The first modern novel in Malayalam is

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(a)

SwarnaLekha

(b)

Indulekha

(c)

SinduLekha

(d)

None of these

Who is the pioneer of modern Hindi literature?

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(a)

BharatenduHarishchandra

(b)

Srinivas Das

(c)

Devaki Nandan Khatri

(d)

MunshiPremchand

The first modern Hindi novel is

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(a)

Parikhsha-Guru

(b)

Godan

(c)

Chandrakanta

(d)

Sevasadan

Which one of the following novel is written by Rokeya Hussein?

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(a)

ParikshaGuru

(b)

Godan

(c)

Anandmath

(d)

Sultana's Dream

Which was the first historical novel written in Bengal?

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(a)

Anandamath

(b)

AnguriyaBinimory

(c)

Sultana's Dream

(d)

DurgeshNandini

Which of the following novel was not written by MunshiPremchand?

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(a)

Rangbhoomi

(b)

Godan

(c)

Sewasadan

(d)

Pariksha-Guru

What is an 'epistolary novel'

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(a)

Novel written in the series of letters.

(b)

Novel based on a biographical account

(c)

Novels written in poetic verse

(d)

None of these.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.  the above lines have been illustrated from the novel

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(a)

Pride and Prejudice

(b)

Mayor of Caster Bridge

(c)

Pamela

(d)

Treasure Island

The first novel to be serialized was

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(a)

Hard Times

(b)

Oliver Twist

(c)

Pickwick papers

(d)

Mayor of Caster Bridge

The first Indian novel was written in

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(a)

Malayalam

(b)

Bhojpuri

(c)

Punjabi

(d)

Marathi

In Which year was Emile Zola's 'Germinal' published?

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(a)

1584

(b)

1885

(c)

1886

(d)

1874

Who wrote the famous novel 'Jungle Book'?

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(a)

Rudyard Kipling

(b)

R.L. Stevenson

(c)

Hunt Jackson

(d)

Jane Austen

Who wrote 'Kadambari'?

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(a)

Banabhatha

(b)

Chandu Manan

(c)

Raja Ravi Verma

(d)

MunchiPrem Chand

Hari and Dhania are famous characters of the novel

1

(a)

Godan

(b)

Indulekha

(c)

Rangbhomi

(d)

Sewasadan

Write a note no:

(a) The Oriya novel

(b) Jane Austen's Portrayal of women

(c) The picture of the new middle class which the novel Pariksha-Guru portrays.

3

(a)

Discuss some of the social changes in nineteenth-century Britain which Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens wrote about.

3

(a)

Summarise the concern in both nineteenth-century Europe and India about women reading novels.  What does this suggest about how women were viewed?

3

(a)

In what ways was the novel in colonial India useful for both the colonisers as well as the nationalists?

3

(a)

How were the modern Indian novels useful for the Indians in days to day life?

3

(a)

"Indian novelists used the novel as a powerful medium to criticize the defects of the society."  Justify the statement with the suitable examples.

3

(a)

Highlight any three contributions of novel to modern society.

3

(a)

Explain the meaning of 'Jatra', Kabirlarai and Bhadralok.

3

(a)

Differentiate between the novels written by Charlotte Bronte and the  novels written by Jane Austen?

3

(a)

In what ways did the character of the novel 'Indulekha' show that India and foreign 'lifestyles' could be brought together in an ideal combination?

3

(a)

How was the involvement of women the most important event of the novel in the 18th century?

3

(a)

How did novels explore and depict the world of women? Explain it by giving examples.

3

(a)