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Identify the correct ones among the following:
[A] Arun Kolatkar uses colloquial speech in his poems [B] Kolatkar envisions abstract qualities to paint a picture of life of his own kind [C] The poem boatride by Kolatkar talks about a ride in the Ganges [D] Private poems in public garden is composed by Dilip chitre [E] ‘In Ethiopia’ is a poem on Africa by Arun KolatkarChoose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
[1] A, B and C only [2] B, D and E only [3] A, B and D only [4] C, B and E onlyAnswer: [3] A, B and D only
Which two of the following are the earliest colonial publishing initiatives that apply to India?
(a) Andrew Lang Colonial Book Series
(b) Murray Colonial and Home Library Series
(c) Colonial Library Series by Macmillan
(d) Colonial Library Series by Chatto & Windus
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
[1] (a) and (b) only [2] (a) and (c) only [3] (b) and (c) only [4] (b) and (d) onlyAnswer: 3
Match List I with List II
List I
[A] Yasmine Gunaratna [B] Imtiyaz dharkar [C] Agha shahid Ali [D] Eunice de SouzaList II
[I] Post card from Kashmir [II] Advice to women [III] Post card from God [IV] This language, this womanChoose the correct answer from the options given below:
[1] A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III [2] A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II [3] A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV [4] A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-IAnswer: [2] A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
Tolkappiyam is a book of grammar and poetics written in the_____ language
[1] Telugu [2] Tamil [3] Kannada [4] MalayalamAnswer: [2] Tamil
Which of the collections of poems are not written by Meena Alexander?
[A] River and bride [B] Articulate silence [C] Raw silk [D] Stone roots [E] A time to changeChoose the correct answer from the options given below:
[1] A and B only [2] B and D only [3] C and E only [4] B and E onlyAnswer: [1] (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III) & [4] B and E only
Find out the correct sequence of the publications of the following books
[1] India: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization: India: a million Mutinies now: A house for Mr. Biswas [2] A house for Mr. Biswas: India: A million mutinies now: India: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization [3] A house for Mr. Biswas: India: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization: India: A million mutinies now [4] India: A wounded civilization: A house for Mr. Biswas: India: An area of darkness: India: A million mutinies nowAnswer: [3] A house for Mr. Biswas: India: An area of darkness: India: A wounded civilization: India: A million mutinies now
Which of these graphic narratives depict political crisis?
[A] Amruta Patil- Kari [B] Joe Sacco – Footnotes in Gaza [C] Art Spiegelman – Maus [D] Sarnath Banerjee – Corridor [E] Phoebe Gloeckner-The Dairy of a teenage girlChoose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
[1] A, B and C only [2] C, D and E only [3] B and C only [4] B, C and D onlyAnswer: [3] B and C only
Gaiutra bahadur wrote an autobiographic novel titled
[1] An era of darkness [2] Dauka Puran [3] The collie woman [4] Rama’s banishmentAnswer: [3] The collie woman
Identify the novels that were published in the 1980s and the 1990s
[A] Red earth and pouring rain [B] The circle of reason [C] The ghosts of vasu master [D] Miguel Street [E] The siege of BabylonChoose the correct answer from the options given below:
[1] B, C, D and E only [2] A, B and C only [3] B, A and D only [4] A, C and E onlyAnswer: [2] A, B and C only
Match List I with List II
LIST I (Output Device) LIST II (Description)
A) Rabindranath Tagore I. Purdah and Other Poems
B) Muhammad Iqbal II. The Unfinished Man
C) Nissim Ezekiel III. The Child
D) Imtiaz Dharker IV. The Secrets of the Self
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) (A)-(III), (B)-(11), (C)-(1), (D)-(IV)
2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(1), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(1)
4) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(1), (D)-(IV)
Answer: 3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(1)
Tribute to Papa is a book of poems written by
1) Kamala Das
2) Mamta Kalia
3) Suniti Namjoshi
4) Meena Alexander
Answer: 2) Mamta Kalia
Match List I with List II
LIST I LIST II
A) Sri Aurobindo I. Other Poems
B) Kamala Das II. Calcutta: A Long Poem
C) P. Lal III. A Sheaf Gleaned in French
D) Toru Dutt IV. Savitri
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
3) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
4) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
Answer: 2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)
Which three of the following plays have been written by Nissim Ezekiel?
