Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Why is it considered a special novel ? Explain any four reasons. [CBSE 2013, 2014]
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Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Describe the theme of this novel. [CBSE 2012]
Advaita Malla Burman.
(i) This book is an epic about the Mallas, a community of fisherfolk in the river Titash.
(ii) The novel is about three generations of the Mallas.
(iii) It describes the community life of Mallas their religious traditions, festivals and relationship.
(iv) It discusses circumstances due to which slowly they broke up.
(v) Their end comes together, as the river dries up.
This is special because the author is himself from a low caste fisherfolk community.
Discuss some of the social changes in 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]
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.
Describe the ways in which the novel in India attempted to create a sense of pan-Indian belonging
Why did the readership of novel begin to include poorer people? Give any three reasons. [CBSE 2013]
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"For a long time the publishing market excluded the poor."Give reasons for such an exclusion. [CBSE 2015]
Mention some important characteristics of novels which increased their popularity among the readers.
Name a novelist who wrote about traditional rural communities of England that were vanishing.
How most of the novels of the 19th century represented the true picture of the community and the society ?
Which social issues were included in the novels in India? Explain by giving examples. [CBSE 2014]
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Novels helped in creating a sense of social awareness in India.' Explain. [CBSE 2012]
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]
In what ways was the novel in colonial India useful for both the colonisers as well as the nationalists?
How did the early novels contribute to colonialism ?
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With the help of an example show how the early novels in Europe contributed to colonialism? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
How did novel become a popular medium of entertainment among the middle class in India? Explain. [CBSE 2012]
What do you mean by epistolary novel ? Give One example.
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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]
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How did the novels for the young boys idealise a new type of man ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
Which novel supplied the adventurous text for the young English population ? [CBSE 2014]
Name any two famous Hindi novelists. Also mention the names of the novels written by them.
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. ‘
The novel revolves around Surdas who is visually impaired and belongs to an untouchable caste. Identify the novel.
In what ways was the novel In colonial India useful for both the colonisers as well as the nationalists?
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.
Summarise the concern in both nineteenth-century Europe and India about women reading novels. What does this suggest about how women were viewed?
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)]
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What Were the various uses of novels from the Indian point of view ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Why is it considered a special novel ? Explain any four reasons. [CBSE 2013, 2014]
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Who is the author of novel "Titash Ekti Nadir Naam"? Describe the theme of this novel. [CBSE 2012]
Explain the contribution of Premchand in Hindi novels. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2013]
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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]
How most of the novels of the 19th century represented the true picture of the community and the society ?
Explain any three features of early Bengali novels . [CBSE 2010 (D)]
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Describe two kinds of novels that came to be written in Bengali in the 19th century. Name any two famous novelists of Bengal. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
"It is a truth universally accepted acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife". Name the novel and the author.
Name any two novelists of South India. Also mention the names of the novels written by them.