Handbook of twentieth century Indian Literature - Nalini Natrajan

Question 1

Of Women, Outcasts, Peasants and Rebels?

Answer 1

Kalpana Bardham

Question 2

Imaginary Maps (1993)?

Answer 2

Mahaswetha Devi

Question 3

In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures?

Answer 3

Aijaz Ahmad

Question 4

Who discredited literary history as ‘‘an exaggerated faith in the autonomy of literary work’’?

Answer 4

Sisir Kumar Das

Question 5

East Lynne is a victorian novel written by?

Answer 5

Henry wood (Ellen Wood)

Question 6

Saraswatichandra is a novel by?

Answer 6

Govardhanram Tripathi (Gujarathi)

Question 7

The pen name of Tamil author Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy is?

Answer 7

Kalki

Question 8

Name the publication trust founded by Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer 8

Navajivan Trust (founded in 1929)

Question 9

Nil Darpan is a play written about Nil Vidroha - better known as the Indigo Revolt of February–March 1859 in Bengal, when farmers refused to sow indigo in their fields to protest against exploitative farming under the British rule. Who authored the play?

Answer 9

Dinabandhu Mitra

Question 10

atta kathas

Answer 10

Malayalam prose

Question 11

kummi

Answer 11

a Tamil popular poetic genre

Question 12

buranji

Answer 12

Assamese prose chronicle

Question 13

kissa

Answer 13

Panjabi

Question 14

bakhar

Answer 14

Marathi prose

Question 15

Thyagabhoomi, (1939–40) is written by?

Answer 15

Kalki

Question 16

Rudali is a Book by?

Answer 16

Mahasweta Devi

Question 17

Kalki, Ananda Vikatan, and Kumudam are periodical pulp fiction magazines in which language?

Answer 17

Tamil

Question 18

Indian Literature: Personal Encounters is a book by?

Answer 18

Umashankar Joshi

Question 19

The female semiotic is an idea proposed by?

Answer 19

Julia kristeva