Objective Type Questions

For each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the answer. Only one of them is correct. Choose the correct alternative.

1. Where was Amrita Pritam born:
(a) Gujranwala, Punjab
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Lahore.

2. She was born in :
(a) 1919
(b) 1910
(c) 1921
(d) 1918.

3. She died in :
(a) 2005
(b) 2007
(c) 2006
(d) 2008.

4. Her first book Amrita Leharen was published in 1936 when she was:
(a) 16 years old
(b) 17 years old
(c) 18 years old
(d) 19 years old.

5. Her husband's name was :
(a) Pritam Singh
(b) Amrit Singh
(c) Pritam Kaur
(d) Pritam Kartar.

6. The novel Pinjar was originally written in:
(a) Punjabi
(b) Gujarati
(c) Kannad
(d) English.

7. Pinjar was published in:
(a) 1950
(b) 1960
(c) 1961
(d) 1951

8. Pinjar was translated into English by
(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) Imroz
(c) Shekhar Singh
(d) Vijay Tendulkar

9. Pinjar is based on the theme of:
(a) Partition
(b) Love
(c) Revenge
(d) All of them

10. 'Pinjar' is Punjabi word which means:
(a) Skeleton
(b) Man
(c) Pinjar
(d) Cage.

11. The novel Pinjar deals with the trauma of:
(a) Pooro
(b) Rashid
(c) Ramchand
(d) Lajjo

12. Pooro's abductor is:
(a) Rashid
(b) Javed
(c) Imroz
(d) Ramchand

13. Pooro is engaged to :
(a) Rashid
(b) Ramchand.
(c) Mohanlal
(d) Trilok.

14. Pooro's sister is:
(a) Rajjo
(b) Lajjo
(c) Najjo
(d) Rahima.
 
15. Ramchand is sister is:
(a) Rajoo
(b) Lajjo
(c) Najjo
(d) Rahima.

16. Pooro's bother is:
(a) Shlok
(b) Alok
(c) Trilok
(d) Rashid.

17. Ramchand is from:
(a) Rattoval village
(b) Sakkar village
(c) Chattoval village
(d) Palampur

18. Pooro is from:
(a) Rattoval
(b) Chattovol village
(c) Sakkar
(d) Palampur

19. Pooro and Rashid move to:
(a) Rattoval village
(b) Chotto village
(c) Sakkar village
(d) Palampur

20. The novel Pinjor is centered in:
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab.

21. The Bollywood movie based on the novel Pinjar:
(a) Pinjar
(b) Skeleton
(c) That man
(d) Pooro.

22. Pooro's farther is:
(a) Sohanlal
(b) Rohanlal
(c) Mohanlala
(d) Teveenlal.

23. Pooro's mother is:
(a) Sara
(b) Rajjo
(c) Tara
(d) Lajjo

24. Pooro's name is changed to:
(a) Rashida
(b) Fahmida
(c) Nida
(d) Hamida

25. The novel Pinjar received a prestigious literary country :
(a) England
(b) India
(c) France
(d) Ameritca

26. She on Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for her poem :
(a) Kaagaz Te Convas
(b) Rasidi Ticket
(c) Black Rose 
(d) Deshe (Messages)

27. The novel was translated into French by:
(a) Humis
(b) Denis Matringe
(c) Denis Margage
(d) Khushwant.

28. Rasidi Ticket, Black Rose and Shadows of words are her:
(a) Autobiographical poems
(b) Autobiographical novels
(c) Fictional works
(d) Historical works

29. She won Bhrtiya Janpith Award in 1982 for her novel:
(a) Kaagaz to Canvas
(b) Black Rose
(c) Rasidi Ticket
(d) Shadows of Words.

