1-Name the first novel of Mulk Raj Anand which carried a preface by E.M.Forster that won him world wide recognition: a)coollie b) untouchable c)two leaves and a bud d) The village2-Which novel of Mulk Raj Anand ,written in 1936,got Shahitya Akademi Award? a)The Sword and the Sickle b) untouchable c) coolie d) The Big Heart3-which is known as a a total novel of human experience written by Mulk Raj Anand? a)The Big Heart b) Morning Face c) across the Black Waters d) Coolie4-Which novel of Mulk Raj Anand shows a disintegration of a poor peasant family? a)two leaves and a Bud b) the village c) across the black waters d) The private Life of an Indian Prince5-Toru Dutt,Romesh Chander Dutt and Aurobindo ,all wrote on one common theme taken out from Mahabharata.identify it: a)Karan and Kunti b) Nala &Damayanti c) Gandhari d) Savitri6-Which of the following is Bankim Chandra Chatterjees epoch & making first historical romance? a)Kapalakundla B)Krishan Kants Will c) The Two Rings d) Durgeshnandint7-what is the full title of Aurobindos Savitri? a)Savitri b) Savitri An Epic c) Savitri-A Legend and a Symbol d) Savitri-A poem in Three cantos8-The most obvious feature of kamala Das poetry is her uninhibited frankness of: a)Love b) Human relations c) Sex d) Belief in God9-Which poetry collection of Kamala Das was published in 1965? A)Summer in Calcutta b) The Descendants c) A Dozen Poems d) The old Playhouse and other Poems 10-Kamala Das was greatly influenced by the dramatic quality of: a)John Galsworthy b)Robert Browning c)William Shakespeare d)Bernard Shaw 11-My Story is an autobiography of: a)Mulk Raj Anand b) Raja Rao c)Kamala Das d)Bharathi Sarabhai12-Identify the short story collection by Anita Desai: A]Fire on the Mountain b) Clear Light of day c) Games at twilight d) Village by the sea13- which of the following is not a work of Anita Desai? A0Village by the sea b) Games at twilight c) voices in the city d) clear Light of the day14-Who among the following was highly influenced by French Romanticism ,French language and literature: a)Toru Dutt b) Romesh Chandra Dutt c) Michael Madhusudan Dutt d)Govind Dutt15-How many poems do you find in the anthology ^A Sheasf Gleaned in French Field? a)123 b)133 c)153 d)17316-Who wrote our Casuarina Tree,a splendid Keatsian poem? a)Romesh Chandra Dutt b)Swami Vivekananda c) Sri Aurbindo d) Toru Dutt17-Ezekiel spent his life in highly westernished circles in the cosmopolitan city of: a)New Delhi b)Mumbai c)Kolkata d)Chennai18-which language does Ezekiel consider as his lost mother tongue? a)sindhi b)gujrati c)Marathi d) Hebrew19-In which novel does R.k.Narayan focus on family planning? a)The Guide b) Mr.Sampath c) Bachlor of arts d) The Painter of signs20-In R.K.Narayan novel the Guidewe come across a dancer. What is her name? a)Daisy b) Bharati c)Rosie d) Savitri21-Who wrote the Glimpses of world History? a)S.Radhakrishnan b)Mahatma Gandhi c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Jawaharlal Nehru22-A.K.Ramanujan worked as a professor of Dravidian studies and inguistics at the: a)Texas university b) Chicago university c)Princeton university23-which award did Arundhati Roy get for her debut novel The God of Small Things: A) Sahitya Akademi Award b) wiscnsin prize Booker Prize d) none of the above24-Which was the first novel of Raja Rao ? A]Kanthapura b) The Serpent and the Rope c) The Cat and Shakespeare d) The cow of the Barricade 25-Raja Rao got the Sahitya Akademi Award in: A]1964 b) 1965 c) 1966 d) 196326-In which year did Rabindranath Tagore get the Nobel Prize for Literature? a)1911 b) 1912 c) 1913 d)1921 27-Who was the first recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for English? a)Rajo Rao