• 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
