HSC Board Exam June 25

Q 5 A. Complete the activities given below as per the instructions.

(i) Match the Columns: 

Sr
Column A 
Column B
1)
Realistic Novel
(a) Mystery, horror
2)
Historical Novel
(b) An eccentric or disreputable protagonist
3)
Ghotic Novel
(c) Set on a past period
4)
Picaresque Novel.
(d) The effect of realism

✒️ Expected Answer 

Sr
Column A 
Column B
1)
Setting
(d)The effect of realism.
2)
Conflict.
(c) Set on a past period
3)
Plot
(a) Mystery, horror 
4)
Theme
(b) An eccentric or disreputable protagonist.

Q.5 (A) (ii) Fill in the blanks:

(a) .............was one of the major trio writers in Indian English. (Vikram Seth, R. K. Narayan Amitav Ghosh)

Answer:- (a) R.K. Narayan was one of the major trio writers in Indian English.

(b) ............... is an immigrant author. (Salman Rushdie, Manohar Malgaonkar, Anita Desai)

Answer:- (b) Salman Rushdie is an immigrant author.

(c) The phrase ‘Stream of consciousness’ was coined by.......... (Harper Lee, Walter Scott, William Jammes)

Answer:- 

(c) The phrase ‘Stream of consciousness’ was coined by William James.

(d) E. M. Forster is well known for his ........ (Essay, Novel, Stories)

Answer:- (d) E. M. Forster is well known for his Novels.


HSC Board exam February 2025

Q. 5. (A) Complete the following activities.

(I) Pick out the odd element from the group and write it.(2)

  • (a) Theme, Plot, Conflict, Novella.
  • (b) Manohar Malgaonkar, Mulkraj Anand, Raja Rao, George Orwell.
  • (c) The Heart of Darkness, Robinson Crusoe, Frankenstein, Rajmohan's Wife.
  • (d) Terror, Haunted buildings, Supernatural, Utopian.
Expected Answer:-

  • (a)  Novella.
  • (b) George Orwell.
  • (c) Rajmohan's Wife.
  • (d) Utopian.

(II) State whether the following statements are True or False and rewrite them.(2)

  • (a) Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction.
  • (b) 'Tale of Genji' is written by Miguel de Cervantes.
  • (c) The main character is referred as the 'protagonist.'
  • (d) 'Picaresque Novel' is based on the life of the author.
Expected Answer:-

(a) Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction.
  ➡️True.

(b) 'Tale of Genji' is written by Miguel de Cervantes.
  ➡️False.

(c) The main character is referred as the 'protagonist.'
  ➡️True.

(d) 'Picaresque Novel' is based on the life of the author.
  ➡️False.


HSC Board Exam July 24

Q 5 A. Complete the activities given below as per the instructions.

(i) Match the Columns: 

Sr
Column A 
Column B
1)
Setting
(a) Course of events 
2)
Conflict.
(b) Central Idea.
3)
Plot
(c) The background of story.
4)
Theme
(d) Provide interest and curiosity.

✒️ Expected Answer 

Sr
Column A 
Column B
1)
Setting
(c) The background of story.
2)
Conflict.
(d) Provide interest and curiosity.
3)
Plot
(a) Course of events 
4)
Theme
(b) Central Idea.


(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences:(2)

(a) Stream of consciousness is a phrase coined by.......... [Virginia Woolf/William James/Mary Shelley]

Answer:- 

(a) Stream of consciousness is a phrase coined by William James.

(b) ............is considered as the first novel based on science and technology.

[Pearl/Frankenstein/Clarissa]

Answer:- 

(b) Frankenstein is considered as the first novel based on science and technology.

(c) The word 'Novella, is originated from the ...........word. [Spanish/Italian/Latin]

Answer:- 

(c) The word 'Novella, is originated from the Italian word.

(d) The ......... novel narrates the adventures of the protagonist.[Realistic/Picaresque/Gothic]

Answer:- 

(d) The Picaresque novel narrates the adventures of the protagonist.


HSC Board exam February 2024

Q 5 A. Complete the activities given below as per the instructions.

(i) Match the Columns: 

Sr
Column A 
Column B
1)
Novel
(a) Greek Romance 
2)
18th Century
Literature.
(b) Middle class readers.
3)
2nd to 6th Century 
(c) A long Narrative Fiction.
4)
Newspaper and Magazines
(d) Spirit of Realism.

✒️Expected Answer 

Sr

Column A 

Column B

1)

Novel

(c) A long Narrative Fiction

2)

18th Century
Literature.

(d) Spirit of Realism.

3)

2nd to 6th Century 

(a) Greek Romance

4)

Newspaper and Magazines

(b) Middle class readers.



(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences:

(a) The novel that bears more than one level of meaning is called novel. [Realistic/Allegorical/Historical]

(b) novel is concerned with the protagonist's overall growth from childhood to adulthood. [Bildungsroman/Utopian/Gothic]

(c) novel is a novel based on the author's life. [Epistolary/Psychological/Autobiographical]

(d) The novel based on an imaginary community possessing the ideal qualities is calle [Utopian/Epistolary / Picaresque ] novel.

✒️Answer:-

(a) The novel that bears more than one level of meaning is called Allegorical          novel. 

(b) Bildungsroman novel is concerned with the protagonist's overall growth from childhood to adulthood.

(c) Autobiographical novel is a novel based on the author's life. 

(d) The novel based on an imaginary community possessing the ideal qualities is calle Utopian novel.

