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Question
Appearance of newspaper in 18th century attracted a large number of readers from ___________.
Options
poor class
middle class
rich class
Solution
Appearance of newspaper in 18th century attracted a large number of readers from middle class.
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| (a) Murasaki Shikibu | (1) Cervantes |
| (b) Novella | (2) Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya |
| (c) Don Quixote | (3) Tale of Genji |
| (d) Rajmohan’s Wife | (4) New |
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In the eighteenth century, the middle class could get time for reading and discussing novels because _______.
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Stream of consciousness novel
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Indian writers in English Novel initially wrote about the theme of _____________
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Gothic novel contains ________________
Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the sentence:
Strike out the unnecessary Detective fiction is ____________.
A novel is relatively a _______ narrative.
English word ‘Novel’ is derived from the Italian word ______________
‘The Pilgrims Progress’ is a Novel written by ___________
Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with ___________
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- Greek Romances
- The appearance of magazines and newspapers
- Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
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- Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
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Given below are some Novels in English literature. Arrange them in their order of their appearance.
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Novel is recognized as the most dominant literary genre in modern times.
A Novel is relatively a short narrative.
‘Tale of Genji’ is described as world’s first novel.
Novel gave voice to the aspirations and longings of middle class.
The women novelists haven’t contributed significantly in English Literature.
Novella is greater in length than Novel.
The struggle in between opposite forces in a story is called as conflict.
Epistolary Novel is a series of correspondence, other documents and diary entries as well.
Match essential elements of the novel in column A with relevant points in column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Theme | a) can be a thumbnail or deep detailed sketch |
| 2. Plot | b) the background of the story |
| 3. Character | c) philosophical statement, a central idea |
| 4. Setting | d) Course of the events |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Theme | a) philosophical statement, a central idea |
| 2. Plot | b) the struggle in between opposite forces |
| 3. Conflict | c) techniques of the narration |
| 4. Language, Style | d) Course of the events |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Agatha Christie | a) stream of consciousness |
| 2. William James | b) crime fiction |
| 3. George Eliot | c) science-based novels |
| 4. Mary Shelly | d) psychological novels |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Virginia Woolf | a) gothic novels |
| 2. Mary Shelly | b) novel of manners |
| 3. Frances Burney | c) science-based novels |
| 4. Ann Radcliffe | d) stream of consciousness |
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. The flow of thoughts | a) Bildungsroman novel |
| 2. The internal life of the protagonist | b) Stream of Consciousness |
| 3. The novel based on the life of the author | c) Psychological novel |
| 4. The growth of protagonist’s mind, spirit and characters | d) Autobiographical novel |
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| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Picaresque Novel | a) bears more than one layers of meaning. |
| 2. Historical Novel | b) speculative fiction |
| 3. Allegorical Novel | c) adventures of an eccentric protagonist |
| 4. Utopian Novel | d) set in an earlier period than of the writing. |
The Periodical Essay and Novel are the gifts of ______________.
The industrial revolution gave birth to _______.
Rise of Novel as a literary genre resulted in lowering the importance of ____________.
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| Column-A | Column-B |
| (a) Murasaki Sikibu | (i) The Pilgrim's Progress |
| (b) Jonathan Swift | (ii) Gulliver's Travels |
| (c) John Bunyan | (iii) Raja Mohan's Wife |
| (d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
(iv) Tale of Genji |
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd word out:
Pick the odd word out:
Match the following items from column ‘A’ with those from column ‘B’:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (a) Oroonoku | (i) Joseph Conrad |
| (b) The Heart of Darkness | (ii) John Bunyan |
| (c) Frankenstein | (iii) Aphra Behn |
| (d) The Pilgrim’s Progress | (iv) Mary Shelly |
Novels with the elements of horror, bloodshed and mystery are called ______ novels.
There are ______ essential elements of ‘Novel’ or ‘Novella’.
Struggle between the opposite forces in the story is called ______.
Match the columns:
| Column ‘A’ | Column ‘B’ |
| (1) Novel | (a) Greek Romances |
| (2) 18th Century Literature | (b) Middle class readers |
| (3) 2nd to 6th Century | (c) A long narrative fiction |
| (4) Newspapers and magazines | (d) Spirit of Realism |
______ novel is concerned with the protagonist’s overall growth from childhood to adulthood.
______ novel is a novel based on the author's life.
The novel based on an imaginary community possessing the ideal qualities is called ______ novel.
