga
D. kaveri
Correct : B. mayurakshi
46. What is pictured in ‘Boatman Tarini’?
A. anarchy
B. nostalgia
C. destruction
D. all of them
Correct : C. destruction
47. Which quality of Tarini gets unrewarded?
A. truthfulness
B. loyalty
C. obedience
D. heroism
Correct : D. heroism
48. What compels the villagers near to Mayurakshi to migrate?
A. flood
B. draught
C. wind
D. famine
Correct : D. famine
49. Which vision projects the organic bonds of community members?
A. ganamata
B. ganapita
C. ganadevata
D. none of these
Correct : C. ganadevata
50. When do the people return to the Village in ‘Boatman Tarini’?
A. in the spring
B. in the summer
C. with the reach of rain
D. none of these
Correct : C. with the reach of rain
51. What is hidden in the rhythms of Mayurakshi?
A. death and renewal
B. life
C. history of the village
D. all of them
Correct : A. death and renewal
52. Who/what controls the life in the village?
A. ruler
B. government
C. nature
D. tarini
Correct : C. nature
53. Mostly, the lyrics of gazals are written in ……. Language.
A. hindi
B. urdu
C. arabic
D. persian
Correct : B. urdu
54. Which singer is mentioned in Ghazal?
A. pankajudhas
B. nusratfateh ali khan
C. amjad ali khan
D. gulam ali
Correct : D. gulam ali
55. What was the theme of Gulam Ali’s gazal?
A. mansion
B. lost love
C. lament
D. road
Correct : B. lost love
56. What breaks at the window of harmonium?
A. singer’s voice
B. eye-beam
C. melody of grief
D. none of these
Correct : C. melody of grief
57. The unrelishable tragedy of debit and credit is portrayed on …….
A. calendar
B. tabla
C. stage
D. none of these
Correct : A. calendar
58. The counting is the rhythm/and the rhythm is time/ and the time is …….
A. sound
B. music
C. rhythm
D. beat
Correct : B. music
59. Who multiplied their far-off wing beats on table?
A. doves
B. wandering parrots
C. myriad migratory birds
D. vultures
Correct : C. myriad migratory birds
60. Where does the man of wisdom meditate?
A. under the tree
B. under the electric tree
C. under the bunyan tree
D. under the fig tree
Correct : B. under the electric tree
61. What is going to swallow earth?
A. black hole
B. a monster
C. ghost
D. serpent of time
Correct : D. serpent of time
62. What is drippingfrom the daily newspaper?
A. blood
B. news
C. water
D. honey
Correct : A. blood
63. What feeling is filled in the mind after the completion of the gazal?
A. emptiness
B. happiness
C. sadness
D. none of these
Correct : A. emptiness
64. According to mythologies, Yama is the god of ……
A. sea
B. sky
C. life
D. death
Correct : D. death
65. What is the major theme of Act IV of Abhinjanasakuntalam?
A. meeting of dushyanta and sakuntala
B. marriage of dushyanta and sakuntala
C. departure of sakuntala from kanwashrama
D. reunion of dushyanta and sakuntala
Correct : C. departure of sakuntala from kanwashrama
66. Which among the following works does not belong to Kalidasa?
A. vikramorvaseeyam
B. ramacharita
C. raghuvamsha
D. meghadoothu
Correct : B. ramacharita
67. Who is the foster child of MaharshiKanwa?
A. dheergapangan
B. sargarava
C. goutami
D. sakuntala
Correct : D. sakuntala
68. Who cursedSakuntala?
A. durvasa
B. vasishta
C. viswamitra
D. kanwa
Correct : A. durvasa
69. Partner of the bird Chacravaka was hidden by a ……..
A. tree
B. lotus leaf
C. kusha grass
D. amra tree
Correct : B. lotus leaf
70. What is the name of the creeper looked after by Sakuntala?
A. anasooya
B. dheergapangan
C. amra
D. madhavi
Correct : D. madhavi
71. Which woman accompanies Sakuntala to the mansion of her husband?
A. priyamvada
B. anasooya
C. goutami
D. none of these
Correct : C. goutami
72. Which object will relieve Sakuntala from the effect of Durvasa’s imprecations?
A. bangle
B. chain
C. earrings
D. wedding ring
Correct : D. wedding ring
