The question pertains to the narrative text "The Republic of Orissa: A Page from the Annals of the Twentieth Century," one of the earliest English narrative texts by an Indian.
- Option: It was written by Shoshee Chunder Dutt.
- This statement is true. Shoshee Chunder Dutt, an Indian writer, authored this work.
- Option: It depicted resistance against the British led by an English educated youth.
- This statement is false. The narrative does not specifically highlight resistance led by an English-educated youth. It focuses more broadly on resistance against British actions.
- Option: It was published in 1845.
- This statement is true. "The Republic of Orissa" was published in 1845.
- Option: In the work, the resistance against the British is provoked by the passing of a Slavery Act by the British in 1916.
- This statement is false. The Slavery Act of 1843 played a role in the narrative, rather than any event in 1916, as the publication predates 1916.
Therefore, the correct statements are:
1. It was written by Shoshee Chunder Dutt.
3. It was published in 1845.
4. In the work, the resistance against the British is provoked by the passing of a Slavery Act by the British in 1916. (Corrected to 1843 Slavery Act in terms of historical context.)
Important Questions from Analytical Reasoning Drawing Reasonable Conclusions from Passages
- “I saw on that ivory face the expression of sombre pride, of ruthless power, of craven terror—of an intense and hopeless despair. . . . He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath:
'The horror! The horror!"
Which political and existential condition can be inferred from the above passage in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness? - Which of the following statement(s) is/are true regarding Elaine Showalter's essay "A Literature of Their Own"?
- "I have read translations of the most celebrated Arabic and Sanscrit works. I have conversed both here and at home with men distinguished by their proficiency in the Eastern tongues. I am quite ready to take the Oriental learning at the valuation of the Orientalists themselves. I have never found among them who could deny that a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia."
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct based on the above excerpt? “Here was I, the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd-seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind. I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys. He becomes a sort of hollow, posing dummy, the conventionalised figure of a sahib."
What condition(s) is/are illustrated in the above lines from George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant"?
- “I resemble everyone/but myself, and sometimes see/in shop-windows,/despite the well-known laws/ of optics,/the portrait of a stranger,/date unknown,/often signed in a corner/by my father"
Which state(s) of being is/are illustrated in the above lines from A. K. Ramanujan's "Self Portraits"?
