Quiznetik

Regional Literature in Translation | Set 1

1. Whose daughter is Kama-kanya?

Correct : C. love

2. Who is the father of Kal-kanya?

Correct : D. death

3. How many ages have been observed by the daughter of Dravida?

Correct : A. four

4. Which among the following is the allure of body’s clay?

Correct : D. all of them

5. What resides in temple, palace, brothel and slum?

Correct : B. body

6. What does the red colour signify according to Ka Na Su?

Correct : D. marriage

7. The red veil denotes ……..

Correct : B. honour

8. Which colour shows disgrace?

Correct : B. black

9. ‘I am the daughter of the land of Dravida’ is the …… of the poem?

Correct : D. refrain

10. From where did she emerge as herself?

Correct : C. from the depth of her own being

11. Amrita Pritam is an Indian English writer who belongs to ………

Correct : D. punjab

12. In which language Ka. Naa. Subramaniam is used to write?

Correct : A. tamil

13. What will bring cold according to the poet?

Correct : B. rain

14. The poet shut the window in order to prevent the wind which brings ……..

Correct : D. dust

15. What steals sleep from the poet?

Correct : C. cough

16. What is the after effect of reading and reading?

Correct : D. sight gets shorter

17. Where does the poet keep books?

Correct : C. beside the pillow

18. According to the poet, the comment of the townspeople will be …….

Correct : B. adverse

19. Who will raise objection against the poet?

Correct : A. raji

20. For what is the poet waiting?

Correct : D. second death

21. What was the first death for the poet?

Correct : C. separation from the lover

22. What was pseudonym of Ka. Na. Su.

Correct : A. mayan

23. SatishAlekar writes plays in ………….. language.

Correct : C. marathi

24. Which of the following was not written by SatishAlekar?

Correct : D. silence! the court is in session

25. A K Ramanujan’s academic research ranges in ………….

Correct : D. all these languages

26. Which writer created controversy by making a statement that Rama and Sita are siblings?

Correct : C. a k ramanujan

27. Who is the author of ‘Boatman Tarini’?

Correct : C. tarashankar banerjee

28. Tarashankar Banerjee is a …….. writer.

Correct : B. bengali

29. Who represented India in the Afro-Asian Writer’s Association at Tashkent?

Correct : C. tarashankar banerjee

30. What was the peculiarity of the works of Tarashankar Banerjee?

Correct : D. truth of human relationship

31. In which year Tarashankar Banerjee received Padma Bhushan?

Correct : B. 1969

32. In which language SitakantMahapatra used to write?

Correct : C. oriya

33. In which year SitakantMahapatra was awarded with Jnanpith?

Correct : D. 1993

34. Which from the following is not written by SitakantMahapatra?

Correct : D. jejuri

35. What is the pen name of QurratulainHyder?

Correct : A. aineeapa

36. QurratulainHyder is famous for her writngs in …………

Correct : D. urdu

37. For which workQurratulainHyder is mainly known?

Correct : B. aajka darya

38. “Hers is one of the most important Indian voices of the twentieth Century.” Who commented so on QurratulainHyder?

