HSC Science (General) 12th Standard Board Exam - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

English word ‘Novel’ is derived from the Italian word ______.

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote ___________

The Tale of Genji by Muraski Shikabu was published in the year __________

‘The Pilgrims Progress’ is a Novel written by ___________

_____________ is the pioneer of the ‘Stream of Consciousness’ technique in English novel.

The first Indian English novel ‘Rajmohan’s wife’ was written by ___________

Joseph Conrad wrote the novella named as _____________

Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with ___________

The famous trio of Indian writers is ___________

Write in chronological order

1. Murasaki Shikibu’s Tale of Genji
2. Greek Romances
3. The appearance of magazines and newspapers
4. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales

Write in chronological order

1. Industrial Revolution
2. Drama and Poetry started fading away
3. Novel gained popularity
4. The rise of middle class

Given below are some novels, events and writers of Indian English. Arrange them in chronological order.

1. Rise of famous Indian Trio
2. Nayantara Sahgal, Arun Joshi, Manohar Malgaonkar
3. Arundhati Roy, Kiran Desai, Kiran Nagarkar
4. Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya

Given below are some Novels in English literature. Arrange them in their order of their appearance.

1. The Pilgrim’s Progress and Oroonaku
2. Ecologues
3. Pamela and Gulliver’s Travels
4. The Tale of Genji

Novel is recognized as the most dominant literary genre in modern times.

A Novel is relatively a short narrative.

‘Tale of Genji’ is described as world’s first novel.

Middle class people had a little interest in romances and tragedies.

Novel gave voice to the aspirations and longings of middle class.

The women novelists haven’t contributed significantly in English Literature.

Novella is greater in length than Novel.