Practice Urdu Novel MCQs for TEVTA Punjab Skills Assessment Urdu — topic-wise sets with solved answers.
Q1. Which novel by Prem Chand is considered his magnum opus and deals with the exploitation of Indian farmers?
Answer: Godan
Explanation: Godan (The Gift of a Cow) is Prem Chand's greatest novel, depicting the tragic life of Hori, a poor farmer crushed by debt and the feudal system in rural India.
Q2. Qurratulain Hyder's Aag ka Darya (River of Fire) was published in which year?
Answer: 1959
Explanation: Aag ka Darya was published in 1959 and is widely regarded as the greatest Urdu novel ever written, spanning approximately 2,000 years of Indian history from the 4th century to Partition.
Q3. Which author wrote the novel Tehri Lakeer (The Crooked Line), a feminist semi-autobiographical novel exploring female identity?
Answer: Ismat Chughtai
Explanation: Tehri Lakeer (1944) is Ismat Chughtai's semi-autobiographical novel tracing a young woman's psychological development and search for identity in a patriarchal society, considered a landmark in feminist Urdu fiction.
Q4. Mirza Hadi Ruswa, author of Umrao Jaan Ada, belonged to which city's literary tradition?
Answer: Lucknow
Explanation: Mirza Hadi Ruswa was a product of the Lucknow literary tradition, and Umrao Jaan Ada is set entirely in Lucknow, capturing its culture of tawaif (courtesans), music, and refined Urdu poetry.
Q5. Aag ka Darya by Qurratulain Hyder spans approximately how many years of Indian history?
Answer: 2,000 years
Explanation: Aag ka Darya spans approximately 2,000 years of Indian history, moving from the 4th century BCE Chandragupta Maurya era through the Mughal period to British colonialism and finally to Partition.
Q6. The Urdu literary tradition of depicting courtesans (tawaif) as cultured, educated women is best exemplified by which novel?
Answer: Umrao Jaan Ada
Explanation: Umrao Jaan Ada by Mirza Hadi Ruswa presents the courtesan Umrao Jaan as a highly cultured, educated woman who composes poetry, challenging the stereotype of tawaif as mere entertainers in Lucknowi society.
Q7. Qurratulain Hyder ka mashoor novel kaun sa hai?
Answer: Aag ka Darya
Explanation: Aag ka Darya Qurratulain Hyder ka sab se ahem novel hai jo 1959 mein shaya hua. Yeh novel 2000 saal ki Hindustani tehzeeb aur taareekh ko apne daman mein sameta hai.
Q8. "Umrao Jan Ada" novel kisnay likha?
Answer: Mirza Hadi Ruswa
Explanation: Umrao Jan Ada (1899) Mirza Hadi Ruswa ne likha. Yeh Lucknow ki ek tawaif Umrao Jan ki kahani hai aur Urdu adab ka ek shar-haa novel maana jaata hai.
Q9. Munshi Premchand ka sabse mashoor novel kaun sa hai?
Answer: Godan
Explanation: Godan (1936) Munshi Premchand ka sabse mashoor novel maana jaata hai. Is mein unhon ne kisan Hori ki zindagi ke zariye Hindustan ke gaon aur kisan ke masail ko behtareen taraqqi se bayaan kiya.
Q10. Krishan Chander ka mashoor mazahiya novel kaun sa hai?
Answer: Ek Gadhe ki Sarguzasht
Explanation: Ek Gadhe ki Sarguzasht Krishan Chander ka mashoor mazahiya aur satirical novel hai. Is mein ek gadhe ki zubaan se moasharay par tanz kiya gaya hai. Krishan Chander taraqqi pasand tehreek se taaluq rakhte the.
Q11. "Mirat-ul-Uroos" kab shaya hua?
Answer: 1869
Explanation: Mirat-ul-Uroos 1869 mein shaya hua. Nazir Ahmad ne yeh novel Urdu mein musalmaan ghar-eloo aurat ki islah ke liye likha aur isse pehla Urdu novel maana jaata hai.