A) Savaksa
B) Marriage-Poem
C). Nalini
D) Mister Behram
E) Sleepwalkers
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A, B & D
2) B, C & D
3) A, C & D
4) B, C & E
Answer: 4) B, C & E
Arrange the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were published:
A) Two Virgins
B) The Painter of Signs
C) Shadow from Ladakh
D) A Bend in the Ganges
E) To Whom She Will
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A, B, C, D, E
2) D, B, E, C, A
3) E, D, C, A, B
4) C, D, E, A, B
Answer: 3) E, D, C, A, B
Match List I with List II
List I List II
A) The Feast of Youth I Meena Kandaswami
B) Hunger II P. Lal
C) Writers’ Workshop III Harindranath Chatttopadhyaya
D) Touch IV Jayanta Mahapatra
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
2) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)
3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
Answer: 3) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
Purdah is a collection of poems by Purdah is a collection of poems by
1) Adil Jussawalla
2) Imtiaz Dharker
3) Agha Shahid Ali
4) Sujata Bhatt
Answer: 2) Imtiaz Dharker
Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following Indian books of poems:
A) Time to Change
B) Banaras and Other Poems
C) Savitri
D) The Golden Threshold
E) Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) B. D, E, C, A
2) D, C, A, B, E
3) A, B, C, D, E
4) C, E, B, A, D
Answer: 2) D, C, A, B, E
A. K. Ramanujan, the famous Indian English poet, was also a
A) Photographer
B) Translator
C) Painter
D) Classical singer
E) Teacher at the University of Chicago
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) A, C and E
2) B, C and D
3) B and D
4) B and E
Answer: 4) B and E
Arrange in chronological order the publication of the following anthologies of poetry by Nissim Ezekiel:
A) The Exact Name
B) Latter-Day Psalms
C) Sixty Poems
D) The Unfinished Man
E) A Time to Change
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1) B, C, D, A and E
2) E, C, D, A and B
3) D, E, C, B and A
4) A, D, B, E and C
Answer:2) E, C, D, A and B
“My man, my sons, forming the axis while I, wife and mother insignificant as a fly climbed the glass panes of their eyes.”
Identify the poem written by Kamala Das from which the above lines have been taken.
1) The Latest Toy’
2) ‘The Old Playhouse’
3) An Introduction’
4) A Widow’s Lament
Answer:4) A Widow’s Lament
“An Introduction” by Kamla Das is:
(1) A short story on the theme of people’s rights and freedom
(2) An introduction to her autobiography My Story
(3) An essay on the theme of gender rights
(4) A poem of resistance and protest
Answer: (3) An essay on the theme of gender rights
Which among the following writers are popular for partition narratives?
(A) Krishna Sobti
(B) Shashi Deshpande
(C) Saros Cowasjee
(D) Bharti Mukherjee
(E) Rahi Masoom Raza
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A), (B) and (C) Only
(2) (B), (C) and (D) Only
(3) (A), (C) and (E) Only
(4) (C), (D) and (E) Only
Answer: (3) (A), (C) and (E) Only
Chronologically arrange the following works of Sri Aurobindo in accordance with their year of publication:
(A)The Hour of God
(B) The Mother
(C) The Life Divine
(D) The Future Poetry
(E) The Synthesis of Yoga
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (B), (D), (C), (A), (E)
(2) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)
(3) (E), (C), (D), (A), (B)
(4) (C), (A), (D), (B), (E)
Answer: (1) (B), (D), (C), (A), (E)
