QUESTION BANK FOR T.Y.B.A.ENGLISH, SEM-VI, PAPER-608. 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

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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