QUESTION BANK FOR T.Y.B.A.ENGLISH, SEM-VI, PAPER-608. INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION: DR. MAHESH JANI
1.What is the English title of the play, Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe?
Stop, Court is Going on.
Silence! The Court is in Session.
Awake! Court is in Progress.
Ho! the Judge is in the Court.
2.What is the Marathi title of the play, Silence ! The Court is in Session.
Thobha! Court Bandh Ahe.
Shantata! Judge Court ma Ahe.
Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe.
Thamba ! Court is dismiss.
3.When did the play, 'Silence ! The Court is in Session' first performed on the stage?
1968
1962
1960
1967
4.When did the play, 'Silence ! The Court is in Session' was translated into English ?
1963
1972
1974
1961
5.Who is the main protagonist of the play, ' Silence ! The Court is in Session'?
Prof. Damle
Mr. Kashikar
Ponkshe
Miss Benare
6.Who translated the marathi play, ' Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe' into English?
Priya Adarkar
Girish Karnad
Shobha Despande
Khushwant Singh
7.Who wrote the original Marathi play, ' Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe'?
Priya Adarkar
Vijay Tendulkar
Girish Karnad
Amrita Pritam
8.What is the main source of the play, 'Silence! The Court is in Session.'
Dus Panne
Do Panne
Die Panne
Dui Paper
9.How many acts are there in the play, 'Silence ! The Court is in Session.'
Two Acts
Three Acts
Four Acts
Five Acts
10.Who was Mrs. Kashikar in the play.
Politician
Social Worker
Doctor
Professor
11.Who was Sukhatme in the play.
Failed lawyer successful businessman doctor
Nurse
12.Who plays the role of a judge in the play?
Mrs. Kashikar
Mr.Kashikar
Prof. Damle
Sukhatme
13.Who sexually exploited Miss Benare?
Prof. Damle
Sukhatme
Ponkshe
Mr. Kashikar
14.Who is the author of 'Pinjar'?
Khushwant Singh
Shobha De
Vijay Tendulkar
Amrita Pritam
15.Who translated 'Pinjar' into English from Punjabi?
Girish Karnad
Vijay Bedi
Khushwant Singh
Anupam Sharma
16. In which year, Amrita Pritam wrote her novel, 'Pinjar'?
1947
1952
1950
1942
17.What is the English title of the novel, 'Pinjar' ?
The Skelton
The Skull
Doll's House
The Train
18.Who depicted the story of the novel, 'Pinjar' into a beautiful Hindi movie?
Subhash Ghai
Yash Chopra
Karan Johar
Chandraprakash Dwivedi
19.In which year, the film 'Pinjar' released?
2002
2003
2005
2000
20.Who is the main protagonist of the novel, Pinjar?
Pooro
Lajjo
Rashid
Trilok
21.Who kidnaps Pooro?
Trilok
Karim
Rashid
Ramchand
22.What was Pooro's name after her abduction and marriage with Rashid?
Rashida
Hamida
Shana
Karima
23.Who wrote the play, 'The Fire and The Rain' and when ? khushwant Singh, 1990
Raj Anand, 1998
Girish Karnad, 1998
Amrita Pritam, 1947
24.What is the original title of the play, "The Fire and The Rain" ?
Agni Male
Agni varsha Male
Agni Versha
Agni Mattu Male
25.What is the main source of Girish Karnad's play, "Hayvadana"?
Kathasaritsagar
Panchtantra
Hitopdesha
Arabian Nights
26.In which year, the novel 'Samskara' was written?
1963
1964
1966
1965
27. "Ghashiram Kotwal" is a ______
Social drama
Restoration Drama
Political Satire
Mock-epic
28. What is the English title of the translation of the Gujarati novel, “Saat Pagla Akash Ma”?
Seven Splash in the Sky
Seven Sky in the Steps
Seven Steps in the Sky
Seven Wonders of the World
29. How many songs are there in Tagore’s “Gitanjali”?
102
103
104
105
30. Who is the first woman writer to receive Sahitya Akadami Award?
Shobha De
Amrita Pritam
Kundnika Kapadiya
Sarojini Naidu
31.What is the title of Amrita Pritam’s autobiography?
Postal Stamp
Revenue Stamp
Dhool ka Phool
Nirmala
32. Who translated Gandhiji’s autobiography, “My Experiments with Truth” into English?
Narayan Desai
Mahadev Desai
Tushar Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
33. What is the Hindi title of Premchand’s short story,” The Chess Players”?
Chess ke Khiladi
Shatranj ke Khiladi
Hockey ke Khiladi
Cricket ke Khiladi
34. Who is the writer of “The Discovery of India”?
Indira Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Patel
35. In which year, Tagore was awarded for the Nobel prize for literature?
1913
1916
1917
1918
36. Who wrote the famous Gujarati novel, “Angliyat”?
Kundnika Kapadia
Pannalal Patel
Kanaiyalal Munshi
Joseph Macwan
37. Who is the writer of famous Hindi novel, “Godan”?
Ramdhari Sinh Dinkar
Munshi premchand
Fanishwar Nath Renu
Kamleshwar
38. What is the original title of the play, “ Half-Way House”?
Adha Ghar
Gharonda
Baghban
Adhe Adhure
39. Point out major characters of the play, “ Hayvadana”?
Devdatta, Kapila, Padmini
Padmini, Rahul, Ashok
Dushyant, Anuradha, Kishor
Tara, Girish, Suchitra
40. What is the sub-title of the novel, “ Samskara”?
A Bread for a Dead Man
A Rite for a Dead Man
A Rights for a Dead Man
A Voice for a Dead Man
41. Shri Aurobindo’s epic, “Savitri” can be divided into______books.
14
18
12
25
42. Sanskrit Khand-kavya, “Meghduta” was written by ______.
Shakespeare
Kalidasa
Bhasa
Dandin
43. “Meghduta” can be divided into _____ parts.
3
2
1
4
44. “Meghduta” is writeen in ______metre.
Anushtup
Shikhrini
Mandakranta
Vasant Tilaka
45. When did, “ Samudrantike” publish?
1994
1993
1990
1998
46. Who wrote the novel. “Samudrantike”?
Raju Vyas
Mahesh Joshi
Dhruv Bhatt
Shaili Trivedi
47. What is the English title of the novel, “ Samudrantike”?
Ocean Blues
Ocean and Blue
Oceanside Blues
Blue Ocean
48. Who is the main character of, “ Meghduta”?
Cloud
Kuber
Rain
Duta
49. ______is Gandhiji’s autobiography.
My Experience with Truth
My Experiments with Satya
My Experiment with Truth
My Struggle with Truth
50. Tagore’s novel, “Gora” was originally written in ______.
English
Hindi
Bengali
Urdu
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