b)Mulk Raj anand c) Bhabani Bhattacharya c)R.K.Narayan28-Which is Khushwant Singhs last novel?a)Train to Pakistan b) Ishall not Hear the Nightingale c)Delhi d) India29-which of the following contains R.K.narayan s US travel memoirs? a)Lawley Road b) My Dateless Diary c) An Astrologers Day and other Short stories d)A horse and two goats30-Khushwant Singhs History of Sikhcontains a]Five volumes b) Four volumes c) Three volumes d) Two volumes31- Which of the following is not written by Anita Desai? A]Bye,Bye Blackbird b)A village by the sea c) Cry the peacock d) Reluctant Guru32-Who is the hero of Mulk Raj Anands Two Leaves and a Bud a)Munoo b Gangu c) Rakkha d) Shimroo33-Aurbindo Ghose got his early education at a)St.Jopeshs High School,Calcutta b) St.Annes School Academy,Shillong c)Gabriel Academy ,Sillguri d) Loretto Convant School,Darjeeling34-which novel of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee narrates the story of Hindu life in Bengal during the contemporary period? A]Anandmath b) The Two Rings c )The Poison Tree d)Krishna Kants Will35-which of the following is not a work of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee? a)Satkar b) The Deliverance c)madhavilata d) Jatra Samalochana36-the hero of the big heart by Mulk Raj Anand shares the features of the writers humnanism . he feels deeply for suffering humanity and is keen to ameliorate their lot. Who is that hero. A]Ananta b) taru c)such d) kalha 37-anand describes the story os a cruel husband and a week wife inold Woman and the cow.Who is the couple here? a)Pancha and Rano b) Panchi and Gauri c) Bhullan and Bugli d) Banta and Sukkho38-Three village housesA couple of coes Named Gopi and Brinda a)R-oarathasarathy b)Nissim Ezekiel c)A.K.Ramanujan d)sarojini Naidu39-Who wrotes these lines? I was in love with a husband who did not love a)Attia Hussain b)Anita Desai c) Sarojini naidu d) Kamala das40-Who among the following wrote this? I am not a Hindu,and my background makes me a natural outsiders circumstances and decision relate me to india.A]Ruth jhabwala b)nissim ezekiel c)K.A.Abbas d) ahmed ali41-in village By the Sea Anita Desai vividly captures the a)Kolkata scenery b) Mumbai scenery c) Cochin scenery d) Goa scenery42-Identify Anita Desai s Sahitya Akademy Award winningA]Bye-Bye Black Bird b)voice I the city d)fire on the mountain43-Binaca or the Young Spanish Maiden by Toru Dutt is a a)historical novel b) Classical novel c) Romantic novel d) picturesque novel44-Which novel of Raja Rao deals with middle class family of kerala during the period of second World War ?a)The Serpent and the Rope b)Kanthapura c)The cat and Shakespeare d)none of the above45-Name the writer of^the Painter of Signs*a)Raja Rao b) R.L. Narayan c) Khushwant singh d) Ruth P.Jhabwala46-In one of R.K.Narayans novel the hero dies a ruined man not because he wants to die,but circumstances so conspire that the only alternative before him is to become a martyr.which novel?a)Mr.sampath b) Guide c) The Dark Room d)The Bachelor of arts47-Name the youthful sister of Bakha in Mulk Raj Anands Untouchablea)Sohini b) Mohini c)Rekha d) Champa48-Mulk Raj Anands Father was a A]Police constable in the british constabulary b)Non commissioned officer in the British Indian army c)Non-commissioned officer in the British Indian Air Force d)Non-comissioned officer in the British Indian navy49-Which of the following is not written by Sarojini naidu?a)The English Queens b)To my Fairy Fancies c)If you Call me d) songs of radha50-Name the collection of lyrics by Sarojini Naidu that was written in 1927 but published posthumously in 1961The bird of time b) The golden Threshold c) The feather of the Dawn d) The Broken Wing