Indian Novels Previous Year UGC-NET English Questions

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I(Book)

(a) English, August

(b) In Custody

(c) Such a Long Journey

(d) Funny Boy

List-II(Author)

I. Shyam Selvadurai

II. Anita Desai

III. Rohinton Mistry

IV. Upamanyu Chatterjee

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

[1] (a)-I; (b)-II; (c)-IV; (d)-III

[2] (a)-II; (b)-IV; (c)-I; (d)-III

[3] (a)-III; (b)-II; (c)-I; (d)-IV

[4] (a)-IV; (b)-II; (c)-III; (d)-I

Answer: 4

Choose the right chronological sequence of the following books:

(a) Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

(b) Kiran Desai, The inheritance of Loss

(c) Shashi Deshpande, That Long Silence

(d) Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] (a), (d), (b), (c)

[2] (b), (c), (d), (a)

[3] (c), (a), (d), (b)

[4] (d), (b), (c), (a)

Answer: 3

Which among the following is a short story by the booker prize winner Geetanjali Shree:

[1] Khali jagah

[2] Hamara shahar us baras

[3] Bel patra

[4] Mai

Answer: [3] Bel patra

Match List I with List II

List I

[A] Perumal murugan

[B] Hansda sowvendra shekhar

[C] Baby kamble

[D] Urmila pawar

List II

[I] Adivasi will not dance

[II] The weave of my life

[III] One part woman

[IV] The prisons we broke

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

[2] A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

[3] A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

[4] A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

Answer: [2] A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Choose the novels that use ‘magic realism’ as a tool of narration:

[A] The shadow lines

[B] One hundred years of solitude

[C] Midnight’s children

[D] Beloved

[E] Kanthapura

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B and C only

[2] B, C and D only

[3] C, D and E only

[4] B, C, D and E only

Answer: [2] B, C and D only

The following statement is written by which of the authors given below:

“Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss”?

[1] Arundhati Roy

[2] Kiran Desai

[3] Shashi Tharoor

[4] Rohinton Mistry

Answer: [2] Kiran Desai

Match List I with List II

List I

[A] Cornelia Sorabji

[B] Krupabai Santhinatha

[C] Raj Lakshmi Debi

[D] Kamala Markandaya

List II

[I] Between the twilights

[II] The Hindu wife

[III] Nector in a sieve

[IV] Saguna, a story of native Christian life

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

[2] A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

[3] A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

[4] A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III

Answer: [4] A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III

Identify the correct one from the following:

[A] Bharti Mukherjee’s novels display split in the diasporic subjects.

[B] Rohinton Mistry belongs to the community of parsies that field to India from Persia to escape Islamic persecution.

[C] Sujata Bhat recalls home as a nostalgic memory and longs intensely for it.

[D] Farrukh dhondy connects Delhi and New York to discuss the diasporic experiences.

[E] Sharath Chandra in his poem, ‘In the third country,” wishes to die in India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B and D only

[2] A, B and C only

[3] A, D and E only

[4] B, C and E only

Answer: [2] A, B and C only

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The Indian English novelists witnessed a warm reception of their writings in Europe, and they proliferated well in India during the 1930’s and 1940’s.

Statement II: The two world wars added an overall sense of gloom and civilizational crisis across the globe, especially in Europe.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

[1] Both statement I and statement II are true

[2] Both statement I and statement II are false

[3] Statement I is true, but statement II is false

[4] Statement I is false, but statement II is true

Answer: [1] Both statement I and statement II are true

Match List I with List II

List I

[A] Siddhant Dhanvant Shanghvi

[B] Advaita kala

[C] Amrit Shetty

[D] Anuja Chauhan

List II

[I] Almost single

[II] Love over coffee

[III] The Zoya factor

[IV] The lost flamingoes of Bombay

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

[2] A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

[3] A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

[4] A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Answer: [4] A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Which of these books are written by Nirad C Chaudhuri?

[A] The continent of Circe

[B] Principal Upanishads

[C] A passage to England

[D] Our new rulers

[E] The autobiography of an unknown Indian

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] B, C and D only

[2] C, D and E only

[3] A, C and E only

[4] A, B and D only

Answer: [3] A, C and E only

The writer and the world by V.S. Naipaul is a

[1] Novel

[2] Travelogue

[3] Collection of essays

[4] Non-fiction

Answer: [3] Collection of essays & [4] Non-fiction

Identify the combination(s) that belong to the genre of sci-fi/speculative fiction.