Q12. "Aag ka Darya" mein kitne saal ki Hindustani taareekh ko sameta gaya hai?
Answer: 2000 saal
Explanation: Aag ka Darya mein Qurratulain Hyder ne takreeban 2000 saal ki Hindustani tehzeeb aur tawareekh ko chaar alag zaminoon mein bayaan kiya. Yeh novel Urdu adab ka tarikhi shaahkaar samjha jaata hai.
Q13. Mirza Hadi Ruswa ne "Umrao Jan Ada" mein kaunse shahr ki tawaif sanskriti ko bayaan kiya?
Answer: Lucknow
Explanation: Mirza Hadi Ruswa ne Umrao Jan Ada mein Lucknow ki tawaif culture aur uski tehzeeb ko bayaan kiya. Lucknow tab apni naazuk tabiat, shayari, aur adabi maahol ki wajah se mashoor tha.
Q14. Nazir Ahmad ka doosra mashoor novel kaun sa hai?
Answer: Taubat-un-Nusuh
Explanation: Taubat-un-Nusuh Nazir Ahmad ka doosra mashoor novel hai jo Mirat-ul-Uroos ki tarah islahi andaaz mein hai. Is mein ek ghar ke mard ki islah aur toba ki kahani hai.
Q15. "Dastan" aur "Novel" mein bunyadi faraq kya hai?
Answer: Dastan mein ghaibi quwwatein hoti hain jabke novel haqeeqi zindagi par mabni hota hai
Explanation: Dastan mein jasaadat, jadoo, aur ghaibi quwwaten hoti hain aur yeh qadim rawayat ki nasri sinf hai. Novel mein haqeeqi zindagi ke masail, insani taaluqat aur muasharti sawaal zyada ahem hote hain. Yeh faraq Urdu nasri adab mein bunyadi hai.
Q16. Qurratulain Hyder ko kaunsa mashoor adabi anam mila?
Answer: Gyanpeeth Award
Explanation: Qurratulain Hyder ko 1989 mein Gyanpeeth Award mila jo Hindustan ka sabse bada adabi anam hai. Woh yeh anam paane wali pehli Urdu adib thi. Unka novel Aag ka Darya Urdu adab ka gehraa shaahkaar hai.
Q17. "Umrao Jan Ada" kab shaya hua?
Answer: 1899
Explanation: Umrao Jan Ada 1899 mein shaya hua. Mirza Hadi Ruswa ka yeh novel Urdu ka pehla ahem aur baaqaida novel maana jaata hai, Mirat-ul-Uroos ke baad. Isme Lucknow ki tawaif culture ko khoobsoorti se bayaan kiya gaya.
Q18. Urdu novel nigaree mein "Sewasadan" kaun se adib ki takhliiq hai?
Answer: Munshi Premchand
Explanation: Sewasadan (1919) Munshi Premchand ka mashoor Urdu novel hai jis mein창 ghar mein kaam karne wali aurton ke masail ko bayaan kiya gaya hai. Yeh Urdu adab mein feminist soch ki ek shuruwati misaal hai.
Q19. "Aag ka Darya" novel mein kaunse chaar aham adwar hain?
Answer: Gupta, Sultanate, Mughal, Modern
Explanation: Aag ka Darya mein Qurratulain Hyder ne Gupta dor, Sultanate dor, Mughal dor, aur jadeed daur in chaar aham tarikhi daur ko bayaan kiya. Yeh novel Hindustan ki tehzeebee raftaar ka ek azeem adabi safarnama hai.
Q20. Nazir Ahmad ne "Mirat-ul-Uroos" kis maqsad ke liye likha?
Answer: Musalmaan auratoon ki islah aur tarbiyat ke liye
Explanation: Nazir Ahmad ne Mirat-ul-Uroos musalmaan ghar-eloo auratoon ki islahi tarbiyat ke liye likha. Is novel mein ek acchi beti Akbari aur ek buri beti Asghari ka moazna karke nek girh-stii ki salah di gayi hai.
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