Mention any three features of Pickwick Papers.
(i) Pickwick Papers were written by Charles Dickens.
(ii) These papers were serialised in a magazine in 1836.
(iii) Serialisation allowed readers to relish the suspense, discuss the characters of a novel and live for weeks with their stories like viewers of television soaps today.
Which novel supplied the adventurous text for the young English population ? [CBSE 2014]
Outline the changes in technology and society which led to an increase in readers of the novel in eighteenth-century Europe.
Differentiate between the novels written by Charlotte Bronte and the novels written by Jane Austen ? [CBSE 2013]
What did the novels in the nineteenth- century India mean to :
(a) Women
(b) Children
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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]
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]
What are the main features of novel Sewasadan' written by Munshi Premchand? Mention any three. [CBSE 2012]
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]
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]
Discuss some of the social changes in the nineteenth century Britain which Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens wrote about.
How did novels promote colonialism ? Explain with an example of a novel. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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What kind of novels were written for young boys in the 19th century ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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How did novels make themselves relevant to young boys ? [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Explain any five features of novels written for the young in the last stage of 19 th century. [CBSE 2012]
Who was Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer? Mention some features of his writing. [CBSE Sept. 2012]
Name a novelist who has written about terrible effects of industrialisation on people's lives and character.
Name some important novelists who use to write for the young generation.
Or
Name some of the important novels for the young. [CBSE 2014]
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]
Describe the ways in which the novels in India attempted to create a sense of pan- Indian belonging.
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.
Name a novelist who wrote about traditional rural communities of England that were vanishing.
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 ?
Summarise the concern in both nineteenth- century Europe and India about women reading novels. What does this suggest about how women were viewed ?
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.
How had the different novelists of the colonial period taken up the task of modernisation of the Indians ? Explain
Describe the ways in which the novels in India attempted to create a sense of pan- Indian belonging. [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2014]
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"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]
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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]
Explain how the writings of Munshi Premchand promoted the sense of nationalism among the Indians.
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How did the novels of Munshi Premchand promote the feeling of nationalism ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
How most of the novels of the 19th century represented the true picture of the community and the society ?
"Social changes in Britain led to an increase in women readers". Explain.
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Explain the factors that led to women writing novels in Europe. [CBSE 2012]
Name any two most important novels written by Charles Dickens. What was the theme of the novels ?
How most of the novels of the 19th century represented the true picture of the community and the society ?