History

Novels, Society and History

Question:

Which was the first modern novel in Nalayalam ? [CBSE 2014]

Answer:

Indulekha.

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Novels, Society and History

Q 1.

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 2.

How did the vernacular novels help Britishers to expand their rule in India ?

Q 3.

Write about the early Bengali novels.

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

Write a short note on novels for the young.

Q 6.

Explain the history of growth of novels in India. [CBSE 2014]
Or
Explain briefly the history of Hindi novel from starting to excellence. [CBSE 2011 ]

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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 9.

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

Q 10.

What was impact of serialisation of a novel ?

Q 11.

Name the novelist who showed the darker ‘ side of colonial occupation.

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

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 14.

What is Epistolary?

Q 15.

Discuss how the issue of caste was included in the novels in India. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Describe, the theme of the novel . Saraswativijayam' written by Potheri Kunjambu.
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Who is the author of novel "Saraswati vijayam"? Describe the theme of it.
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How does Saraswativijayam' lay stress upon the importance of education for the upliftment of the lower castes ?  [CBSE 2012]
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How did authors from so called low castes gain recognition in the world of literature? Explain with examples of any two such authors. [CBSE 2012]

Q 16.

Trace the history of novels of South India.

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

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 21.

Which was the first historical novel written in Bengal ?

Q 22.

Why the novel Pariksha Guru could not win many readers ?

Q 23.

Who wrote Saraswativijayam ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 26.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

"Novels were useful to different sectors of the society."Support your answer with suitable examples.
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Highlight any three contributions of novel to modern society. [CBSE 2014]

Q 30.

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]

Q 31.

What was the importance of novels ?
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In what ways was the novel in colonial India useful for both the colonisers as well as the nationalists ?  [CBSE 2009 (O), Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]
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"Novels were useful for both the colonial administrators and Indians in colonial India."Support the statement with example. [CBSE 2010 (O)]
Or
What Were the various uses of novels from the Indian point of view ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

What were the issues raised by the novel Indulekha written in Malayalam ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
What led Chandu Menon to write Indulekha ? [CBSE Sept. 2011,2014]

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

Who is the author of the novel "Robinson Crusoe ?

Q 37.

How was the sources of entertainment of the old merchant elite of Calcutta different from the new bhadralok ?

Q 38.

Name a novel which is about a secret Hindu militia that fights Muslims to establish a Hindu Kingdom. It was a novel that inspired many kinds of freedom fighters. ‘

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

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 41.

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

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

Name the first novel written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Describe his contribution to the Bengali novel.  [CBSE 2010]

Q 45.

How were the modem Indian novels useful for the Indians in day to day life. [CBSE 2013]
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"Indian novelists used the novel as a powerful medium to criticize the defects of the society."Justify the statement with the suitable examples. [CBSE 2013]
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Explain any three reasons for making the novel popular in India. [CBSE 2014]

Q 46.

Mention some important reasons for the popularity of the novels. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
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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 47.

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

Q 48.

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 49.

Mention any three features of Pickwick Papers.

Q 50.

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