20th Century Novel Brief Solution 2013 to 2019

20th Century Novel Brief Solution 2013 to 2019

20th Century Novel Brief Solution : ২০১৩ থেকে ২০১৯ পর্যন্ত সহজভাবে প্রিভিয়াস সালের ব্রিফ দেওয়া হলো। সাথে কঠিন শব্দের বাংলা অর্থ পাশে লিখে দেওয়া হয়েছে। উল্লেখ্য যে ব্রাকেটের অংশ না পড়লেও হবে। তবে উত্তরের মেইন অংশকে কালার করে দেওয়া হয়েছে। তাই যত পারেন সংক্ষিপ্ত করে বুঝে মুখস্থ করবেন। 20th century brief solution.

20th century brief solution : 2013, made by Bangla Summary

(a) What is Ivory?

 Ans :  Ivory is the white-bone substance forming the tusks of elements and also used for ornaments, piano keys, etc. (আইভরি হচ্ছে সাদা হাড়ের পদার্থ, যা হাতির দাত গঠন করে এবং তা অলংকার ও পিয়ানোর চাবি ইত্যাদি তৈরিতে ব্যবহৃত হয়)

(b) What does the word ’Passage ’mean in the novel. “A Passage to India”?

 Ans :  Journey. 2016-(b) 2018

(c) Who is Elizabeth Dalloway? (এটা পুরাতন সিলাবাসের প্রশ্ন)

Ans :  Elizabeth Dalloway is the daughter of Clarissa and Richard.

(d) Mention one of the major conflicts in the novel “Mrs Dalloway”. (এটা পুরাতন সিলাবাসের প্রশ্ন)

Ans :  One of the major conflicts in the novel “Mrs Dalloway” is the conflict between conventional and unconventionality.

(e) How was Rhodesia divided by the British? 2015-g, 2018

 Ans :  Rhodesia divided by the British between the blacks and the whites settlers.

(f) When was the the apartheid (বর্ণবৈষম্য) system finally uprooted (উৎপাঠন)?

 Ans :  When Nelson Mandela was elected as South Africa’s first black president, the apartheid system finally uprooted in 1994

(g) What is the source of the title “The Grass is Singing”? 2016-(a)

 Ans :  The title of the novel The Grass is Singing has been taken from a line in T.S Eliot’s Waste Land, Section V ‘What the Thunder Said’.

(h) Which disease did William suffer from and where did he die?

 Ans :  William suffered from pneumonia and erysipelas (বাত রোগ). He died in London.

 (i) What was Kurtz’s Mission in Congo? 2015, 2017-a

 Ans :  Kurtz’s Mission in Congo was to collect ivory and to civilize the natives of that country.

(j) Why was the Bridge party arranged? 2019-(k), 2017

 Ans :   The bridge party was arranged by Mr. Turton so that Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested could meet the Indians.

(k) What does the Marabar Cave symbolize? 2016-(h), 2019-a

 Ans :  Marabar Caves symbolizes the primary world of evil, chaos (বিশৃঙ্খলা) and annihilation (ধ্বংস). (It also indicates the impossibility of mutual friendship between the natives and the British)

(I) What kind of novel is “Sons and Lovers”? 2015-(k)

 Ans :  Sons and Lovers’ is a semi-autobiographical novel. (It is also a psychological novel written in stream of consciousness technique).

20th century brief solution : 2014, made by Bangla Summary

(a) What object (বস্তু) did the Belgian trading company collect in Congo?

Ans :  Ivory.

(b) What is the Nellie?  2016, 2019-L

Ans :  The Nellie is a small ship anchored in the bank of Thames river waiting to sail.

(c) What is the setting of the novel “A Passage to India”? 2016

Ans :   The setting of Forster’s novel, A Passage to India is the imaginary city of Chandrapore, (a few miles north of the Marabar hills.It is situated on the bank of the Ganges.)

(d) What does Richard Dalloway present as a gift to Mrs Dalloway? (এটা পুরাতন সিলাবাসের প্রশ্ন)

Ans :  Richard Dalloway presents a diamond as a gift to Mrs Dalloway.

(e) Where does Kurtz buried?  2016-(k)

Ans :  Kurtz was buried into a muddy hole (গর্ত) by the river.

(f) What is the name of Clara’s husband?

Ans :  The name of Clara’s husband is Baxter Dawes. 

(g) What is Mr. Fielding by profession?

Ans :  Mr. Fielding was the principal of the Govt. College in Chandrapore.

 (h) What was the former name of Zimbabwe?

Ans :  The former name of Zimbabwe is Southern Rhodesia.

 (i) Why did Septimus kill himself in Mrs Dalloway? (এটা পুরাতন সিলাবাসের প্রশ্ন)

Ans :  Septimus killed himself in Mrs Dalloway because this was the only way in which he could Pizza his soul from being succumbed by society.

(j) How many children did the Morel couple have. Name them.  2018-(j)

Ans :   The Morel Couple had four children. Their names are: William Morel, Paul Morel, Anne Morel and Arthur Morel.

(k) What is imperialism?

