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. Aansu was written by:
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Amrita Pritam
(c) Mohan Rakesh
(d) Jay Shanker Prasad

2. Aansu was translated into :
(a) Tears
(b) The Garden of Loneliness
(c) The Garden of cove
(d) The Garden of Tears.

3. Who translated Aansu into English:
(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) Surandranath Togore
(c) Vijay Tendulkar
(d) Charles S.J. Write.

4. How many stanza are there in  The Garden of Loneliness?
(a) 190
(b) 184
(c) 120
(d) 152

5. Prasad's Aansu is remarkable for:
(a) Musticism
(b) Expression of emotion
(c) Portrayal of nature
(d) All of the above

6.When was Aansu translated in to English? 
(a) 1925
(b) 2006
(c) 1990
(d) 2001

7. Jay Shankar Prasad belongs to:
(a) Victorian period
(b) Chhayavad (Ramanitcperiod)
(c) Modern age
(d) Renainsance.

8. When was Aansu written in Hindi.
(a) 1990
(b) 2006
(c) 1925
(d) 1997

9. Jayshankar Prasad was born in:
(a) 1989
(b) 1937
(c) 1925
(d) 1935

10. Jayshanker Prasad died in:
(a) 1889
(b) 1937
(c) 1925
(d) 1935

11. Jay Shanker Prasad published the first edition of Aansu in:
(a) 1889
(b) 1937
(c) 1925
(d) 1935

12. In which year the second edition of Aansu published in:
(a) 1933
(b) 1937
(c) 1930
(d) None

13. Jay Shanker Prasad published Kamayani in:
(a) 1889
(b) 1937
(c) 1925
(d) 1936

14. At what age did he write his first poem:
(a) Eleven
(b) Twelve
(c) Ten
(d) Nine

15. In which year Aansu was composed by Jay Shanker Prasad :
(a) 1925
(b) 1935
(c) 1936
(d) 1914

16. What is the name of the epic written by Jay Shanker Prasad :
(a) Prem Pathik
(b) Kanan Kusum
(c) Kamayani
(d) Aansu

17. Aansu is written in the form of:
(a) Couplet
(b) Tercet
(c) Quatrain
(d) Octave

18. What is the name of his father:
(a) Devi Prasad
(b) Devki Nandan 
(c) Rajendra Babu
(d) None of them

19. What is the name of his first wife:
(a) Vindyawasni Devi
(b) Saraswati Devi
(c) Kamla Devi
(d) All of them

20. How did Prasad die?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Malaria
(c) Typhoid
(d) None of them.

21. After whose death Prasad wrote Aansu :
(a) Mother
(b) Father
(c) Wife
(d) Sister

22. Which is not Prasad's novel in following works:
(a) Kankal
(b) Titli
(c) Gardan
(d) Iravati

23. In which language did he write the first poem:
(a) Hindi
(b) Urdu
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Braj

24. Who is his contemporary poet among following:
(a) Sumita Nandan Pant
(b) Mahadevi Verma
(c) Raskhan
(d) Suryakant Tripathi Nirala

25. Which historical play is not written by him?
(a) Chandragupta
(b) Tughlaq
(c) Skand Gupta
(d) Dhruveswanini.

26. Romantic Age in Hindi literature is known as:
(a) Bhakti Yug
(b) Veer Gatha Kaal
(c) Chhayavadi Yug
(d) None of them.

27. Which rase is reflected by the poem Aansu?
(a) Sanyog
(b) Viyoga
(c) Shanta
(d) Vatsalya

28. It is a/an ......... work
(a) Satirical
(b) Autobiographical
(c) Humourous
(d) Mythological.

29. What is the poetic form of Prasad's Aansu :
(a) Satire
(b) Epic
(c) Ballad
(d) Elegy
 
30. Prasad's Aanusoo is a lyric of:
(a) Love
(b) Patriotism
(c) Valour
(d) Politics

31. Who was the poet of desires:
(a) Tagore
(b) Prasad
(c) Pritam
(d) Kabir

32. Who's life was the endless struggle againsh finacial troubles:
(a) Tagore
(b) Prasad
(c) Pritam
(d) Kabir

33. Jayshankar Prasad died at the age of:
(a) 45
(b) 48
(c) 50
(d) 55

34. 'Aansu' (Tears) was published in:
(a) 1931
(b) 1932
(c) 1933
(d) 1934

35. What was the theme of the poems of Jayashankar Prasad:
(a) Love
(b) Beauty
(c) Poignant moments
(d) all the them

36. 'Aansu' (tears) are emotional wrenched from the paining of.... 
(a) Mother
(b) Father
(c) Lover
(d) Patriotic

