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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 Sept. 2010]

Answer:

(i) The novel Saraswativijayam 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.
(Hi) 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.

Mention some important characteristics of novels which increased their popularity among the readers.

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

Which was the first historical novel written in Bengal ?

Q 4.

Who wrote Anandmath ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 5.

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.
c) After 1740, the readership of novels began to include poorer people.
d) Novelists in colonial India wrote for a political cause.

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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]
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Explain any five features of novels written for the young in the last stage of 19 th century. [CBSE 2012]

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

Outline the changes in technology and society which led to an increase in the readers of the novel in the eighteenth century Europe. [CBSE Sept. 2013]

Q 11.

What was the reason for the popularity of the novel?

Q 12.

Why did the readership of novel begin to include poorer people? Give any three reasons. [CBSE 2013]
Or
"For a long time the publishing market excluded the poor."Give reasons for such an exclusion. [CBSE 2015]

Q 13.

"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 14.

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

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

Who wrote Saraswativijayam ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 17.

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 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

How did novel become a popular medium of entertainment among the middle class in India? Explain. [CBSE 2012]

Q 21.

Mention any three features of Pickwick Papers.

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

The novel revolves around Surdas who is visually impaired and belongs to an untouchable caste. Identify the novel.

Q 24.

Who is the author of the novel ‘Robinson Crusoe' ? [CBSE. Sept.2011, 12]

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

Mention some important reasons for the popularity of the novels. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Or
Explain, how did novels become a popular medium of entertainment among the middle class during the late nineteenth century in India. [CBSE 2010 (D), Sept. 2013]
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Why were the novels widely read and become popular very quickly ? [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012]
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How did novels become popular among masses ? (CBSE 2013)
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Assess the reasons for the popularity of the novel in Europe ? [CBSE 2012]

Q 28.

How had the different novelists of the colonial period taken up the task of modernisation of the Indians ? Explain

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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 31.

How did the early novels contribute to colonialism ?
Or
With the help of an example show how the early novels in Europe contributed to colonialism? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 32.

What is a novel ?

Q 33.

What are major differences between a novel and a manuscript ?

Q 34.

Name any two famous Hindi novelists. Also mention the names of the novels written by them.

Q 35.

The Novel is about an epic about the Mallas, a community of fisherfolk who live off fishing in the river Titash. Identify the novel and the author.

Q 36.

Which was the first novel of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ?

Q 37.

What is satire ? Give one example. [CBSE 2014]

Q 38.

Who was the English author who showed the darker side of colonialism in his novels ? [CBSE. Sept.2011]

Q 39.

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 40.

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

Q 41.

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 42.

What was the reason for the popularity of the novel?

Q 43.

Write a brief note on Rabindranath Tagore .

Q 44.

What is Epistolary?

Q 45.

Describe the earliest novels written in Bengali and Marathi. [CBSE 2013]

Q 46.

How did the novels play a significant role in awareness about the India's glorious past. [CBSE 2013]
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How did novels inspire the freedom fighters? Explain with two examples. [CBSE 2011]

Q 47.

Describe the reasons of the popularity of novels among the women. [CBSE 2013, 2014]

Q 48.

Explain the contribution of Premchand in Hindi novels. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2013]
Or
Which is the most popular novel written by Premchand ? When was it published ? Write its theme. [CBSE 2008 (O)]
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"It was with the writings of Premchand that Hindi novel achieved excellence."Justify the statement. [CBSE 2013]

Q 49.

What Is a novel ? Mention any two features of novel.

Q 50.

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