Pakistani Literature in English MCQs

• Ahmad Ali was born in Delhi on.

July 1, 1908

July 1, 1909

July 1, 1910

July 1, 1911

• Ali presented his paper “Art Ka Taraqqi-Pasand Nazariya” in its inaugural conference in.

1935

1936

1937

1938

• Ali was the BBC’s Representative and Director in India during.

1942-45

1945-48

1952-55

1955-58

• Mir Nihal struggles to protect new generation from the disastrous effects of ………..

Socialism

Colonialism

Culturalism

Structuralism

• Asghar represents

Muslims inspiring from English culture

Farangis occupying continent

directionless Indian Muslim Youth

Muslim youth

• Who becomes paralyzed

Asghar

Babban Jan

Begum Mir Nihal

Mir Nihal

• Twilight in Delhi deals with

dying culture

civilization of Muslims in India

both a & b

none of the above

• Twilight in Delhi is full of symbolic elements, cat represents

the intruders

peace

Indians

Both (b) & (c)

• Asghar abhors British culture but at the same time he likes English boots this shows

Simile in the novel

Ironical element in the novel

Metaphor

None of the above

• Asghar’s mistress name is

Begum waheed

Mushtari Bai

Dilchain

None

• Zohra is the sister of

Mir Nihal

Asghar

Both

Bilqueece

• Babban Jan is the mistress of

Mir Nihal

Ahmad Ali

Asghar

None

• Who says “Never fall in love.It’s better to commit suicide than fall in love.”

Mir Nihal

Asghar

Mushtari Bai

Bilqeece

• “Delhi was once the jewel of the ……”

Asia

world

Africa

None

• Ahmed in his novel Twilight in Delhi portrayed which type of muslim society?

Patriarchal

Sexually repressed

Fatalistic

All of these

• To be ___ is sweet, he thought, whereas to love is full of sorrow and grief and pain.

hated

married

loved

• Asghar thought of ___ her, but the thought of his father and mother stood in his way.

bullying

cheating

marrying

• A ___ culture which had nothing in it of the past was forcing itself upon Hindustan, a hodgepodge of Indian and western ways which he failed to understand

Bold

notorious

hybrid

• Ahmad Ali has used the simile of blanket for

Day

Night

Evening

None of the above

• Mir Nihal’s paralyzed condition is the symbol of stagnant and paralyzed condition of

Muslims

Indians

Russians

Africans

Murder of Aziz Khan was published in:

1962 B) 1965 C) 1967 D) 1971

Murder of Aziz Khan was written by:

Ahmed Ali B) Zulfiqar Ghose C) Abbas Raahi D) Ashfaq Ahmad

• Kalapur is a fictional name for which city of the Punjab?

Lahore B) Jhelum C) Sialkot D) Faisalabad

• What is the name of the Chief Superintendent of Police?

Fazal Elahi B) Ehsan Elahi C) Irshad Elahi D) Zahoor Elahi

• How much money does Hussain owe to Aziz Khan?

One Thousand B) Three Thousand C) Two Thousand D) Five Thousand

• The name of Aziz Khan’s wife is:

Bushra B) Zakia C) Parveen D) Nazia

• Ayub refuses to go to which city?

New York B) St. Jose C) London D) Chittagong

• The name of Afaq’s girlfriend is:

Pamela Beresford B) Ronit Kuperman C) Carol Belivet D) Alison Aird

• Which character resembles Tess d’Urberville?

Faridah B) Razia C) Zarina D) Amina

• The girl Afaq rapes and murders is named:

Jamila B) Sana C) Nusrat D) Mariam

• What device does Ghose use to establish characters’ sophistication?

Dressing B) Voice C) Table manners D) Accent

• Who is hanged for an uncommitted crime?

Javed B) Saleem C) Rafiq D) Riaz

• Zarina is actually the illegitimate daughter of:

Aziz Khan B) Akram C) Ayub D) Afaq

• Ayub’s ruthless disposal of Saleem and Riaz is an example of:

Nazi Pogrom B) Zionist Brutality C) Terrorism D) Bourgeoise Oppression

• Akram and Faridah are childless because:

Akram is a closeted homosexual C) Akram is sterile

Faridah does not want children D) There is a curse of childlessness on them

• The Shah brothers’ control over state institutions and officials exemplifies:

Marxism B) Relativism C) Stalinism D) Nazism

• Which character in her mannerism resembles Mrs. Bennet from Pride and Prejudice?