[1] Vandana Singh – The woman who thought she was planet

[2] Tehmina Durrani – Blasphemy

[3] Salman Rushdie – The satanic verses

[4] Priya Sarukkai Crabria – Generation 14

[5] Gautam Bhatia – The wall

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B and D only

[2] A, D and E only

[3] A, C and D only

[4] D, A and Conly

Answer: [2] A, D and E only

Which of the following is not a part of Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis trilogy?

[1] Sea of poppies

[2] River of smoke

[3] Flood of fire

[4] The Calcutta chromosome

Answer: [4] The Calcutta chromosome

Subramani’s fantasy eaters (1988) is a

[1] Novel

[2] Collection of short stories

[3] Collection of essays

[4] Poem

Answer: [2] Collection of short stories

Identify the correct pairs:

[A] The boyfriend – Juliette Banerjee

[B] Nude therapy – Margaret Chatterjee

[C] The other woman and other stories – Dina Mehta

[D] The Yankee and the yogi – B.G. Siddharth

[E] Prejudice of ages – Vera Sharma

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] (A),(B) and (C)

[2] (A),(C) and (D)

[3] (B), (C) and (E)

[4] (C), (D) and (E)

Answer: [2] (A),(C) and (D)

Which of the following novels is NOT written by Amitav Ghosh?

1) Sea of Poppies

2) Flood of Fire

3) Gun Island

4) English, August

Answer: 4) English, August

Which one of the following is false about V. S. Naipaul?

1) He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001

2) He won the Booker Prize for his novel A House for Mr. Biswas.

3) He contributed his stories to the Trinidad Guardian.

4) He won the Somerset Maugham Award for his Miguel Street.

Answer: 2) He won the Booker Prize for his novel A House for Mr. Biswas.

Which of the following are the leading characters in the novels written by Mulk Raj Anand?

A) Munoo

B) Bakha

C) Sampath

D) Gangu

E) Dopdi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) B, C and D only.

2) A, C and E only.

3) C, D and E only.

4) A, B and D only.

Answer: 4) A, B and D only.

Match List I with List II

LIST I (Output Device) LIST II (Description)

A) Ratanbai: A Sketch of a Bombay High Caste Hindu Young Wife I. Krupabai Satthianadhan

B) The Hindoo Wife or The Enchanted Fruit II. Shevantibai M. Nikambe

C) Kamala, A Story of Hindu Life III. Toru Dutt

D) Bianca or The Young Spanish Maiden IV. Raj Lakshmi Debi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

2) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

3) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

4) A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

Answer: 3) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

Find the chronological order of publication of the given works:

A) Rajmohan’s Wife

B) A Bend in the Ganges

C) Kanthapura

D) Untouchable

E) Distant Drum

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B, C, D, E

2) A, C, D, E, B

3) A, D, C, B, E

4) A, E, D, C, B

Answer: 3) A, D, C, B, E

Which among the following is NOT written by Kamala Markandaya?

1) Some Inner Fury

2) The Nowhere Man

3) A Time to be Happy

4) The Golden Honeycomb

Answer: 3) A Time to be Happy

Which of the following books are written by Aravind Adiga?

A) The Blue Bedspread

B) Between the Assassinations

C) The House of the Blue Mangoes

D) Last Man in Tower

E) The White Tiger

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B and C

2) B, D and E

3) B, C and D

4) A, C and D

Answer: 2) B, D and E

Which among the following is correct in the context of R. K Narayan?

A) His The Guide is an open-ended novel.

B) Most of the characters of his novels are from elite section of society.

C) He wrote a short story titled “The Martyr’s Corner.”

D) He received the Booker’s prize for his novel The Vendor of Sweets.