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HSC Board exam July 2023

SECTION - IV

(LITERARY GENRE - NOVEL)

Q 5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions: (4) 

A

B

(1) The Heart of Darkness 

(2) The Turn of the Screw

(3) Death in Venice

(4) Pearl

John Steinbeck

Thomas Mann

Joseph Conrad

Henry James

✒️Answer:-

A

B

(1) The Heart of Darkness 

(2) The Turn of the Screw

(3) Death in Venice

(4) Pearl


Joseph Conrad

Henry James

Thomas Mann

John Steinbeck


(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences:(2)

(a) The central idea in the novel is [ plot/theme/story]

✒️Answer:-(a) The central idea in the novel is theme.

(b) The main character in the novel is referred to as [antagonist/clown/protagonist]

✒️Answer:-(b) The main character in the novel is referred to as protagonist.

(c) The struggle between the opposite forces in the story is called [setting/character/conflict]

✒️Answer:-(c) The struggle between the opposite forces in the story is called conflict.

(d) Language and techniques used in the novel is known as

[manner / style / texture]

✒️Answer:-(d) Language and techniques used in the novel is known as style.

HSC Board Exam Feb 23

SECTION - IV

(LITERARY GENRE - NOVEL)

Q 5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions: (4)


A

B

(a) Oronoku

(b) The Heart of Darkness  

(c) Frankenstein

(d) The Pilgrim's Progress

(i) Joseph Conard

(ii) John Bunyan


(iii) Aphra Behn

(iv) Mary Shelly



Expected answer:

A

B

(a) Oronoku

(b) The Heart of Darkness  

(c) Frankenstein

(d) The Pilgrim's Progress

(i) Aphra Behn

(ii) Joseph Conard

(iii) Mary Shelly

(iv) John Bunyan

(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and complete the given statements: (2)

(a) Novels with the elements of horror, blood-shed and mystery are called ................novels.

(Realistic, Gothic, Psychological)

✒️ Answer- Novels with the elements of horror, blood-shed and mystery are called Gothic novels.

(b) The German word 'bildungsroman' indicates................

(Letter, New, Growth)

✒️ Answer- The German word 'bildungsroman' indicates Growth.

(c) There are ................essential elements of 'Novel' or 'Novella'

(six, eight, eleven)

✒️Answer- There are six essential elements of 'Novel' or 'Novella'

(d) Struggle between the opposite forces in the story is called -

(plot, conflict, setting)

✒️ Answer- Struggle between the opposite forces in the story is called conflict.


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HSC Board exam July 2022

Q. 5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions: (4)

(1) Rewrite the given sentences by choosing the correct alternative given in the brackets: (2)

(i) The word 'novella', originated from the ......................word 'novella', a type of prose fiction. (French; Italian; American; Mexican)

✒️Answer- The word 'novella', originated from the Italian word 'novella', a type of prose fiction

(ii) The psychological novel presents the ...............of the protagonist. (personal life; professional life; social life; internal life) 

✒️Answer- The psychological novel presents the internal life of the protagonist. 

(iii) The word 'utopia' possesses the............

(best qualities; worst qualities; ideal qualities; unequal qualities)

✒️Answer-. The word 'utopia' possesses the  ideal qualities

(iv) In the eighteenth-century middle class could get time for reading and discussing novels because of...............

(ideas of life; the spread of superstitions; the spread of machines; ample free time)

✒️Answer- In the eighteenth-century middle class could get time for reading and discussing novels because of the spread of machines

HSC Board exam March 2022

March. 2022


A

B

(a)Murasaki Shikibu.

(b) Jonathan Swift

(c) John Bunyan. 

(d)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

(i) Pilgrim's Progress.

(ii)Gulliver's Travels.

(iii) Rajmohan's wife.

(iv) Tale of Genji


Expected answer:

A

B

(a)Murasaki Shikibu.

(b) Jonathan Swift

(c) John Bunyan. 

(d)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

(i) Tale of Genji.

(ii)Gulliver's Travels.

(iii) Pilgrim's Progress.

(iv) Rajmohan's wife.


Q5 A2 Pick the odd word out.

(a) Amit Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Henry Fielding, Amita Desai

(b) plot, novella, setting, theme

(c) place, time, climate, epistolary

(d) horror, mystery, picaresque, thriller.

✒️Answer-

(a) Amit Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Henry Fielding, Amita Desai.

a) ➡️ Henry Fielding,

(b) plot, novella, setting, theme.

b) ➡️ novella

(c) place, time, climate, epistolary.

c) ➡️ epistolary

(d) horror, mystery, picaresque, thriller.

d) ➡️ picturesque.

HSC Board exam Sept. 2021

5. (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions: (4)

(i) Pick out the odd element from each line: (2)

(a) Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Daniel Defoe, Anthony Burgess.

(b) Mystery, Style, Conflict, Character.

(c) The turn of the screw, Aphra Behn, Rajmohan's Wife, Jane Eyre.

(d) Drama, Novel, Psychology, Poetry.

Expected Answers:- 

(a) Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, Daniel Defoe, Anthony Burgess.

(b) Mystery, Style, Conflict, Character.

(c) The turn of the screw, Aphra Behn, Rajmohan's Wife, Jane Eyre.

(d) Drama, Novel, Psychology, Poetry.


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(ii) Choose the correct alternatives and rewrite the sentences: (2)

(a) The novel as a literary genre has a history of about ---------- years.

two thousand five hundred, two thousand, six hundred, three thousand]

Answer-The novel as a literary genre has a history of about two thousand years.

(b) The new literature written in the 18th century was characterised by------------------

[mystery, fantasy, spirit of realism]

Answer- The new literature written in the 18th century was characterised by a spirit of realism.

(c) In the ------------ novel, the surface meaning is different from the symbolic meaning.

[Allegorical, Dystopian, Gothic]

Answer- In the Allegorical novel, the surface meaning is different from the symbolic meaning.

(d) ---------------has coined the phrase: Stream of Consciousness.

[Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, William James]

 Answer- William James coined the phrase: Stream of Consciousness.


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