Ans :  Imperialism is a policy of extending a country’s power and influence throw colonialization, use of military force or other means. (সাম্রাজ্যবাদ হলো ঐপনিশিকতার মাধ্যমে একটি দেশের ক্ষমতা ও প্রভাব বিস্তারের নীতি, সামরিক শক্তি বা অন্য কোনো উপায়ে)

(I) How many novels in your syllabus deal with the theme of imperiaIism? What are those?

Ans :  There are three novels on the syllabus deal with the theme of imperialism. They are “Heart of Darkness“, “A Passage to India“, “The Grass is Singing“.

20th century brief solution : 2015, made by Bangla Summary

(a) Where was the Bridge Party held?

Ans :  The Bridge Party was held in the garden of the club of the British officers in Chandrapore. 

(b) Mention one of the major themes of “Mrs Dolloway”? (এটা পুরাতন সিলাবাসের প্রশ্ন)

Ans :   Communication versus privacy in one of the major themes of “Mrs Dolloway”.

 (c) What was Kurtz’s mission in Congo? (2013-i)

Ans :  Kurtz’s Mission in Congo was to collect ivory and to civilize the natives of that country.

 (d) Who is Adela Quested?

Ans :  Adela Quested is the young woman newly arrived along with Mrs Moore from England (desiring to be the fiancee of Ronny Heaslop, the city magistrate of Chandrapore.)

(e) Why does Clara love Paul? 2019-i

Ans :   Clara loves Paul for his quick, unexpected movements, (like that of a young animal.)

(f} Whom did Septimus marry? (এটা পুরাতন সিলাবাসের প্রশ্ন)

Ans :   Septimus married Lucrezia.

(g) How was Rhodesia divided by the British? (2013-e, 2018-e)

Ans :  Rhodesia divided by the British between the blacks and the whites settlers.

 (h) Why was the manager envious of Kurtz?

Ans :  The manager was envious with Kurtz’s success in providing abundant Ivory. 

(i) Why did Mary hate her father?

Ans :  Mary hated her father because of his drinking habit.

(j) What does ivory stand for? 2016, 2019-b

Ans :  Ivory stands for the greed (লোভ) of the white men and also imperialism.

(k) What kind of novel is ‘Sons and Lovers’? 2013-L

Ans :  Sons and Lovers’ is a semi-autobiographical novel.

(I) How does Mary face her death?

Ans :  Mary faces her death after being stabbed by Moses. He puts his hand on Mary’s mouth and stabs her.

20th century brief solution : 2016, made by Bangla Summary

(a) What is the source of the title “The Grass is Singing”? 2013-g

Ans :  The title of the novel The Grass is Singing has been taken from a line in T.S Eliot’s Waste Land, Section V ‘What the Thunder Said’.

(b) What does the word “passage” mean in the novel “A Passage to India”? 2018, 2013

Ans :   “Journey“. (But this journey is a journey of soul, a journey of one Nation into another, and a journey of one religion into another.)

(c) Who is Elizabeth Dalloway? (এটা পুরাতন সিলাবাসের প্রশ্ন)

Ans :  Elizabeth Dalloway is the daughter of Clarissa and Richard.

(d) When was Doris Lessing awarded the Nobel Prize of literature?

Ans :  Doris Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007.

(e) Why is Aziz arrested?

Ans :  Aziz is arrested on the charge of molesting (উত্ত্যক্ত) miss adela quested (while visiting the Marabar Caves.)

(f) What was Cornard’s original name?

Ans :  Conrad’s original name is Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzen-ioswski.

(g) What is Oedipus Complex?

Ans :  Oedipus Complex is a psychological disorder that indicates a son’s extreme Love for mother and bitter hatred for father.

(h) What does the Marabar Caves symbolize? 2013, 2019

Ans :  Marabar Caves symbolizes the primary world of evil, chaos and annihilation. (It also indicates the impossibility of mutual friendship between the natives and the British.)

(i) What does Ivory stand for? 2015, 2019-b

Ans :   Ivory stands for the greed of the whitemen and also imperialism.

(j) What is The Nellie? 2014, 2019-L

Ans :  The Nellie is a small ship anchored in the bank of Thames river waiting to sail.

(k) Where was Kurtz buried? 2014

Ans :  Kurtz was buried into a muddy hole by the river.

(I) What is the setting of the novel “A Passage to India”? 2014-c

Ans :  The setting of Forster’s novel, A Passage to India is the imaginary city of Chandrapore, (a few miles north of the Marabar hills. It is situated on the bank of the Ganges.)

Board Question Solution : 2017, made by Bangla Summary

(a) What was Kartz’s mission in Congo? 2013-i, 2015-c

Ans :  Kurtz’s Mission in Congo was to collect ivory and to civilize the natives of that country.

(b) Why was the Bridge Party arranged? 2013-j, 2019-k

Ans :  The bridge party was arranged by Mr. Turton so that Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested could meet the Indians.

(c) Whom did Fielding marry?

Ans :  Fielding married Stella Moore (daughter of Mrs Moore.)

 (d) Who are the “Faithless Pilgrims”?

