Ice Candy Man And Pakistan Literature Mcqs For BS/MA/MS/MPhil/Phd...

• Bapsi Sidhwa (Biography)

1. Ziaul Haqs Martial law and its attempts to ................ marked a redical change in     country.

(A) Islamize Pakistan (B) To utilize Pakistan (C) A & B  (D) NONE

ANS  (A)

2. In 1991 Nadeem Aslam published a first novel is.......

(A) Season of the rain birds (B) ICE candy man (C) The crow (D) NONE

ANS  (A)

3 .Season of the rain birds novel is about the loss of Innocence & ..

(A) A small Punjab town (B) A Hacking way (C) A Culture problem  (D) Notning

ANS (A)

4. Season of the rain birds revolves around the ...

(A) PARSI COMMETEE (B) Murder of the corrupt judge (C) About birds beauty (D) NONE

ANS (B)

5.Pakistani dramatists like Ruksana Ahmed , Tariq Ali ,Hunif Kureshi wrote drma in....

(A) Britain (B) English (C) Arabic (D) Persain

ANS (A)

6.Muneea Shamsie says that the 1st play to have been performed on the LONDON stage was....

(A) Daughter of Ind (1937)(B) ICE Candy man (1947)(C) Pieces of Eight( 1971)(D) NONE

ANS (A)

7.THE FOOTHOLD is written by TAUFIQ RAFAT in form of .

(A) font size (B) Verse (C) Small letters (D) NONE

ANS (B)

8 The first Leading poet in English is .....

(A) Taufiq RAFAT (B) ATIF ALI(C) ALI Hussain(A) ALL

ANS (A)

9 He( Taufiq Rafat) was the first who uses ............in his poems ?

(A) Idioms (B) Question(C) Anntonyms(D) ALL

ANS (A)

10 Oxford press brought out anthologies of Pakistani English poetry ..

(A)Voices (B)Pieces Eight (C)Wordfall(D)all

ANS (D)

11 Development of English Poetry in Pakistan owes much to....

(A) The Ravi(B) THE Crown(C) A&B(D) NONE

ANS (A)

12  Bapsi Sidhwa was born in ...

(A) karachi(B) Lahore(C) Multan(D) Abroad

ANS (A)

13 Bapsi Sidhwa is a writer of ...

(A)Fiction(B) Fairy tale(C) Fantasy(D) NONE

ANS (A)

14  WHICH was the first novel written by BAPSI SIDHWA ?

(A) The Crow Eaters(B) ICE Candy man(C) The Pakistani Bride(D) An American Brat

ANS (C)

15 How many years did Bapsi Sidhwa take to complete her first novel?

(A) 3(B) 4(C) 2(D) 5

ANS (B)

16 Bapsi Sidhwa has received ............

(A) Man broker prize(B) Sitara_i_Imtiaz(C) Costa book prize(D) NOE

ANS (B)

17 Bapsi Sidhwa has shown interest in....

(A) Love(B) Family(C) Fantasy(D) Social work

ANS (D)

18 Which novel was made into a film in 1947

(A) The Pakistani bride(B) An American Brat(C) Ice Candy Man(D) NONE

ANS (C)

19 Bapsi Sidhwa was attacked by .......when she was only 2years old

(A) Cancr(B) polio(C) Malaria(D) NONE

ANS (B)

20 Bapsi Sidhwas novels reflect her personal experience of the ....

(A) Partition of India(B) Position of Parsee communities(C) Abuse againts women(D) ALL

ANS (D)

21  She (Bpsi sidhwa) did her graduation from ....

(A) kINNYARD college(B) Women college(c) boys college(D) NONE

ANS (A)

22 She (BAPSI SIDHWS) was married when she was  only ............

(A) 20(B) 19(C) 30(D) NONE

ANS (B)

23 Her( BAPSI SIDHWA) 2ND husbands name was...

(A) Ali(B) ISmaeel(C) Noshir SIDHWA(D)NONE

ANS (C)

24 Bapsi SIDHWAS first novel THE BRIDE was based on...

(A) Tragic fate of the girl (B) The rememberable facts(C) Parsi community(D) NONE

ANS (A)

25 Bapsi Sidhwas 2nd novel "CROW EATERS" is about...

(A) Country people(B) FAKE people(C) Parsee community(D) NONE

ANS (C)

26 When and who published the novel "CROW EATERS"

(A) Britain Jonathan Cape in 1980(B) Hina Faisal Imam in 1940(C) NONE

ANS (A)

27 Sidhwas 3rd novel is.....

(A) Ice candy man(B) Love angle(c) Nightangle(d) none

ans (A)

28 ICE CANDY MAN also published as....

(A) Cracking India(B) The HOST(C) NONE

ANS(A)

