Indian Writing In English

(i) Name the poet who wrote poems is English and French :

1. Kamala Das
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Toru Dutt
4. Nissim Ezekiel

(ii) What was the only work of Toru Dutt published when she was alive ?

1. The Diary of Mademoiselle D’Arvers
2. A Sheaf Gleaned In French Fields
3. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
4. Bianca or the Young Spanish Maiden

(iii) Who is called the Bharat Kokila of India ?

1. Toru Dutt
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Kamla Das
4. Jhumpa Lahiri

(iv) Who wrote the poem 'An Introduction' ?

1. Nissim Ezekiel
2. Tagore
3. Kamla Das
4. Wordsworth

(v) Which of the following poems is not written by Nissim Ezekiel ?

1. Night of a Scorpion
2. The Hill
3. Beggars cannot be Choosers
4. Poet Lover Birdwatcher

(vi) Where was Mulk Raj Anand born ?

1. Amritsar
2. Islamabad
3. Peshawar
4. Shri Nagar

(vii) What is the name of Narayan’s first novel ?

1. Swami and Friends
2. The Dark Room
3. The World of Nagaraj
4. None of these

(viii) Amitav Ghosh was born in :

1. 1955
2. 1954
3. 1956
4. 1958

(ix) Who is the author of 'The Namesake' ?

1. Amitav Ghosh
2. Arundhati Roy
3. Jhumpa Lahiri
4. Kiran Desai

(x) Mahashweta Devi was born in :

1. 1928
2. 1926
3. 1927
4. 1930

(xi) The line “Art thou transformed to blind dumb stone” occurs in whose writing ?

1. Toru Dutt
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Kamla Das
4. Tagore

(xii) Where was Sarojini Naidu born ?

1. Madras
2. Bombay
3. America
4. Hyderabad

(xiii) “They did this to her, the men, who know her, the man” occurs in which poem ?

1. An Introduction
2. The Sunshine Cat
3. Philosophy
4. Gitanjali

(xiv) Who is the protagonist of Shashi Deshpande’s “That Long Silence” ?

1. Mohan
2. Jaya
3. Rati
4. Kamat

(xv) Who among the following Indian writers in English, has created an identifiable imagined local ?

1. Mulk Raj Rao
2. Raja Rao
3. R.K. Narayan
4. Anita Desai

No cause is there for any fear. Hast thou his prower never seen.

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And still she gazed in her mirror and sighed.

She turned to, clinging to their chests, where new hair sprouted like great winged moths.

Or

To force the pace and never to be still is not the way of those who study birds.

Critically evaluate social realism in Mulk Raj Anand’s ‘Untouchable’.

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Do you agree that Raju is transformed man at the end of the novel ? Discuss.

What are the important aspects of the novel ‘Shadow Lines’ ?

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What are the thematic concerns in Deshpandei’s novel ‘That Long Silence’ ?

What kinds of marriages are presented by Lahiri ?

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Discuss gender and feminine consciousness as reflected in Mahashweta Devi’s works.

Write down the critical appreciation of Toru Dutt’s ‘Laxman’.

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Attempt the critical appreciation of Sarojini Naidu’s ‘The Soul’s Prayer’.

Discuss Kamala Das as a poet.

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Write down the ideas as reflected in Nissim Ezekiel’s ‘Poet Lover Bird Watcher’.

Discuss the plot of Mulk Raj Anand’s ‘Untouchable’.

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Comment upon the significance of the title of the novel ‘The Guide’.

Attempt Amitav Ghosh as a novelist.

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Discuss Shashi Deshpande as one of the leading English novelists of today.

Do you agree that Lahiri’s many of the stories show instances where the differences between American and Indian culture are expressed in ‘Interpreter of Maladies’.

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Discuss the gender and feminine consciousness as reflected on Mahashweta Devi’s works.