37. Prasad is an emotional poet and expert artist in ....
(a) English
(b) Punjabi
(c) Hindi
(d) Bengali

38. In 'Aansu' philosophy supports the:
(a) Lover
(b) poetry
(c) novel
(d) Crod

39. What the important theme in 'Aansu':
(a) separation
(c) relation
(b) love
(d) death

40. What was very touchingly described in 'Aansu' :
(a) Failure to meet the beloved
(b) Failure in excogitation
(c) Failure to win the race
(d) Failure to win in battle feild.

41. Which of the following is the poet of 'Aansu'?
(a) Pant
(b) Nirala
(c) Jaishankar Prasad
(d) Mahadevi Verma

42. Aansu is a -
(a) Elegy
(b) Epic
(c) Ballad
(d) Satire

43. The book 1st of Aansu is full of deep -
(a) Love
(b) Grief
(c) Pathos
(d) Dejection

44. Prasad's Aansu consists of -
(a) Twelve Books
(b) Seventeen Books
(c) Fifteen Books
(d) Twenty Books

45. How many stanzas were there in the first edition of Aansu?
(a) 126
(b) 140
(c) 130
(d) 116
 
46. How many stanzas are there in the present edition of Aansu?
(a) 170
(b) 180
(c) 167
(d) 190

47. The Book II of Aansu expresses sense of -
(a) Joy
(b) Triumph
(c) Loss
(d) Pity

48. In Book IV, the poet describes........... of his wife-
(a) Chestity
(b) Beauty
(c) Devotion
(d) Honesty 

49. The chhayavad in hindi poem started from
(a) 1915
(b) 1918
(c) 1920
(d) 1930

50. Who is the founder poet of Chhayavad?
(a) Sumitra Nandan Pant
(b) Mahadevi Verma
(c) Nirala
(d) Jaishankar Prasad 

51. Chhayavad was initiated from-
(a) Kamayani
(b) Aansu
(c) Jharna
(d) Lahar

52. Which creation is known as Upnishad of Chhayavad?
(a) Saket
(b) Apara
(c) Aansu
(d) Kamayani

53. Which one of the following is not created by Jaishankar Prasad?
(a) Rashmibandh
(b) Lahar
(c) Aansu
(d) Indrajaal

54. The work is a lyric, composed in the form of independent couplets, conventionally arranged as four-line stanzas. This work is-
(a) EK Ghoont
(b) Andhi
(c) Kamayani
(d) Aansu

55. The poem 'Aansu' is attractive for -
(a) Natural scenery
(b) Depicting love and hate
(c) Truly depicting love
(d) Showing separation from God

56. 'Aansu' is the representative composition of -
(a) Chhayavad
(b) Religious devotion
(c) Adoration
(d) Pragativad

57. Which is the famous drama of Jaishankar Prasad?
(a) Iravati
(b) Karnalay
(c) Sandeh
(d) Dhruvaswamini

58. The second edition of 'Aansu' has -
(a) 36 stanzas
(b) 102 stanzas
(c) 126 stanzas
(d) 190 stanzas

59. Who among the following is not a Chhayavadi poet?
(a) Nirala
(b) Ratnakar
(c) Prasad
(d) Pant

60. Jaishankar Prasad was a
(a) Novelist
(b) Playwright
(c) Poet
(d) All of these

61. Jaishankar Prasad's major work(s) is/are-
(a) Poetry
(b) Story collections
(c) Poetic drama
(d) All of these

62. Jaishankar Prasad was greatly influenced by the -
(a) Persian language
(b) Sanskrit language
(c) Vernacular language
(d) Avadhi dialect

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