Indian Writing In English

(i) In which year, Tagore received Nobel Prize ?

1. 1910
2. 1911
3. 1912
4. 1913

(ii) Who among the following Poets was influenced by Kabir and rendered some of his verses into English ?

1. R.N. Tagore
2. Sri Aurobindo
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Toru Dutt

(iii) Sartre an epic in blank verse was written by -

1. Sri Aurobindo
2. R.N. Tagore
3. Toru Dutt
4. Sarojini Naidu

(iv) Which Island is named after Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam,

1. Landfall Island
2. Bhavani Island
3. Shri Harikota
4. Wheeler Island, Odisha

(v) Abdul Kalam was the ______ President of India.

1. 9^th
2. 10^th
3. 11^th
4. 12^th

(vi) Which is the first play written by Girish Karnad ?

1. Yayati
2. Tughlaq
3. Taledanda
4. Hayavadana

(vii) Girish Karnad has given voice to which autobiography ?

1. Taget 3 Bithon
2. Wengs of Fire
3. Turning Poems
4. None of the above

(viii) Tagore's Gitangali is a collection of 103 Poem ?

1. 111
2. 211
3. 121

(ix) Which of the following is not a play by Badal Sircar ?

1. Bhooma
2. Evam Indrajeet
3. That other History
4. Agra Bazar

(x) How many acts are there in Evam Indrajeet ?

1. Tow Acts
2. Three Acts
3. Four Acts
4. Five Acts

(xi) Which novel of Anita Desai is Considered to be, an epic on calcutta :

1. Bye-Bye Black Bird
2. Fire on the Mountain
3. Voices in the City
4. Cry, the peacock

(xii) Which novel of Arun Joshi is inspired by Albert Camus.

1. The Apprentice
2. The Strange case of Billy Biswas
3. The foreigner
4. The city and the River

(xiii) Girish Karnad Tughlaq and Tale Danda are :-

1. Historical play
2. Realistic play
3. Romantic play
4. None

(xiv) Arun Joshi won the sahitya Academy Award for his novel titled.

1. The foreigner
2. The Apprentice
3. The last Labyrinth
4. The city and the River

(xv) Aurobindo's Sartre is :-

1. A romantic poem
2. an epic poem
3. A short story
4. A religious novel

In the sombre symbol of her eyeless muse
the abysm of the unbodied Infinite.
A fatham less zero occupied the world.

Taking the little thute that I am
You cross the hills and river banks,
Evoking endless tunes from me !

The water - the sanctified water ! My life !
What are you doing ? Only a chop . You
Dearl. I thusted You ...

Pride can never approach to where
them walkest in the clothes of the humble
among the poorest, and the lowest and cost.

What is the main message of wings of fire ?

What does Nilliai symbolix in the fire and the Rain ?

What the major theme in Evam Indrajeet by Badal Sircar

Discuss in brief the character of the protagonist of Anita Desai Cry the peacock

Discuss the importance of human value in the novel, The city and the River by Arun Joshi

What is the spiritual meassage of Sartre ?

"Shir Aurobindo is one of the greatest personalities in modern India." Elucidate.

How is Tagore Philosophy of life reflected in the Gitanjali.

What are the main ideas contained in 6^th wings of Fire. By A.P.J. Kalam ?

What is the meaning of wings of Fire ?

Discuss the treatment of myth in The fire and the Man by Girish Karnad.

Evam Indrajeet is a story of a struggle for existence. Support Your answer with reference to the text.

Discuss the Lonliness and Isolaotn in Anita Desai's Cry the Peacock ?

The City and the River is a story of struggle for Identity. Dis-cuss.