Top 150+ Solved Indian Writing in English MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka?
a. Tridib
b. Jethamoshai
c. Khalil
d. Tha’mma
Q. The narrator’s grandmother Thamma was the headmistress of all-girl school in
a. London
b. Chennai
c. Paris
d. Calcutta
Q. The Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh explores the political and economic growth of India through the lives of two families
a. the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family
b. the Singh family and the Peterson family
c. the Sharma family and the Price family
d. the Patels and the Dawson family
Q. A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot thatkilled
a. May
b. Tridib
c. Thamma
d. The narrator
Q. The Shadow Lines is divided into two sections
a. ‘Moving Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
b. ‘ The Window’ and ‘Time Passes’
c. ‘Reaping’ and ‘Garnering’
d. ‘Going Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
Q. __________ is set against the backdrop of major historical events such as- Freedom movement in Bengal, Second World War, partition of India in 1947 and Communal riots in Bangladesh and India
a. Tara
b. The Shadow Lines
c. Untouchables
d. Hayavadana
Q. Through her characteristic pose Ila’s mother earned a nickname of
a. Queen Elizabeth
b. Princess Camilla
c. Queen Victoria
d. Lady Windsor
Q. The Shadow Lines takes the form of
a. bildungsroman tradition
b. historical fiction
c. gothic tradition
d. romanticism
Q. The Shadow Lines spans around
a. Two generations
b. Three generations
c. Four generations
d. Five generations
Q. The Upside Down House in The Shadow Lines represent
a. Polarising power of borders
b. The backward movement of the family
c. Binary representation of power
d. None of the above.
Q. Jatin marries a woman affectionately known as
a. Queen Priya
b. Queen Victoria
c. Queen Lakshmi
d. Queen Rita