E) Malgudi is a real-life city in KarnatakA)

Choose the correct option given below:

1) A, B, and C

2) A and C

3) A, C and D

4) A, C and E

Answer: 2) A and C

Arrange the works in chronological sequence:

A) Rajmohan’s Wife

B) A Bend in the Ganges

C) Kanthapura

D) Untouchable

E) Distant Drum

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

1) A, B, C, D, E

2) A, C, D, E, B

3) A, D, C, B, E

4) A, E, D, C, B

Answer: 3) A, D, C, B, E

Match List I with List II

List I List II

A) Humayun Kabir I A Goddess Named Gold

B) Bhabani Bhattacharya II Men and Rivers

C) Manohar Malgonkar III Combat of Shadows

D) Kamala Markandaya IV Possession

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

2) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

3) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

4) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

Answer: 4) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

Which of the following fictional works form a trilogy by Mulk Raj Anand?

A) Village

B) Private Life of an Indian Prince

C) Across the Black Waters

D) The Sword and the Sickle

E) The Road

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B and C

2) A, C and D

3) B, D and E

4) C, D and E

Answer: 2) A, C and D

The name of the Goddess in Kanthapura is:

1) Kenchamma

2) Akkayya

3) Narsiga

4) Tiruchengode

Answer: 1) Kenchamma

Arrange the following works in the chronological order of their publication:

A) Tara

B) Mister Behram

C) Goa

D) Marriage-Poem

E) The Dumb Dancer

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) B, D, C, A, E

2) D, E, C, A, B

3) D. C. E. A. B

4) A, C, B, E, D

Answer:3) D. C. E. A. B

Sharankumar Limbale argues that Dalit literature is unique because:

(A) This brings out the Dalit reality which is liminal in time and space.

(B) This has unique historical and ideological concerns.

(C) This offers literary and cultural representations of marginalised and dispossessed people.

(D) This brings out narratives and discourses of pity.

(E) It uses disrespectful and offensive language towards revered figures.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B) and (C) Only

(2) (B), (C) and (D) Only

(3) (A), (B) and (D) Only

(4) (A), (C) and (E) Only

Answer: (1) (A), (B) and (C) Only

Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Text) List – II (Author)

(A) The Collaborator (I) Amandeep Sandhu

(B) The Garden of Solitude (II) Shahnaz Bashir

(C) Roll of Honour (III) Siddhartha Gigoo

(D) The Half Mother (IV) Mirza Waheed

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(3) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(1), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

Answer: (1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

The Calcutta Chromosome (1995) is a novel exploring past and future. It has been written by:

(1) Rabindranath Tagore

(2) Amitav Ghosh

(3) Raja Rao

(4) Mulkraj Anand

Answer: (2) Amitav Ghosh

What is the correct chronological order pf publication of the texts given under?

(A) R.K. Narayan’s The Financial Expert

(B) Manohar Malgonkar’s A Bend in the Ganges

(C) Raja Rao’s Kanthapura

(D) Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel

(E) Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (D), (A), (B), (C), (E)

(2) (A), (D), (C), (B), (E)

(3) (C), (A), (B), (D), (E)

(4) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

Answer: (3) (C), (A), (B), (D), (E)

Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Novel) List – II (Writer)

(A) Waiting for the Mahatama (I) Bhabani Bhattacharya

(B) So Many Hungers (II) R.K. Narayan

(C) The Sword and the Sickle (III) Manohar Malgonkar

(D) Distant Drum (IV) Mulk Raj Anand

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

Answer: (1) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

Arrange the following in the chronological order of the date/year of publication:

(A) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices

(B) Anand Giridhar Das’s India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking

(C) V.S. Naipaul’s India: A Wounded Civilisation

(D) Bharati Mukherjee’s Desirable Daughters

(E) Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

(2) (B), (C), (D), (A), (E)

(3) (C), (E), (A), (D), (B)

(4) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

Answer: (3) (C), (E), (A), (D), (B)

Choose the correct option(s) in the New Historicist reading of Dalit writing:

(A) Dalit writing does not essentialise Indian society, culture and identity.

(B) Dalit writing has inflected the immanent metanarratives.

(C) There is no single location of Dalit writing.

(D) Dalit writing is only a political category.

(E) Dalit writing is not grounded in history.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B) and (C) Only

(2) (A), (C) and (D) Only

(3) (C), (D) and (E) Only

(4) (B), (D) and (E) Only

Answer: (1) (A), (B) and (C) Only