Indian Literature - Quiz 2

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1. Which of the following novels focuses on the question of rape?
(a) The Bending Vine
(b) Voices in The City
(c) Some Inner Fury
(d) A Time to Be Happy

2. Who is the author of the following novels: A Bend in The Ganges, The Princes, Dis­tant Drums, Devil's Wind, A Combat of Shadows?

(a) Mulk Raj Anand
(b) Bhabani Bhattacharya
(c) Manohar Malgaonkar
(d) Salman Rushdie

3. Who wrote "Our Casuarina Tree" a splendid Keatsian poem?
(a) Toru Dutt
(b) Romesh Chander Dutt
(c) Swami Vivekanand
(d) Sri Aurobindo

4. To whom do we assign following works - The Lake of Palms, A History of Civilization of Ancient India, The Slave-Girl of Agra?
(a) Manmohan Ghose
(b) Romesh Chander Dutt
(c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(d) Sharat Chandra

5. Which one of the following is a collection of Anita Desai's short stories?
(a) Voices in the City
(b) Games at Twilight
(c) Village by the Sea
(d) Cry, the Peacock

6. Browning's The Ring and the Book is a long poem having about 21,000 lines, but Aurobindo's Savitri is longer. How many lines does the epic contain?
(a) 24,000 (b) 21,500
(c) 30,000 (d) 22,000

7. Toru Dutt, Romesh Chander Dutt and Aurobindo, all wrote on one common theme taken out from the Mahabharata. Identify the story which the tree found irresistible.
(a) Kama and Kunti
(b) Nal-Damyanti
(c) Savitri
(d) Gandhari

8. Who of the following was highly influenced by French Romanticism, French language and literature?
(a) Romesh Chander Dutt
(b) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(c) Toru Dutt
(d) Govind Dutt

9. About an Indian poet writing in English, a critic, George Sampson says that a reader of his poems "Would readily take them as the work of an English poet trained in the classical tradition." An Indian critic feels that his poetry has no imagery or sentiment that can be termed as Indian. Who was this poet?
(a) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(b) Romesh Chander Dutt
(c) Aurobindo Ghose
(d) Manmohan Ghose

10. The Fakir ofJhungheera was written by one of the first Indo-Anglian poets. The poem is often hailed as a "Competent narrative verse with Byronic echoes." Identify the writer.
(a) Toru Dutt
(b) Henry Derozio
(c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(d) Hasan Ali

11. He was the first Indian poet to have pub­lished a regular volume of English verse. He also edited an English Weekly The Hindu Intelligence. Name him.
(a) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(b) Mohan Lai
(c) Romesh Chander Dutt
(d) Kashiprasad Ghose

12. Paying a tribute to a Bengali poet who wrote in English also, Sri Aurobindo said, "The God himself took up thy pen and wrote." Who was he?
(a) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(b) Henry Derozio
(c) Romesh Chander Dutt
(d) Kashiprasad Ghose

13. One of the following works is written by Michael Madhusudan Dutt. Identify which one?
(a) The Shair and Other Poems
(b) The Captive Ladie
(c) Bianca
(d) Lays of Ancient India

14. Name the poet of "Kali, the Mother."
(a) Swami Vivekanand
(b) Subramaniam Bharathi
(c) Swami Ramakrishna Paramhans
(d) Sri Aurobindo

15. He is a Sahitya Akademi Award Winner and he loves to write for children. Who is he?
(a) R. K. Narayan
(b) Manohar Malgaonkar
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Upamanyu Chatterjee

16. Whose autobiography is entitled My Father's Son?
(a) Dom Moraes
(b) Frank Moraes
(c) Nirad Chaudhury
(d) VS. Naipaul

17. Mulk Raj Anand, about one of his female characters says, "Gauri is my tribute to Indian womanhood." In which novel does Gauri appear?
(a) The Road
(b) The Old Woman and The Cow
(c) Untouchable
(d) The Sword and The Sickle

18. Read the following passage and identify the novel and its author: "Lago, I am as meek as Moses, but I have just heard that you have been mishandled by that Bhatta Govinda. Whip me, ye devils! Roast me in sulphur! Gall, worse than gall! A rascally Yea-for-smooth knave! Three Judases, each one thrice worse than Judas! Falstaff speak­ing. I am as subject to heat as butter."
(a) In Custody by Anita Desai
(b) Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
(c) All About H. Hatter by G.V. Desani
(d) Vermillion Boat by Sudhir Ghosh

19. Name the author who has been described by a critic as an "outsider inside."
(a) Anita Desai
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Nirad C. Chaudhary
(d) Ruth Jhabvala

20. Following novels, except one, describes the condition of Indians settled abroad. Mark the one which does not.
(a) The Nowhere Man
(b) Bye-Bye, Blackbird
(c) The Serpent And The Rope
(d) The Guide

21. The Angel of Misfortune is a poem of about 5000 lines, written by Nagesh Vishwanath Pai. Whose story is narrated in this book?
(a) Saturn, the Dark Angel
(b) King Arthur of the Holy Grail
(c) King Vikramaditya
(d) Kamadeva

22. Name the author of The Gardener, The Fu­gitive, Chitra, Sacrifice, The Post Office.
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra
(c) Aurobindo Ghose
(d) Romesh Chander Dutt

23. Name the two prizes, one in literature and another in History, awarded to young Aurobindo while studying in England.
(a) Pulitzer Prizes in Literature and Bedford Prize in History
(b) Bookers in Literature and Butterworth in History
(c) Butterworth in Literature and Bedford in History

24. Name Sarojini Naidu's last collection of poems.
(a) The Broken Wing
(b) The Golden Threshold
(c) The Bird of Time
(d) The Temple

25. What is the full title of Aurobindo's Savitri?
(a) Savitri - An Epic
(b) Savitri
(c) Savitri - A Legend and a Symbol
(d) Savitri - A Poem in Three Parts


Answers:

  1. a
  2. c
  3. a
  4. b
  5. a
  6. a
  7. c
  8. c
  9. d
  10. b
  11. d
  12. a
  13. b
  14. a
  15. c
  16. a
  17. b
  18. c
  19. d
  20. d
  21. c
  22. a
  23. a
  24. a
  25. c