History

Novels, Society and History

Question:

Who wrote Anandmath ? [CBSE 2014]

Answer:

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

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Novels, Society and History

Q 1.

Name any three novels by Premchand.

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

Who was Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer? Mention some features of his writing. [CBSE Sept. 2012]

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.

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 8.

What are major differences between a novel and a manuscript ?

Q 9.

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 10.

Who is known as the pioneer of modem Hindi literature ?

Q 11.

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 12.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

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 15.

Mention any three features of Pickwick Papers.

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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

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.

Who is the author of the novel "Robinson Crusoe ?

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

Why the novel Pariksha Guru could not win many readers ?

Q 25.

Which was the first novel of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ?

Q 26.

Who wrote Saraswativijayam ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

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 29.

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 30.

Write a short note on novels for the young.

Q 31.

Write a short note on novels for the young.

Q 32.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

How were the modem Indian novels useful for the Indians in day to day life. [CBSE 2013]
Or
"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 36.

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

Q 37.

Explain how the writings of Munshi Premchand promoted the sense of nationalism among the Indians.
Or
How did the novels of Munshi Premchand promote the feeling of nationalism ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 38.

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 39.

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 40.

What is a novel ?

Q 41.

What was the theme of Saraswativijayam ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

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 45.

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

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

What is Epistolary?

Q 48.

What is meant by vernacular as a language?

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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