History

Novels, Society and History

Question:

Which was the first historical novel written in Bengal ?

Answer:

Bhadeb Mukhopadhyay's Anguriya Binimoy.

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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.

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.

Q 3.

Write about the early Bengali novels.

Q 4.

What was impact of serialisation of a novel ?

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

What is a satire?

Q 7.

Write a short note on novels for the young.

Q 8.

Mention any three features of Pickwick Papers.

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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 11.

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

Q 12.

Who was Charlotte Bronte ? How has she presented the picture of a woman in her novels ?
Or
Describe the depiction of women in the novels of Charlotte Bronte. [CBSE 2013]
Or
In which way was women depicted in Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre'? [CBSE 2011]

Q 13.

What were the favourite themes to women novelists in India? Explain giving any three examples. [CBSE 2012]

Q 14.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 15.

Name any three novels by Premchand.

Q 16.

What is meant by vernacular as a language?

Q 17.

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 18.

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

Q 19.

Which of the following novel was written by Potheri Kunjambu and deals with the caste oppression ? [CBSE. Sept. 2011,12]

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 22.

Who was Jane Austen ? How do her novels give us a glimpse of the world of women in the general rural society in the early 19th century Britain ?
Or
How did Jane Austen portray the women of 19th century in her novel ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012]

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

Who was the author of Mayor of Casterbridge ?

Q 25.

Who is known as the pioneer of modem Hindi literature ?

Q 26.

Who was the Hindi novelist whose writing took the Hindi novels to excellence ?

Q 27.

Which was the first novel of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ?

Q 28.

What was the theme of Saraswativijayam ?

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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 31.

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 32.

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

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

Novels had explained and focussed on the terrible conditions of urban life under industrial capitalism. Justify.

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

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 38.

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 39.

Explain the role of novelists in the field of social reforms in India with the help of any three examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 40.

What is a novel ?

Q 41.

What are major differences between a novel and a manuscript ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

Which was the first modem novel in Malayalam? When was it published ?

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Which was the first proper modem novel in Hindi ? What was its theme ?

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

The novel is an epic of the Indian peasantry and tells the moving story of Hori and his wife, Dhania. Identify the novel. [CBSE. Sept. 2011]

Q 50.

Write a note on :
(a) Hie Oriya Novel
(b) Jane Austen's portrayal of women
(c) The picture of the new middle class which the novel Pariksha Guru portrays.