Faridah B) Zakia C) Razia D) Zarina

• In line with Marxist theory, the Shah brothers control the law, the ministries, and:

Educational Institutes B) Newspapers C) Military D) TV

• A prominent vice of the elite class is shown to be:

Unbridled Sexual Relations B) Cage fighting C) Politics D) Alcohol

• The Shah brothers’ hunger for influence and wealth is:

Kantian B) Capitalistic C) Stoic D) Zen

• “If anyone’s to blame, blame the British! “

In This above line Col. Barucha is blaming British for:

Typhoid

Malaria

Polio

None of these

• Gandhi and Nehru are forcing the League to push for——

India

Exit

Pakistan

British

• “These are bad times—Allah knows what’s in the store. There is big trouble in Calcutta and Delhi: Hindu-Muslim trouble “. The above lines are uttered by:

Ayah

Godmother

Ice candy man

Sharbat Khan

• “The Radcliffe Commission deals out Indian cities like:

A trash

A game

A pack of cards

None of these

5.Ice Candy Man is titled on

Theme

b The name of character

c .Event

d.None

• Cracking India title is suggested by authors of:

a.London

b.India

c. America

d.China

• “Children are the Devil….They only know the truth.” This textual line is from

1.Twilight in Delhi

2. Murder of Aziz Khan

3. Cracking India

4. None

• In Cracking India Bapsi Sidhwa used

Child Narrator

b.Adult Narrator

c.Skaz

d.None

• .Bapsi Sidhwa in Cracking India is neutral towards

a.Muslims

Hindus

Sikhs

All of these

• . Cracking India is

Autobiographical novel

b.The Thriller

C. Satire

Semi-autobiographical

• : Ice candy man can be treated as

A.Postcolonial fiction

B. Historical fiction

C. Colonial fiction

D. Nonem

• : The majority of the novel takes place in Lahore between

1943 and 1948.

b)1942 and 1946

1921 and 1948

d) 1900 and 1920

• : The action is narrated in the …. tense.

Present tense

Past tense

Future tense

None

• Which suitor does Ayah like best?

ICE-CANDY-MAN

b ) THE HOTEL COOK

MASSEUR

d) SHARBAT KHAN

what does Ice-candy-man do at the end of the book?

RETURN TO PAKISTAN

FOLLOW AYAH INTO INDIA

C) KILL HIMSELF

GET MARRIED

• Why does Lenny curse her tongue?

IT TELLS THE TRUTH

IT KISSED COUSIN

C) IT DECEIVES HER MOTHER

IT IS INFECTED WITH POLIO

• ) Lenny has which disease?

ADHD

POLIO

C) TUBERCULOSIS

SYPHILIS

• ) What does Gandhi talk to the women of Lahore about?

Food and Health

Boycotts

Independence

Sex and Marriage

• . Which is NOT a religious group mentioned in the novel?

Hindus

Muslims

Buddhists

D none

• . What is the word that Lenny uses to describe the way people of different religious groups begin seeing each other?

Coins

Tokens

Stereotypes

Themselves

When was Sara Suleri born?

1953 b) 1954 c) 1957 d) 1959

Who was the Father of Sara Suleri ?

MA Suleri b) ZA Suleri c) ZM Suleri d) none of these

Who was Sara Suleri?

British author b) American author c) Indian author d) none of these

4.When was Sara Suleri died?

1995 b) 1997 c) 1999 d) 2006

Meatless days record the memories of?

Ahmed Ali b) Sara Suleri c) Aziz Khan d) Alamgir Hashmi

In Meatless days Sara Suleri brings us into her childhood home in?

Pakistan b) India c) America d) Africa

Meatless days encompass the history of the development of Pakistan and …………… position within Pakistani culture.

Male b) Female c) both d) none of these

A meatless day is an intriguing look at life in Pakistan and in…………….. Community that Suleri has known.

Indian-Pakistan b) American-Pakistan c) African-Pakistan d) Asian

Dadi’s two favorite in dulgences which make her a typical Pakistani elderly woman are:

food and love b) love and conflict c) food and God d) pity and food

Character in the memoir (Meatless Days) Dadi widowed at the age of:

fourty b) fifty c) thirties d) twenty

Meatless days by Sara Suleri is a Novel

Post- colonial autobiographical b) Post-modernism autobiographical

Post-imperialism autobiographical d) none of these

The author welsh woman is shown as a reserved woman who suffered a :

Traditional clash b) Religious clash c) Cultural clash d) political clash

Women are subjected to sexual subjection through institutionalization of…

friendship b) Marriage c) partnership d) both b & c

In meatless days,as a son he never gave due respect to his….

Father b) Dadi c) Mother d) none of these

Meatless days in spite of themes such as political strife , religion , expstriatism is a novel :

Political novel b) tragic and comic novel

Personal novel d) Personal and autobiographical novel

Excellent things in women revolve around

Dadi b) Sara c) Both d) Father

After death of Suleri’s grand father where did Sara’s papa moved?

Lahore b) Bombay c) Delhi d) Karachi

Sara’s papa was a…..?

Journalists b) Doctor c) Engineer d) Editor

When did Sara’s papa moved to karachi and joined weekly dawn?

