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Novels, Society and History

Question:

Explain the role of novelists in the field of social reforms in India with the help of any three examples. [CBSE 2014]

Answer:

(i) The novel Saraswatiuijayam stresses the importance of education for the upliftment of the lower castes.
(ii) The writer of novel Indulekha wanted his readers to appreciate the new values of education and criticise the ignorance.
(iii) Novelist like Munshi Premchand wrote about the poor conditions of peasants and how they were being exploited by the landlords.

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Novels, Society and History

Q 1.

Which novel supplied the adventurous text for the young English population ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 2.

Outline the changes in technology and society which led to an increase in readers of the novel in eighteenth-century Europe.

Q 3.

Which was the first novel of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ?

Q 4.

What is Epistolary?

Q 5.

Differentiate between the novels written by Charlotte Bronte and the novels written by Jane Austen ? [CBSE 2013]

Q 6.

What did the novels in the nineteenth- century India mean to :
(a) Women
(b) Children
Or
What was the attitude of people in India in the 19th century towards women reading ? How did women responded to this ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 7.

Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Why is it considered a special novel ? Explain any four reasons.  [CBSE 2013, 2014]
Or .
Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Describe the theme of this novel. [CBSE 2012]

Q 8.

What are the main features of novel Sewasadan' written by Munshi Premchand? Mention any three. [CBSE 2012]

Q 9.

What do you mean by epistolary novel ? Give One example.
Or
State the meaning of epistolary novel. Give one example for this type of novel. [CBSE 2013]

Q 10.

What did G.A. Henty write about in his novel ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
How did the novels for the young boys idealise a new type of man ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 11.

Who was the author of Pickwick Papers which was serialised in 1836 ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 12.

Which was the first historical novel written in Bengal ?

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

How did novels promote colonialism ? Explain with an example of a novel. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
What kind of novels were written for young boys in the 19th century ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
How did novels make themselves relevant to young boys ? [CBSE Sept. 2011]
Or
Explain any five features of novels written for the young in the last stage of 19 th century. [CBSE 2012]

Q 15.

Who was Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer? Mention some features of his writing. [CBSE Sept. 2012]

Q 16.

What is a novel ?

Q 17.

Who formed the readership for the novels ?

Q 18.

Who was Leo Tolstoy?

Q 19.

Name some important novelists who use to write for the young generation.
Or
Name some of the important novels for the young. [CBSE 2014]

Q 20.

Who is the author of the novel "Robinson Crusoe ?

Q 21.

During the 19th century, the early Bengali novelists lived in two worlds'. Explain.

Q 22.

Name a novelist who wrote for lower- castes.

Q 23.

Which social issues were included in the novels in India? Explain by giving examples. [CBSE 2014]
Or
Novels helped in creating a sense of social awareness in India.' Explain. [CBSE 2012]

Q 24.

Describe the ways in which the novels in India attempted to create a sense of pan- Indian belonging.

Q 25.

Write a note on:
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.

Q 26.

What was the reason for the popularity of the novel?

Q 27.

Explain the meaning of Jatra', Kabirlarai and Bhadralok. [CBSE 2013]

Q 28.

Explain the themes and issues of the novels of Thomas Hardy. [CBSE 2011]

Q 29.

Who is the writer of the novel Germinal ? What was the theme of the novel ?

Q 30.

Name a novelist who has written about terrible effects of industrialisation on people's lives and character.

Q 31.

Name a novelist who wrote about traditional rural communities of England that were vanishing.

Q 32.

In many novels written during the colonial period, the ideal person successfully deals with one of the central dilemmas faced by colonial subject'. What was the dilemma ?

Q 33.

Name any two novels written by Munshi Premchand. [CBSE 2014]

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

Describe how the issue of caste was included in novels in India. By referring to any two novels, discuss the ways in which  they tried to make readers think about the existing social issues.

Q 36.

Write a brief note on Rabindranath Tagore .

Q 37.

Write a short note on novels for the young.

Q 38.

Name any three novels by Premchand.

Q 39.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 40.

Describe the ways in which the novels in India attempted to create a sense of pan- Indian belonging. [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2014]
Or
"Leading Indian novelists of the 19th century wrote for a National cause". Do you agree with the statement ? Justify your answer. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Or
How did novels fulfill the task of nation building in India ? Explain. [CBSE 2012] Or
How did the novels in India encourage nationalism ? Explain any three points. [CBSE 2010]

Q 41.

Explain how the writings of Munshi Premchand promoted the sense of nationalism among the Indians.
Or
How did the novels of Munshi Premchand promote the feeling of nationalism ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 42.

How most of the novels of the 19th century represented the true picture of the community and the society ?

Q 43.

"Social changes in Britain led to an increase in women readers". Explain.
Or
Explain the factors that led to women writing novels in Europe. [CBSE 2012]

Q 44.

Who was another of Pamela a novel based on exchange of letters between two lovers.

Q 45.

How most of the novels of the 19th century represented the true picture of the community and the society ?

Q 46.

Who was the author of Pariksha Guru ?

Q 47.

Explain the following :
(a) Social changes in Britain which led to an increase in women readers.
(b) What actions of Robinson Crusoe make us see him as a typical coloniser ? [CBSE Sept. 2011]
Or
"Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe made the readers feel that they were part of a superior community". Support the statement. [CBSE 2013]
Or
What actions of Robinson Crusoe made him as a typical coloniser ? Explain. [CBSE 2013]
(c) After 1740, the readership of novels began to include poorer people.
(d) Novelists in colonial India wrote for a political cause.
Or
How does the novel Pariksha Guru reflect the inner and outer world of the newly emerging middle classes ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

Describe how the issue of caste was included in novels in India. By referring to any two novels, discuss the ways in which they tried to make readers think about existing social issues.