20th Century Novel Brief Solution 2021

 20th Century Novel Brief Solution 2021

Board Question : 2013

(a) What is Ivory?

 Ans :  Ivory is a hard, white material from the task and the teeth of an animal, especially elephant.

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

 Ans :  The word. 2016-(b)

(c) Who is Elizabeth Dalloway?

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

(d) Mention one of the major conflicts in the novel "Mrs Dalloway".

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 (উতপাঠন)?

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

(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. He died in London.

 (i) What was Kurtz's Mission in Congo? 2015

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

(j) What was the Bridge party arranged? 2019-(k)

 Ans :  The Bridge Party was arranged by Mr. Turton, the collector (head of British officialdom at Chandrapore) to enable Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested to meet the Indians.

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

 Ans :  Marabar Caves symbolizes the primary world of level and annihilation. 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 an autobiographical novel. It is also a psychological novel written in stream of consciousness technique.

Board Question : 2014

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

Ans :  Ivory.

(b) What is the Nellie?  2016, 2019

Ans :  The Nellie is a small ship resting at anchor at the mouth of the river Thames near London. From the deck of the ship, the narrator describes the skin in the heart of darkness.

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

Ans :   The setting of Forster's novel, A Passage to India us 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?

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 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 Chandrapure.

 (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?

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.

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

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

Board Question : 2015

(a) Where was the Bridge Party held?

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

(b) Mention one of the major themes of "Mrs Dolloway"?

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

 (c) What was Kurtz's mission in Congo?

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 a young woman who has recently come to India with Mrs Moore from England desiring to be the fiancee of Ronny Heaslop, the city magistrate of Chandrapur.

(e) What does Clara love about Paul?

Ans :   Clara, being all flash, loves Paul only to satisfy her physical hunger.

(f} Whom did Septimus marry?

Ans :   Septimus married Lucrezia.

(g) How was Rhodesia divided by the British? 2018

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 quantities of 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

Ans :  Ivory stands for everlasting greed and evil of white men.

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

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

(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 to death.

Board Question : 2016

(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

Ans :   The word "passage" in the novel "A Passage to India" means "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?

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 in 2007 in literature.

(e) Why is Aziz arrested?

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

(f) What was Cornard's original name?

Ans :  Conrad's original name is Deodar Jozef Konrad Korzenioswski.

(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?

Ans :  Marabar Caves symbolizes the primary world of level and annihilation. It also indicates the impossibility of mutual friendship between the natives and the British.

(i) What does Ivory stand for? 2015

Ans :  Ivory stands for everlasting greed and evil of white men.

(j) What is The Nellie? 2014

Ans :  The Nellie is a small ship resting at anchor at the mouth of the river Thames near London. From the deck of the ship, the narrator describes the skin in the heart of darkness.

(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"?

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

Board Question : 2017

(a) What was Kartz's mission in Congo?

Ans :  Kartz's mission was to civilize the natives, to educate them, to improve their way of living and to bring the light into their leaves and into that dark territory.

(b)Why was the Bridge Party arranged?

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 faith white men at the Belgian trading company's Central station, who are busy exploiting the natives to gratify their greed for Ivory.

 (e) Who is Arabella?

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

 (f) Who is Bankes?

Ans :  Bankes is a 60 years old botanist.

(g) Who is called Papier-mache Mephistopheles† 2017

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

 (h) What was the news caption of Mary's murder? 2017

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 is a decades long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United State.

(I) What kind of girl is Miriam?

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

Board Question : 2018

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

Ans :  Marlow needs rivets from the brickmaker 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?

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"?

Ans :  The word "passage literally means a Journey but broadly it means a Journey of the soul to understand thoroughly what India really is.

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

Ans :  James, the youngest son of Mr.Ramsay.

(h) Who is Charles Tansley?

Ans :  Charles Tansley, a young scholarly student of Mr. Ramsay, is engaged in writing a dissertation for a fellowship at a university.

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

Ans :  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 all spirit while Clara is all flesh.

(I) What is Mary's obsession (মনের আচ্ছন্ন / অন্ধকার অবস্থা)?

Ans :  Mary is obsessed (আচ্ছন্ন) with Moses (গভীর চিন্তা), the native houseboy and she cannot shake off this obsession.

Board Question : 2019

(a) What does the Marabar Cave Symbolize?

Ans. The Marabar Caves represent the primitive world of evil, chaos and annihilation. It also stands for summer, for man's intellect and also for failure in mutual friendship between the East and the West.

(b) What does ivory stand for?

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 Nottinghamshire.

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

Ans. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay has eight children, four sons and four daughters.

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

Ans. To the Lighthouse called the triple - decker novel because this novel divided into three parts 

could create a demand (Part I whetting an appetite for Parts II and III).

(f} Who personifies the dark side of every man in Heart of Darkness† Ans. Kurtz personifies the 

dark side of every man in Heart of Darkness.

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

(h) How does Moses comfort Mary?

Ans. Moses looks after Mary's needs and makes her eat when she is in no mood to eat as Dick is away at the farm. When Dick falls ill for the second time, Moses takes over from Mary the looking after Dick at nights so that "Madame" can rest.

(i) Why does Clara love Paul?

Ans. Clara loves Paul for his quick, unexpected movements, like that of a young animal. Their union is merely physical but it is so intense that at moments the physical itself is sublimated into the spiritual.

(j) What is’ Eldorado Exploring Expectations "?

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

(k) Why was the Bridge Party arranged?

Ans :  The Bridge Party was arranged by Mr. Turton, the collector (head of British officialdom at Chandrapore) to enable Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela Quested to meet the Indians.

(I) What is the Nellie? 2014, 2016

Ans :  The Nellie is a small ship resting at anchor at the mouth of the river Thames near London. From the deck of the ship, the narrator describes the skin in the heart of darkness.