1941 b) 1942 c) 1943 d) 1945

Who is elected leader of East Pakistan in 1970 elections?

a)Bhutto b) Mujeeb-ur-reham c) Nawaz sahreef d) None of these

• When was Taufiq Rafat born?

1927

1917

1937

1947

• Who was the father of Taufiq Rafat?

Khwaja Ghulam Muhammed Hazir

Khwaja Muhammad Nisar

Khwaha Muhammad Imran

None

• When did Sialkot become a part of Pakistan?

1947

1948

1949

none

• Where was Taufiq Rafat educated?

Dehra Dun

Aligarh

Lahore

All

• Where did Taufiq Rafat graduate?

Hailey College of commerce, Aligarh

Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore

Aligarh college and university

None

• Who did Taufiq Rafat marry into in Sialkot?

Indian

Kashmiris

Pakistani

None

• When did Taufiq Rafat died?

1997

1998

1999

2000

• What are the most prolific poets in Pakistan?

Maki Qureshi

Alamgir Hashmi

Daud Kamal

All

• What is Rafat s poetry a similitude of?

Modern tradition of poetry

Classical tradition of poetry

Both

None

• What has basically evolved with its roots in the past?

Sophism

Modernism

Classics

None

• What has modernism been developed out of?

Tradition

culture

emotions and memories of past

All

• In what poem did T. S. Eliot write the line What are the roots that clutch what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish?

The Waste Land

The Eastern wind

Both

None

• What type of reference can be observed in Rafat s Reflections?

Sophist

Muslim

Buddhists

None

• What is one of the classical references in Rafat s Reflections?

Ramayan

Bushism

Sophism

None

• What is one of the important aspects of Modern poetry?

Dry stone

Dead tree

Both

None

• What are some of Rafat’s poems?

Reflections

Village Girl

Kitchen

All

• Modern poetry has called for a return to what were regarded as more?

Classical values

Modern values

Both

None

• What type of poetry has called for a return to classical values?

Classical poetry

Modern poetry

Victorian poetry

None

• Who is T. S. Eliot?

Ezra Pound

Elizabeth

Liz Pound

None

• What type of verse has modern poets made experiments with?

Free verse

Comprehended verse

Blank verse

None.

• aufiq Raffat was born on

1920

1923

1925

1927

• Taufiq Raffat died on

1995

1996

1997

1998

• Pakistani idiom was introduced by

Alamgir hashmi

Ahmad Ali

Taufiq Raffat

Daud Kamal

• The poem “Arrival of the Monsoon” is written by

Daud Kamal

Taufiq Raffat

Kaleem Omar

Makki Qurieshi

• Which poem of the Taufiq Raffat deals with the upcoming of the ill fortune of bride and her family

Wedding in the flood

Kingfisher

Kitchens

Rebel

• In which poem Taufiq Raffat gives the image of monsoon, birds, trees and summer

Arrival of the monsoon

Kitchens

Kingfisher

Karachi

• The poem “Kitchens” was written by

Ahmad Ali

Taufiq Raffat

Daud Kamal

Alamgir hashmi

• The book, “Arrival of the monsoon” consists of …….. poems.

112

114

116

118

• The imagery of Taufiq Raffat reflects ………. Society.

Indian

American

European

Pakistani

• Which themes can be seen in Taufiq Raffa’s works.

Loneliness

Nature Imagery

Traumatic realities of life

All of the above

• In his poem, “Vultures” Taufiq Raffat compares vultures with whom

Friends

Enemies

Relatives

Neighbors

• Who is the pot-licking wench in Rafat’s poem, wedding in the flood”

Bride’s mother

Bride

Bride’s sister

Bride’s friend

• In which of his poem, Rafat watches the tradition of a joint-family system

Kitchens

Going after geese

Morning Exercise

Rebel

• Who translated the Punjabi work of Bulleh Shah in English

Kaleem Omar

Taufiq Raffat

Alamgir hashmi

Daud Kamal

• Content is more important for him than form, who is that?

Ahmad Ali

Bapsi Sidhwa

Taufiq Raffat

Alamgir hashmi

• There are a number of poems dedicated to the theme of war in Rafat’s collection of poetry

,like

The Medal

The Village

Sialkot

All of these

• Romantic ideals established by Rafat served as the foundation of Pakistan’s first original and personalized expression in _____. a) British

American

English

Urdu

• English was considered a weak version of British style of writing in _________collection a) Rafat

Ahmad Ali

Kaleem omar

Daud kamal

• Pioneer of Pakistani Idiom It was from Toufiq Rafat that the English language was used to express the sensibility of the ____ people of Pakistan.

Rich

Middle class

Local

High class

• In the poem, “Kitchens” Taufiq Rafat compared Pakistani culture with

Indian culture

Western culture

Eastern culture

All of these