CBSE Class 10 Social Science Novels, Society and History Quiz 1

1. Love stories for adolescent girls first became popular in

A Britain B the USA C France D Germany

2. Treasure Island was written by

A Rudyard Kipling B Thomas Hardy C Charles Dickens D R.L. Stevenson

3. Novels began to be written in Europe in the

A sixteenth century B seventeenth century C eighteenth century D nineteenth century

4. Which one of the following was seriaised in a magazine?

A Jane Eyre B The Mayor of Casterbridge C Pickwick Papers D All the Year Round

5. The first proper modern novel was

A Chandrakanta B Pariksha-Guru C Indirabai D Indulekha

6. wrote Sultana’s Dream?

A Rokeya Hossein B Jarabai Shinde C Pandita Ramabai D Devaki-Nandan Khatri

7. Who is known as the pioneer of modern Hindi literature?

A Bharatendu Harishchandra B Premchand C Ismat Chugtai D Dharmavir Bharati

8. The first historical novel written in Bangali was -

A Titash Ekti Nadir Naam B Anguriya Binimoy C Padmarag D Saraswativijayam

9. What was meant by ‘Vernacular’?

A Stylish writing B Classical language C Literary language D Language of the common people

10. What was expressing in the novel Ramona?

A Love stories B Adventure stories C Comedy stories D None of these