Indian Writing in English — Mock Test 9

Which of Nissim Ezekiel's poems satirise Indians' use of English?

1. A. 'Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S.'
2. B. 'Philosophy'
3. C. 'The Patriot' / 'Very Indian Poem in Indian English'
4. D. 'Jewish Wedding in Bombay'
5. E. 'Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher'

Which playwright used elements of Yakshagana in his theatre?

Which Karnad play shares its theme with Thomas Mann's The Transposed Heads?

Which readerships does Meenakshi Mukherjee identify for the early Indian novel in English?

1. A. A pan-Indian readership
2. B. A localised Indian readership
3. C. A British readership
4. D. The colonial administrator in India

What preoccupies Agastya Sen, the protagonist of Upamanyu Chatterjee's English, August?

1. A. Marijuana
2. B. Magic
3. C. Monotheism
4. D. Marcus Aurelius

Which term best describes Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy?

From whom does Spivak borrow the term 'subaltern'?

What does the Subaltern Studies project contend?

1. A. Traditional historiography celebrated the role of the subalterns.
2. B. Traditional history celebrates select icons of the freedom movement.
3. C. Traditional historiography highlights the dominant strands of the freedom struggle.
4. D. Subaltern Studies historiography highlights the dominant strands of the freedom struggle.

Who represented the global spread of English as three concentric circles?

Statement I: The Education Commission of 1964–66 recommended removing English as the medium of instruction at college level. Statement II: English largely remains the language of administration and jurisprudence.

Match List I with List II:

Who described the people of Hindustan as 'a race of men lamentably degenerate and base'?

Which body held that English divides the people into two nations, the few who govern and the many who are governed?

Which body distinguished the teaching of English as a skill from the teaching of English literature?

Arrange the following autobiographical works in chronological order:

1. A. Nirad C. Chaudhuri, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
2. B. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth
3. C. Nayantara Sahgal, Prison and Chocolate Cake
4. D. Kamala Das, My Story

Arrange the following novels in chronological order:

1. A. The White Tiger
2. B. A Tiger for Malgudi
3. C. A Suitable Boy
4. D. Heat and Dust

Arrange the following books of poetry in chronological order:

1. A. Ezekiel, The Unfinished Man
2. B. Tagore, Gitanjali (English)
3. C. Kolatkar, Jejuri
4. D. Sarojini Naidu, The Sceptred Flute

Who wrote the essay 'Naipaul's India and Mine'?

Match List I with List II:

Which Governor-General, Sir Thomas Munro recorded, wanted to make anglicised a country that 'resembles England in nothing'?

Statement I: Orientalists in British India were not sympathetic to India's ancient learning. Statement II: William Jones held that Indians were not inferior to Europeans in imagination, ratiocination and philosophy.

Assertion (A): English was introduced in India mainly to benefit and consolidate British power. Reason (R): English met the social and economic aspirations of the emerging middle class and urban elites.

To whom did Rammohan Roy address his letter of 11 December 1823 pleading for modern Western education?

Which aims did Macaulay's Minute (1835) pursue?

1. A. To promote European literature and science among the natives
2. B. To impart English literature and science through translations
3. C. To encourage native learning through more useful studies
4. D. To stop spending on Oriental works and spend only on English education

In which novel is Lala Kanshi Ram a character?