Correct : A. amitav ghosh

39. Who is the founder of Katha Books?

Correct : B. geetadharmarajan

40. What is the other name given to Katha Books?

Correct : C. katha vilasam

41. To which process Katha Books is related?

Correct : D. all of them

42. SachidanandaHiranandaVatsyayana used the pen name ………

Correct : C. ajneya

43. What was the name of the classic trilogy of Ajneya?

Correct : A. shekhar: ekjeevani

44. What are ‘Katha Prize Stories’?

Correct : A. translation of indian stories

45. Which river is mentioned in ‘Boatman Tarini’?

Correct : B. mayurakshi

46. What is pictured in ‘Boatman Tarini’?

Correct : C. destruction

47. Which quality of Tarini gets unrewarded?

Correct : D. heroism

48. What compels the villagers near to Mayurakshi to migrate?

Correct : D. famine

49. Which vision projects the organic bonds of community members?

Correct : C. ganadevata

50. When do the people return to the Village in ‘Boatman Tarini’?

Correct : C. with the reach of rain

51. What is hidden in the rhythms of Mayurakshi?

Correct : A. death and renewal

52. Who/what controls the life in the village?

Correct : C. nature

53. Mostly, the lyrics of gazals are written in ……. Language.

Correct : B. urdu

54. Which singer is mentioned in Ghazal?

Correct : D. gulam ali

55. What was the theme of Gulam Ali’s gazal?

Correct : B. lost love

56. What breaks at the window of harmonium?

Correct : C. melody of grief

57. The unrelishable tragedy of debit and credit is portrayed on …….

Correct : A. calendar

58. The counting is the rhythm/and the rhythm is time/ and the time is …….

Correct : B. music

59. Who multiplied their far-off wing beats on table?

Correct : C. myriad migratory birds

60. Where does the man of wisdom meditate?

Correct : B. under the electric tree

61. What is going to swallow earth?

Correct : D. serpent of time

62. What is drippingfrom the daily newspaper?

Correct : A. blood

63. What feeling is filled in the mind after the completion of the gazal?

Correct : A. emptiness

64. According to mythologies, Yama is the god of ……

Correct : D. death

65. What is the major theme of Act IV of Abhinjanasakuntalam?

Correct : C. departure of sakuntala from kanwashrama

66. Which among the following works does not belong to Kalidasa?

Correct : B. ramacharita

67. Who is the foster child of MaharshiKanwa?

Correct : D. sakuntala

68. Who cursedSakuntala?

Correct : A. durvasa

69. Partner of the bird Chacravaka was hidden by a ……..

Correct : B. lotus leaf

70. What is the name of the creeper looked after by Sakuntala?

Correct : D. madhavi

71. Which woman accompanies Sakuntala to the mansion of her husband?

Correct : C. goutami

72. Which object will relieve Sakuntala from the effect of Durvasa’s imprecations?

Correct : D. wedding ring

73. According to the damsels of Sakuntala, Duravasa has a ……….. nature.

Correct : B. choleric

74. According to which rites, Dushyanta married Sakuntala?

Correct : C. gandharva

75. Who blessedSakuntala in the voice of Kokila?

Correct : D. wood nymphs

76. Who is the most respected person of the Agrahara in ‘Samskara’?

Correct : B. praneshacharya

77. What forms the background of the novel ‘Samskara’?

Correct : B. death

78. Which of the following was practiced by Naranappa against the traditions of agrahara?

Correct : D. all of these

79. Where does Praneshacharya go to meditate?

Correct : C. maruti temple

80. According to the beliefs, what was the cause of the epidemic plague in the village?

Correct : C. naranappa’s dead body

81. With whom Praneshacharya commits liaison?

Correct : A. chandri

82. Which community is criticized in ‘Samskara’?

Correct : C. brahmin

83. ‘Samskara’ is about ……….

Correct : D. all of them

84. With whose help does Chandri cremate the body?

Correct : B. a muslim

85. What is ‘I am the Daughter of the Land of Dravida’ about?

Correct : B. culture

86. To which culture Dravidas belong?

Correct : C. indian

87. What happened to the daughter of land of Dravida when the ages changed?

Correct : C. she became a mere object

88. From which wood, the wood nymphs pressed the juice to redden Sakuntala’s feet?

Correct : D. laksha

89. What was the name of the capital of Dushyanta?

Correct : B. hastinapura

90. Which empire ruled India during the lifespan of Kalidasa?

Correct : A. gupta

91. In which language Kalidasa wrote his plays?

Correct : B. sanskrit

92. Which work of Kalidasa provides information about his life?

Correct : D. all of them

93. From which epic is the story of Sakuntala taken?

Correct : C. mahabharata

94. Who advises Sakuntala to be patient at the palace of her husband?

Correct : D. kanwa

95. ‘Ghazal’ is divided in to …… sections.

Correct : C. three

96. On which day, Gulam Ali sings theghazal?

Correct : A. dec 31

97. The major theme of gazals is…….

Correct : B. nostalgia

98. What seems contradictory in the stage where Gulam Ali sings?

Correct : B. calendar

99. What isGulam Ali’s request in the gazal?

Correct : C. take of veil

100. What is seen in the calendar?

Correct : A. savage beating drum