Quiznetik
Dalit Literature | Set 1
1. Which work made SarankumarLimbale famous in literature?
A. akkarmashi
B. towards an aesthetics of dalit literature
C. black dance
D. none of these
Correct : 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
Correct : A. akkarmashi
3. What is the meaning of ‘Akkarmashi ‘?
A. dalit
B. hungry
C. out caste
D. upper caste
Correct : C. out caste
4. What makes Dalit Literature different from the mainstream literature?
A. style
B. vibrant expression
C. content
D. all of them
Correct : 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
Correct : D. all of them
6. Which character is considered as the forefather of dalits?
A. rama
B. ekalavya
C. sita
D. brahma
Correct : B. ekalavya
7. What is the aim of Dalit literature?
A. submission
B. agreement
C. observation
D. protest
Correct : D. protest
8. To which community Limbale belonged?
A. mahar
B. chuhra
C. pulaya
D. none of these
Correct : A. mahar
9. Who is the author of ‘Kandathi’?
A. hirabansode
B. k k s das
C. raghavanatholi
D. c. ayyappan
Correct : C. raghavanatholi
10. Where does the hungry woman wait?
A. at home
B. before the garbage
C. in the road
D. at the beach
Correct : B. before the garbage
11. How is the face of the parting day?
A. beautiful
B. tired
C. hungry
D. swollen
Correct : 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
Correct : C. in the pitch black hut
13. What is guarded by Kandathi?
A. a fresh meal
B. a cold meal
C. money
D. gold
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : A. from the river
16. What was vanished in the wild?
A. team
B. sons
C. carts
D. clans
Correct : 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
Correct : A. empty hovels
18. Kandathi had shrunken in to an old …….
A. sickle
B. crone
C. metal
D. none of these
Correct : B. crone
19. What/who nursed the child?
A. mother
B. nature
C. tears
D. whole community
Correct : 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
Correct : C. coconut husk
21. What was crushed by the rushing feet?
A. child
B. handful of rice
C. tear drops
D. none of these
Correct : B. handful of rice
22. What was the reason behind the battle?
A. water
B. rice
C. food
D. garments
Correct : A. water
23. What does the mother want?
A. rice
B. water
C. coins
D. a piece of land
Correct : 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
Correct : C. ideologically
25. Who provided the current position to the Dalits?
A. writers
B. dominant society
C. cultural issues
D. brahmins
Correct : 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
Correct : A. over their body
27. Who is Yasodhara?
A. mother of buddha
B. wife of buddha
C. daughter of buddha
D. a poetess
Correct : 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
Correct : A. yasodhara
29. Who gave the light to the entire people?
A. gotama
B. goutama buddha
C. patanjali
D. kanada
Correct : B. goutama buddha
30. Who was thrown to darkness by Buddha?
A. badrayana
B. sangamitra
C. yasodhara
D. none of these
Correct : C. yasodhara
31. Which colour is used to show the emptiness of Yasodhara’s life?
A. white
B. yellow
C. black
D. blue
Correct : D. blue
32. Yasodhara had a …… life.
A. fragmented
B. lovely
C. beautiful
D. brocken
Correct : A. fragmented
33. Who is ready to provide refuge to Yasodhara?
A. sea
B. sky
C. earth
D. wind
Correct : B. sky
34. Yasodhara’s life is described as …..?
A. fruitless
B. noteworthy
C. empty
D. fruitful
Correct : A. fruitless
35. ‘Matchless beauty’ means?
A. beauty that cannot be compared
B. beautiful without a companion
C. most beautiful
D. none of these
Correct : B. beautiful without a companion
36. Yasodara is getting dimmed like ……
A. sun
B. moon
C. twilight
D. stars
Correct : C. twilight
37. Where does Yasodara carry the raging storm in?
A. heart
B. mind
C. small hands
D. none of these
Correct : C. small hands
38. What shakes the earth?
A. yasodhara’s sigh
B. yasodhara’s life
C. yasodhara’s tears
D. none of these
Correct : B. yasodhara’s life
39. What was the name of Buddha at his Grihastashrama?
A. rama
B. sidhartha
C. badrayana
D. kapila
Correct : B. sidhartha
40. Sidhartha was moving towards……
A. glory
B. knowledge
C. great splendor
D. none of these
Correct : C. great splendor
41. What did history hide?
A. buddha’s family
B. yasodhara’s sacrifice
C. buddha’s son
D. buddha’s country
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : 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
Correct : B. colour
49. What helped dalits to remove the colour from the hands?
A. water
B. oil on the head
C. paper
D. cloth
Correct : 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
Correct : C. namdeodhasal