1. Chronological Order. |
1) Write in chronological order
a) Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji
b) Greek Romances
c) The appearance of magazines and newspapers
d) Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Answer:
a) Greek Romances
b) Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji
c) Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
d) The appearance of magazines and newspapers
2) Write in chronological order
a) Industrial Revolution
b) Drama and Poetry started fading away
c) Novel gained popularity
d) The rise of middle class
Answer:
a) Industrial Revolution
b) The rise of middle class
c) Drama and Poetry started fading away
d) Novel gained popularity
3) Given below are some novels, events and writers of Indian English. Arrange the chronological order.
a) Rise of famous Indian Trionfhtening Minds
b) Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
c) Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar Hub
d) Rajmohan's Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Answer:
a) Rajmohan's Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
b) Rise of famous Trio
c) Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
d) Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
4) Given below are some Novels in English literature. Arrange them in their order their appearance.
The Pilgrim's Progress and Oroonoko a)
b) Ecologues and Morte De Arthur
c) Pamela and Gulliver's Travels
d) The Tale of Genji and Don Quixote
Answer:
a) The Tale of Genji and Don Quixote
b) Ecologues and Morte De Arthur
c) The Pilgrim's Progress and Oroonoko
d) Pamela and Gulliver's Travels
2. Pick out the odd element from the group.
1) Arun Joshi, Vikram Seth, Graham Greene, Kiran Nagarkar
Ans. Graham Greene
(Graham Greene is English novelist; others are Indian writers.)
2) Place, Period, Theme, Climate, Lifestyle
Ans. Theme
(Theme is element of novel; others are aspects of setting.)
3) Theme, Plot, Character, Novella
Ans. Novella
(Novella is a novel; others are elements of novel.)
4) James Joyce, George Orwell, George Eliot, Anthony Burgess
Ans. George Eliot
(George Eliot is a woman novelist; others are male novelists.)
5) Salman Rushdie, Arvind Adiga, Amitav Ghosh, Kiran Nagarkar
Ans. Salman Rushdie
(Salman Rushdie is immigrant author; others are Indian authors)
6) Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Ann Radcliffe, Jane Eyre
Ans. Jane Eyre
('Jane Eyre' is a novel; others are novelists.)
7) Toni Morrison, Arundhati Roy, Harper Lee, Alice Walker
Ans. Arundhati Roy
(Arundhati Roy is Indian author; others are not Indian authors.)
8) Language, Conflict, Theme, Narration
ng Mindt
Ans.
Narration SSP's Knowledge Theme, Hub
(Narration is written commentary; others are elements of novel.)
9) English novel, Allegorical novel, Historical novel, Gothic novel
Ans. English novel
(English novel is not a type of novel; others are types of novel.)
10) Novella, Novelle, Novel, Novelty
Ans. Novelty
(Novelty is the quality of being new; others are origin of 'novel')
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