CBSE Class 10 Social Science Novels Society and History MCQs Set 02

Question : What is an ‘Epistolary novel’?
a) Novel written in the serious of letters.
b) Novel based on a biographical account
c) Novels written in poetic verse
d) None of these.
Answer : A

Question : It is truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. The above lines have been illustrated from the novel –|
a) Pride and Prejudice
b) Mayor of caster bridge
c) Pamela
d) Treasure Island
Answer : A

Question : Who wrote ‘Hard Times’?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Walter Scott
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Emile Zola
Answer : A

Question : What did “Kissa Goi” means—
a) The art of story telling
b) Moralizing
c) Slave Trade
d) Vagabond
Answer : A

Question : The first novel to be serialized was—
a) Hard Times
b) Oliver Twist
c) Pickwick papers
d) Mayor of caster bridge
Answer : A

Question : The first Indian novel was written in—
a) Malayalam
b) Bhojpuri
c) Punjabi
d) Marathi
Answer : A

Question : The first modern novel in Malayalam is–
a) Sevasadan
b) Pariksha Guru
c) Indulekha
d) Rajesekhara
Answer : A

Question : Who is the author of ‘Pamela’?
a) Leo Tolstoy
b) Samuel Richardson
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Charles Dickens
Answer : A

Question : In which year was Emile Zola’s ‘Germinal’ published
a) 1584
b) 1885
c) 1886
d) 1874
Answer : A

Question : Who wrote the famous novel ‘Jungle Book’?
a) Rudyard Kipling
b) R. L. Stevenson
c) Hunt Jackson
d) Jane Austen
Answer : A

Question : The first historical novel written in Bangali was
a) Anguriya Binimoy
b) Titash Ekti Nadir Naam
c) Padmarag
d) Saraswativijayam
Answer : A

Question : Hari and Dhania are famous characters of the novel
a) Godan
b) Indulekha
c) Rangbhomi
d) Sewasadan
Answer : A

Question : Which of the following novel represent colonialism as Heroic and Honorable?
a) Treasures Island
b) Pride and prejudice
c) Mayer of Caster bridge
d) Hard Times
Answer : A

Question : Who wrote Kadambari?
a) Banabhatta
b) Chandu Manan
c) Raja Ravi Verma
d) Munchi Prem Chand
Answer : A

Question : Who wrote Pariksha Guru?
a) Srinivas Das
b) Viresalingam
c) Munshi Premchand
d) Devki Nandan Khatri
Answer : A

Question : Who wrote the famous novel Jungle Book?
a) Rudyard Kipling
b) R. L. Stevenson
c) Hunt Jackson
d) Jane Austen
Answer : A

Question : In which year was Emile Zolas Germinal published?
a) 1885
b) 1584
c) 1886
d) 1874
Answer : A

Question : Who is the author of Pamela?
a) Samuel Richardson
b) Leo Tolstoy
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Charles Dicken
Answer : A

Question : The first modern novel in Malayalam is
a) Indulekha
b) Sevasadan
c) Pariksha Guru
d) Rajesekhara
Answer : A

Question : The first Indian novel was written in
a) Marathi
b) Malayalam
c) Bhojpuri
d) Punjabi
Answer : A

Question : The first novel to be serialized was
a) Pickwick papers
b) Hard Times
c) Oliver Twist
d) Mayor of Caster Bridge
Answer : A

Question : What did Kissa Goi means ?
a) The art of story telling
b) Moralizing
c) Slave Trade
d) Vagabond
Answer : A

Question : Who wrote Hard Times?
a) Charles Dickens
b) Walter scott
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Emile Zola
Answer : A

Question : It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. The above lines have been illustrated from the novel
a) Pride and Prejudice
b) Mayor of Caster Bridge
c) Pamela
d) Treasure Island
Answer : A

Question : What is an epistolary novel?
a) Novel written in the series of letters
b) Novel based on a biographical account
c) Novels written in poetic verse
d) None of the options.
Answer : A

Question : Name the novel which was based on the effect of industrialization.
a) Hard Times
b) Oliver Twist
c) Germinal
d) Pickwick Papers
Answer : A

Question : Which of the following novel was not written by Munshi Premchand?
a) Pariksha-Guru
b) Rangbhoomi
c) Godan
d) Sewasadan
Answer : A

Question : Who was the central character of Prem Chands Rangbhoomi?
a) Surdas
b) Tulsidas
c) Kabirdas
d) None of the options
Answer : A

Question : Which was the first historical novel written in Bengal?
a) Anguriya Binimoy
b) Anandamath
c) Sultanas Dream
d) Durgesh Nandini
Answer : A

Question : Which of the following novels deals with caste oppression?
a) Saraswativijayam
b) Sultanas Dream
c) Indu Lekha
d) Godan
Answer : A

Question : Which one of the following novel is written by Rokeya Hussein?
a) Sultanas Dream
b) Pariksha Guru
c) Godan
d) Anandmath
Answer : A

Question : Which was the first novel written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee?
a) Durgeshnandini
b) Anandmath
c) Sultanas Dream
d) Muktamala
Answer : A

Question : The first modern Hindi novel is:
a) Parikhsha-Guru
b) Godan
c) Chandrakanta
d) Sevasadan
Answer : A

Question : Who is the pioneer of modern Hindi literature?
a) Bharatendu Harishchandra
b) Srinivas Das
c) Devaki Nandan Khatri
d) Munshi Premchand
Answer : A

Question : The first modern novel in Malayalam
a) Indu Lekha
b) Swarna Lekha
c) Sindu Lekha
d) None of the options
Answer : A

Question : The earliest Indian novel was written in which of the following language?
a) Bengali
b) Tamil
c) Hindi
d) Telugu
Answer : A

Question : Who wrote Jungle Book?
a) Rudyard Kipling
b) Charlotte Bronte
c) R. L. Stevenson
d) None of the options
Answer : A

Question : Which of the following novels was not written by Charles Dickens?
a) Germinal
b) Hard Times
c) Oliver Twist
d) Pickwick Papers
Answer : A

Question : Jane Austins famous novel was
a) Pride and Prejudice
b) Hard Times
c) Jane Eyre
d) Jungle Book
Answer : A

Question : Oliver Twist was written by
a) Charles Dickens
b) Jane Austen
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Emile Zola
Answer : A