29 Ice CANDY MAN novel tells us how India was divided under the sway of .......

(A) Problems(B) Soluyion(c) none(D) Colonial needs & religious identities

ANS (D)

30  Sidhwas 4th novel is "THE AMERICAN BRAT" it is about the...........who goes to Ameriac from Pakistan to study.

(A) Young Feroza(B) YOUNG boy(C) OLD woman(D) ALL

ANS (A)

31  Her works now translated in ....(A) Russian(B) French(C) German(D) ALL

ANS (D)

32 Bapsi Sidhwa has previously taught in universities of .....

(A) Univeristy of Houston(B)Rice  UNIVERISTY(c) Columbia University(D) ALL

ANS (D)

Topic No.4 Raila Perveen 

 Hina Faisal Imam & Taufiq Rafat

 (Mcqs)

Hina Faisal Imam

1. Hina was born in 

a) Lahore 

b) Multan

c) Karachi 

d) None

2. She educated from 

a) Jesus & Mary

b) Cathedral School & Kinnaird College 

c) Both a&b

d) None

3. She did her B.A & M.A at

a) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

b) Lahore Garrison University

c) Kingston University

d) University of Birmingham 

4. After her M.A what did she do?

a) M.phil

b) Joined packages in Lahore 

c) Joined a college 

d) None

5. She has worked for 

a) Society 

b) Politics

c) For women’s rights 

d) both B and C

6. Her poems & articles published in 

a) The journal of South Asian Studies 

b) The journal of Commonwealth Literature 

c) Both a&b

d) None 

7. She won spring summer poetry award in

a) 1987

b) 1982

c) 1985

d) 1988

8. She brought how many collections of poetry?

a) 5

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

9. Her collection of poetry “Wet Sun” published in 

a) 1982

b) 1983

c) 1984

d) 1985

10. “Midnight Dialogue” published in 

a) 1982

b) 1985

c) 1988

d) 1991

Taufiq Rafat

11. Taufiq Rafat was born in

a) Sialkot 

b) Lahore 

c) Multan 

d) Karachi

12. He got education at 

a) Dehradun 

b) Aligarh & Lahore

c) Sialkot

d) Both a and b

13. He revolutionized Pakistani poetry in 

a) English 

b) Urdu 

c) Persian 

d) Arabic

14. Taufiq Rafat chose ----------- as the theme of his poetry

a) English romantic poetry 

b) Borrow themes from Urdu poetry 

c) ldioms 

d) Modern poetry

15. In which language he translated the story of Puran Bhagat

a) From Urdu to English

b) From Punjabi to English 

c) From Arabic to English 

d) From Persian to English

16. What was the reason of translating the story 

a) They are friends 

b) They are colleagues 

c) They belong to same ancient city 

d) They are enemies

17. Taufiq  Rafat reflects his concern with roots in his poem

a) Kitchens 

b) Wordfall 

c) pieces of Eight

d) The Foothold 

18. When were Rafat’s poem  poems published

a) 1948 onwards 

b) 1949 onwards 

c) 1947 onwards 

d) 1950 onwards

19. He published his poems in most fashionable  magazines of

a) Sixties and seventies

b) Seventies and eighties

c) Eighties and nineties

d) None

20. He published his poems in magazines

a) Perspective 

b) Vision 

c) Pakistan quarterly from Karachi  and Pakistan review from Lahore

d) All

21. Give name of Rafat’s poem which is tragic  comedy

a) Arrival of Monsoon

b) First Voices

c) Wordfall

d) Wedding in the Flood

22. His poems which appeared in Pakistan’s major anthologies

a) Wordfall

b) Pieces of Eight

c) First Voices

d) All

23. His full length play which is written in verse

a) The Foothold 

b) Ice Candy Man

c) Burnt Shadows 

d) My Feudal Lord 

24. He translated Punjabi writings into English 

a) Bulleh Shah

b) Qader Yar

c) Puran Bhagat

d) All

25. He translated Bulleh Shah into English in 

a) 1982

b) 1983

c) 1984

d) 1987

26. He translated Puran Bhagat in

a) 1985

b) 1984

c) 1983

d) 1988

27. “Wordfall” Published in 

a) 1974

b) 1975

c) 1977

d) 1978

28. “Pieces of Eight” published in 

a) 1971

b) 1972

c) 1973

d) 1974

29. “First Voices” published in

a) 1962

b) 1963

c) 1964

d) 1965

  Ice-Candy Man

Phrases form chap# 1to 4

• Lenny is narrator of the novel. 

• Her family belonged to parsee community. 

• Her family lived on Warris Road in Lahore. 

• Warris Road between Jail Road&Queen Road. 

• ColBharucha &Lenny's Godmother are dominant members of this community. 

• Lenny's Electric-aunt lived with her son on Jail Road. 

• Jail Road near the salvation Army base. 

• Opposite to her aunt’s house was Godmother ