History

Novels, Society and History

Question:

What was the theme of Saraswativijayam ?

Answer:

Saraswativijayam stresses the importance of education for the upliftment of the lower caste.

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Novels, Society and History

Q 1.

Name any three novels by Premchand.

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 4.

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 5.

Mention any three features of Pickwick Papers.

Q 6.

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 7.

Name some important novelists who use to write for the young generation.
Or
Name some of the important novels for the young. [CBSE 2014]

Q 8.

During the 19th century, the early Bengali novelists lived in two worlds'. Explain.

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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 11.

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

Q 12.

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 13.

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]

Q 14.

What are major differences between a novel and a manuscript ?

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

Who is the author of the novel "Robinson Crusoe ?

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

Who is known as the pioneer of modem Hindi literature ?

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.

Why the novel Pariksha Guru could not win many readers ?

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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 24.

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

Q 25.

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 26.

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

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

How was the involvement of women, the most important event of the novel in the 18th century ? [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]
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How did novels explore and depict the world of women ? Explain it by giving examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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How was the New Women' portrayed in the novels of the 18th century? Explain [CBSE 2013]

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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 31.

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 32.

Describe the ways in which the novels in India attempted to create a sense of pan- Indian belonging. [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2014]
Or
"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]
Or
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]

Q 33.

Explain the contribution of Devaki Nandan Khatri in Hindi novels. [CBSE 2014]
Or
Name the first Hindi modem novel which became a best seller. Who was its writer ? Why was it so popular ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

Who was the author of Pariksha Guru ?

Q 36.

Which was the first novel of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ?

Q 37.

What was the theme of Saraswativijayam ?

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

Which social values Charles Dickens novel Hard Times' highlighted ? Mention any three.

Q 41.

Write a brief note on Rabindranath Tagore .

Q 42.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 43.

What is meant by vernacular as a language?

Q 44.

In what ways did the character of the novel Indulekha' show that India and foreign lifestyles’ could be brought together in an ideal combination ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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How did the characters like Indulekha and Madhavan inspire the contemporary generations to strike a balance between the western ideas and Indian traditional culture? [CBSE 2012]

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]
Or
Explain any three reasons for making the novel popular in India. [CBSE 2014]

Q 46.

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]
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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 47.

Explain briefly the history of Hindi novel. [CBSE. Sep 2010, 12]

Q 48.

Write about some of the important characteristics of the Hindi novels. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
How did the Hindi novels reflect the true picture of the Indian society of the 19th century ?
Or
Explain the teachings given by Srinivas Das in his novel ‘Pariksha Guru'. [CBSE 2010 (F), 2014]
In what ways did novels help to give the people a vision of being ideal characters without losing one's identity ? Explain.  [CBSE 2012]

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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