73. According to the damsels of Sakuntala, Duravasa has a ……….. nature.
A. bad
B. choleric
C. very good
D. unpredictable
Correct : B. choleric
74. According to which rites, Dushyanta married Sakuntala?
A. rakshasa
B. kanya-dana
C. gandharva
D. none of these
Correct : C. gandharva
75. Who blessedSakuntala in the voice of Kokila?
A. hermits
B. women
C. maharishi kanwa
D. wood nymphs
Correct : D. wood nymphs
76. Who is the most respected person of the Agrahara in ‘Samskara’?
A. naranappa
B. praneshacharya
C. mahabala
D. none of these
Correct : B. praneshacharya
77. What forms the background of the novel ‘Samskara’?
A. birth
B. death
C. rebirth
D. none of these
Correct : B. death
78. Which of the following was practiced by Naranappa against the traditions of agrahara?
A. meat-eating
B. wine
C. illegal relationship
D. all of these
Correct : D. all of these
79. Where does Praneshacharya go to meditate?
A. home
B. agrahara
C. maruti temple
D. none of these
Correct : C. maruti temple
80. According to the beliefs, what was the cause of the epidemic plague in the village?
A. rats
B. water pollution
C. naranappa’s dead body
D. none of these
Correct : C. naranappa’s dead body
81. With whom Praneshacharya commits liaison?
A. chandri
B. rani
C. unknown woman
D. none of these
Correct : A. chandri
82. Which community is criticized in ‘Samskara’?
A. muslim
B. sikh
C. brahmin
D. christian
Correct : C. brahmin
83. ‘Samskara’ is about ……….
A. lust
B. gluttony
C. greed
D. all of them
Correct : D. all of them
84. With whose help does Chandri cremate the body?
A. brahmins
B. a muslim
C. mahabala
D. an unknown
Correct : B. a muslim
85. What is ‘I am the Daughter of the Land of Dravida’ about?
A. language
B. culture
C. life
D. reality
Correct : B. culture
86. To which culture Dravidas belong?
A. persian
B. arabian
C. indian
D. none of these
Correct : C. indian
87. What happened to the daughter of land of Dravida when the ages changed?
A. she turned aged
B. she became beautiful
C. she became a mere object
D. none of these
Correct : C. she became a mere object
88. From which wood, the wood nymphs pressed the juice to redden Sakuntala’s feet?
A. amra
B. chamata
C. mango tree
D. laksha
Correct : D. laksha
89. What was the name of the capital of Dushyanta?
A. indraprasta
B. hastinapura
C. kurukshetra
D. kalinga
Correct : B. hastinapura
90. Which empire ruled India during the lifespan of Kalidasa?
A. gupta
B. maurya
C. khilji
D. none of these
Correct : A. gupta
91. In which language Kalidasa wrote his plays?
A. pali
B. sanskrit
C. prakrit
D. hindi
Correct : B. sanskrit
92. Which work of Kalidasa provides information about his life?
A. meghaoota
B. kuamarasambhava
C. raghuvamsha
D. all of them
Correct : D. all of them
93. From which epic is the story of Sakuntala taken?
A. iliad
B. ramayana
C. mahabharata
D. vedas
Correct : C. mahabharata
94. Who advises Sakuntala to be patient at the palace of her husband?
A. anasooya
B. goutami
C. saradwata
D. kanwa
Correct : D. kanwa
95. ‘Ghazal’ is divided in to …… sections.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
Correct : C. three
96. On which day, Gulam Ali sings theghazal?
A. dec 31
B. jan 1
C. feb 2
D. none of these
Correct : A. dec 31
97. The major theme of gazals is…….
A. mother’s care
B. nostalgia
C. friendship
D. all of them
Correct : B. nostalgia
98. What seems contradictory in the stage where Gulam Ali sings?
A. tabla
B. calendar
C. tampura
D. none of these
Correct : B. calendar
99. What isGulam Ali’s request in the gazal?
A. bring a flower
B. utter some words
C. take of veil
D. show love
Correct : C. take of veil
100. What is seen in the calendar?
A. savage beating drum
B. numbers
C. dates
D. all of them
Correct : A. savage beating drum