CUET-PG SERIES English
Indian Writing In English
17 previous year questions.
Volume: 17 Ques
Yield: Medium
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2024 5
2023 Chapter Questions 17 MCQs
01
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
'Comparative Literature : Indian Dimensions',
1
E.V Ramakrishnan
2
Avadhesh Kumar Singh
3
Swapan Majumdar
4
Amiya Dev
02
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The introduction of English in India was primarily for the benefit and consolidation of British power.
Reasons (R): English caters to the social and economic aspirations of the emerging middle class and urban elites is India.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Assertion (A): The introduction of English in India was primarily for the benefit and consolidation of British power.
Reasons (R): English caters to the social and economic aspirations of the emerging middle class and urban elites is India.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
3
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
4
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
03
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Which Indian playwright invests ancient Indian myths and legends with contemporary meanings in his works?
1
Mohan Rakesh
2
Utpal Dutt
3
Girish Karnad
4
Vijay Tendulkar
04
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
____translated Bhisham Sahni's TAMAS from Hindi.
1
Saunik Bandyopadhyaya
2
Daisy Rockwell
3
Vishnu Sharma
4
Arun Sharma
05
PYQ 2023
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Savitri, a literary epic in English, was written by ___
1
Raja Rao
2
Sri Aurobindo
3
Swami Vivekananda
4
S. Radhakrishnan
06
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Match the playwright (List-I) to their play (List-II):
| List I | Playwright | List II: Play |
| A | Badal Sircar | (I) Charandas Chor |
| B | Vijay Tendulkar | (II) Evam Indrajit |
| C | Mohan Rakesh | (III) Silence! The Court is in Session |
| D | Habib Tanvir | (IV) Adhe Adhure |
1
(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
2
(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
3
(A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)
4
(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
07
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Which of the following is written by the African-American author Octavia Butler?
Fledgling (2005)
Kindred (1979)
Parable of the Sower (1993)
The Word for World is Forest (1972)
Fledgling (2005)
Kindred (1979)
Parable of the Sower (1993)
The Word for World is Forest (1972)
1
(A) and (B) only
2
(B) and (C) only
3
(C) and (D) only
4
(A), (B), and (C) only
08
PYQ 2024
hard
english ID: cuet-pg-
Identify the poet of the lines: “Background. Casually,” “The Railway Clerk” and “Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.”
1
Nissim Ezekiel
2
A.K. Ramanujan
3
Kamala Das
4
Jayanta Mahapatra
09
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Who is the author of the 2014 novel, The Black Hill?
(A) Mamang Dai
(B) Easterine Kire
(C) Robin S. Ngangom
(D) Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
(A) Mamang Dai
(B) Easterine Kire
(C) Robin S. Ngangom
(D) Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
1
Mamang Dai
2
Easterine Kire
3
Robin S. Ngangom
4
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
10
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Which famous author-filmmaker was also the editor of the children’s magazine Sandesh?
1
Sukumar Ray
2
Satyajit Ray
3
R.K. Narayan
4
Prafulla Roy
11
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Match the Indian writings in English (List I) with their respective authors (List II):
| List I | Indian Writing in English | List II: Author |
| A | A Fine Balance | (I) Anita Desai |
| B | The God of Small Things | (II) Rohinton Mistry |
| C | Such a Long Journey | (III) Khushwant Singh |
| D | Fire on the Mountain | (IV) Arundhati Roy |
1
(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
2
(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)
3
(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
4
(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
12
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Arrange the publications of Khushwant Singh novels in the ascending order of their year of publication:
(A) Train to Pakistan (1956)
(B) Delhi: A Novel (1990)
(C) I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1959)
(D) The Company of Women (1999)
(A) Train to Pakistan (1956)
(B) Delhi: A Novel (1990)
(C) I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1959)
(D) The Company of Women (1999)
1
(A), (C), (B), (D)
2
(A), (C), (D), (B)
3
(C), (A), (B), (D)
4
(C), (B), (A), (D)
13
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
Which Indian play, published in 1990, deals with the theme of gender and identity?
1
Dance Like a Man
2
Flowers in a Hill
3
Silence! The Court is in Session
4
Final Solutions
14
PYQ 2024
hard
english ID: cuet-pg-
Match the author (List-I) with the text (List-II):
| List I | Author | List II: Text |
| A | Arundhati Roy | (I) Midnight's Children |
| B | Salman Rushdie | (III) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness |
| C | Kiran Desai | (II) The Inheritance of Loss |
| D | Shashi Deshpande | (IV) The Dark Holds No Terrors |
1
(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)
2
(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)
3
(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)
4
(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
15
PYQ 2024
medium
english ID: cuet-pg-
V.S. Naipaul received the Booker Prize in 1971 for this novel:
1
In a Free State
2
A House for Mr. Biswas
3
A Bend in the River
4
The Enigma of Arrival
16
PYQ 2024
medium
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To which famous Indian playwright can the following plays be attributed? Pagla Ghoda, Hatt Tikhhar Pratap:
1
Habib Tanvir
2
Badal Sircar
3
Vijay Tendulkar
4
Karnad Nagarkar
17
PYQ 2024
medium
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Match the Indian Writings in English in List I with their respective authors in List II:
| List I (Books) | List II (Authors) |
| A. Difficult Daughters | I. Anita Desai |
| B. The God of Small Things | III. Arundhati Roy |
| C. The Shadow Lines | II. Manju Kapur |
| D. The Artist of Disappearance | IV. Amitav Ghosh |
1
(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
2
(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)
3
(A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (II)
4
(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)
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