Ans :  The “Faithless Pilgrims”are some immoral and faithless white men at the Belgian trading company’s Central station, (who are busy exploiting (শোষণ করা) the natives to gratify (পরিতৃপ্তি) their greed for Ivory.)

 (e) Who is Arabella?

Ans :  Arabella is the name of a lovely big doll (পুতুল) of Annie.

 (f) Who is Bankes?

Ans :  Bankes is a 60 years old botanist (উদ্ভিদবিজ্ঞানী).

(g) Who is called Papier-mache Mephistopheles?

Ans :  The brickmaker of the central station is called Papier-mache Mephistopheles.

 (h) What was the news caption of Mary’s murder?

Ans :  The news caption of Mary’s murder was “Murder Mystery“. 

(i) What is Bluebell?

Ans :  Bluebell is the name of a flower. 

(j) Where did Paul join first as a clerk?

Ans :  Paul joined first as a clerk at “Thomas Jordan and Son” , (a manufacturer of surgical appliances.)

(k) What is Suffragette Movement?

Ans :  Suffragette Movement (আন্দোলন) is a movement to achieve the voting rights for women in the United State.

(I) What kind of girl is Miriam?

Ans :  Miriam is a romantic type of girl who is beautiful and pious. (She likes romantic characters of Walter Scott and gets lost in a world of fantasy.)

Board Question Solution : 2018, made by Bangla Summary

(a) Why did Marlow need the brickmaker’s help?

Ans :  Marlow needs the brickmaker help to repair the boat.

(b) What do the knitting women signify to Marlow?

Ans :  The two knitting women appear to Marlow as sin and Death guarding the “Gates of Hell“, (Similar to what we find in “Paradise Lost”)

(c) Who is the first whiteman that Marlow meets at the Company’s Station?

 Ans : The chief Accountant.

(d) Who is Hamidullah?

Ans : Hamidullah is the Muslim barrister and uncle of Dr. Aziz in “A passage to India”.

(e) How was Rhodesia divided by the British? (repeated)

Ans :  The British divided Rhodesia into Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia in 1911.

 (f) What does the word ’Passage ‘mean in the novel. “A Passage to India”? (repeated)

Ans :  The word “passage literally means a Journey.

(g) Who is steering the boat to the Lighthouse?

Ans :  Mr.Ramsay.

(h) Who is Charles Tansley?

Ans :  Charles Tansley is an atheist (নাস্তিক), a philosopher and a pupil of Mr. Ramsay.

(i) Who is the protagonist “To The Lighthouse?

Ans : Mrs. Ramsay (In Lecture guide)  + (in other source) Apparently Mrs. Ramsay Seems to be the central focus at the beginning of “To the Lighthouse” but with the development of the action to the end Lily Briscoe the protagonist.

 (j) How many children did the Morel couple have? Name them. 2014

Ans :  The Morel Couple had four children. Their names are: William Morel, Paul Morel, Anne Morel and Arthur Morel.

(k) What is the difference between Clara and Miriam?

Ans :  Miriam and Clara stand in sharp contrast in their attitude to life. Miriam is over possessive (অহংকারী) where Clara is just free in giving and receiving love.

(I) What is Mary’s obsession (আচ্ছন্নতা)?

Ans :  Mary is obsessed (আচ্ছন্ন) with Moses (কাজের ছেলে), the native house boy and she cannot shake off this obsession.

20th century brief solution : 2019, made by Bangla Summary

(a) What does the Marabar Cave Symbolize? 2013, 2016

Ans.  Marabar Caves symbolizes the primary world of evil, chaos (বিশৃঙ্খলা) and annihilation (ধ্বংস). (It also indicates the impossibility of mutual friendship between the natives and the British)

(b) What does ivory stand for? 2016-i

Ans. Ivory stands for the greed of the whitemen and also imperialism.

(c) What town do the Morels live in?

Ans. The Morels live in Bestwood town.

(d) How many children do Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay have?

Ans. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay have four sons and four daughters.

(e) Why is To the Lighthouse called the triple-decker novel?

Ans. Because it is divided into three sections.

(f} Who personifies the dark side of every man in Heart of Darkness?

Ans. Kurtz

(g) What does Dick try to breed (লালনপালন) other than turkey and chicken?

Ans. Rabbit

(h) How does Moses comfort Mary?

Ans. Moses comforts (সান্তনা দেয়া) Mary by behaving (আচরণ) friendly towards her.

(i) Why does Clara love Paul? 2015-e

Ans.  Clara loves Paul for his quick, unexpected movements, (like that of a young animal.)

(j) What is’ Eldorado Exploring Expectations?

Ans : “Eldorado Exploring Expectations” is a group of explorers which is secretly associated with the Manager of the central station of the Belgian Trading Company.

(k) Why was the Bridge Party arranged? 2017-b, 2013-j

Ans :  The bridge party was arranged by Mr. Turton so that Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested could meet the Indians.

(I) What is the Nellie? 2014, 2016

Ans :   The Nellie is a small ship anchored in the bank of Thames river waiting to sail.

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