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Novels, Society and History

Question:

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

Answer:

Daniel Defoe.

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Novels, Society and History

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

What was impact of serialisation of a novel ?

Q 3.

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 4.

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 5.

Write a short note on novels for the young.

Q 6.

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 7.

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

Q 8.

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 ? [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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"Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe made the readers feel that they were part of a superior community". Support the statement. [CBSE 2013]
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What actions of Robinson Crusoe made him as a typical coloniser ? Explain. [CBSE 2013]
(c) After 1740, the readership of novels began to include poorer people.
(d) Novelists in colonial India wrote for a political cause.
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How does the novel Pariksha Guru reflect the inner and outer world of the newly emerging middle classes ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

Who is known as the pioneer of modem Hindi literature ?

Q 12.

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 13.

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

Q 14.

What was the theme of Saraswativijayam ?

Q 15.

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 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

What was the theme of the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte?

Q 19.

Why the novel Pariksha Guru could not win many readers ?

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

What is a satire?

Q 22.

Write about the early Bengali novels.

Q 23.

How did serialisation of novels increase the popularity of novels and magazines ? [CBSE 2012]

Q 24.

"Social changes in Britain led to an increase in women readers". Explain.
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Explain the factors that led to women writing novels in Europe. [CBSE 2012]

Q 25.

What is a novel ?

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

The Novel is about an epic about the Mallas, a community of fisherfolk who live off fishing in the river Titash. Identify the novel and the author.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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 32.

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.

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

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 35.

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

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

What was the reason for the popularity of the novel?

Q 39.

Name any three novels by Premchand.

Q 40.

What is meant by vernacular as a language?

Q 41.

Write about Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Caster Bridge.

Q 42.

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 43.

How were the stories and prose not new to India ? Give three examples. [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

"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 46.

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

Q 47.

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 48.

How did novel become a popular medium of entertainment among the middle class in India? Explain. [CBSE 2012]

Q 49.

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 50.

How did Charles Dickens focus on the life of the industrial workers and the terrible conditions of urban life in his novels ? Explain with examples. [CBSE 2008 (O)]
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Explain the themes and issues of the . novels of Charles Dickens with examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Elaborate upon the contribution of Charles Dickens in the field of novel writing.  [CBSE-2012]
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Novels of Charles Dickens deal with which changes of the 19th century Britain ? Mention any three such changes. [CBSE-2013]
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Which type of problems were highlighted by the novelist, Charles Dickens through his novel? Explain from any of his two novels. [CBSE-2013]
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Explain any three aspects highlighted by Charles Dickens in his novel "Hard Times". [CBSE-2012]