30. Pinjar by Amrita Pritam was wrote in:
(a) 1950
(b) 1960
(c) 1970
(d) 1980

31. Amrita Pritam was an Indian:
(a) Novelist
(b) essayist
(c) Poet
(d) all of them.

32. Amrita Pritam is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in:
(a) 1951
(b) 1953
(c) 1956
(d) 1958

33. Pritam body of workcomprised over ... book of poetry fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjab folk songs and an autobiography.
(a) 50
(b) 100
(c) 150
(d) 200

34. Amrita was died in:
(a) 31 oct 2004
(b) 31 oct 2005
(c) 31 oct 2006
(d) 31 oct 2007

35. Pinjar by Amrita Pritam is a:
(a) Poem
(b) Song
(c) Novel
(d) autobiography.

36. Who was the main charactor in the novel 'Pinjar':
(a) Puro
(b) Rashid
(c) Puro's sister
(d) Trilok.

37. Who migrated from lahore to India:
(a) Puro
(b) Rashid
(c) Puro's mother
(d) all of them.

38. Puro's mother was:
(a) teacher
(b) House wife
(c) Doctor
(d) None of them.

39. Who is Hamida, in the novel:
(a) Puro
(b) Tara
(c) Rajjo
(d) Lajo.

40. Amrita Pritam is considered as the first prominent female writer in language.
(a) Urdu
(b) Hindi
(c) Gujarati 
(d) Punjabi

41. Amrita Pritam is best known for the poem -
(a) Messages
(b) Today I invoke Waris Shah
(c) Pritam
(d) None of the above

42. Amrita Pritam received Padma Shri Award in the year-
(a) 1968
(b) 1969
(c) 1965
(d) 1967

43. In the year 1956, she became the first woman to win Sahitya Akademi Award for her great work-
(a) Khushwant
(b) Messages (Sunehade)
(c) Today I invoke Waris Shah
(d) None of the above

44. Amrita Pritam's work mostly focused on
(a) Domestic
(b) Civilization
(c) Partitions
(d) Social

45. The novel 'Pinjar' is originally written in ....... language by Amrita Pritam.
(a) Gujarati
(b) Punjabi
(c) Hindi
(d) English

46. The novel Pinjar is translated into English language by -
(a) Vijay Tendulkar
(b) Rajendra Singh Bedi
(c) Khushwant Singh
(d) Rohan Lal

47. Pinjar means -
(a) Cage
(b) Skeleton
(c) Cave
(d) Man

48. In the novel 'Pinjar' Puro is kidnapped by the man called -
(a) Ramchand
(b) Javed
(c) Rashid
(d) None of them

49. Who became husband of Puro ?
(a) Rashid
(b) Ramchand
(c) Javed
(d) Premchand

50. Lajjo is the sister of -
(a) Rashid
(b) Pruo
(c) Ramchand
(d) Javed

51. Ramchand is engaged to -
(a) Puro
(b) Rajoo
(c) Rahima
(d) Najjo

52. Trilok is the brother of -
(a) Puro
(b) Rashid
(c) Mohan Lal
(d) Lajjo

53. Tara is the mother of-
(a) Puro and Trilok
(b) Lajjo and Ramchand
(c) Imroz and Rashid
(d) None of them

54. Puro and Trilok's father name is -
(a) Ramlal
(b) Sohanlal
(c) Mohan lal
(d) None of these

55. Novel Pinjar is adopted into the Hindi film with same title directed by -
(a) Prakash Jha
(b) Javed
(c) Sanjay Suri
(d) Chandra Prakash Dwivedi

56. Lajjo is engaged with Puro's brother........ in exchange.
(a) Trilok
(b) Ashok
(c) Shlok
(d) Vijay

57. Puro's son name is -
(a) Salim
(b) Pritam
(c) Javed
(d) Naved

58. Pinjar is a novel written by-
(a) Usha Priyamvada
(b) Amrita Rao
(c) Amrita Pritam
(d) None of the above

59. The novel has delicately brought up the .......... role of Puro -
(a) Simple
(b) Complex
(c) Compound
(d) None of the above

60. Rashid family was disdained by -
(a) Javed
(b) Puro
(c) Pritam
(d) None of these

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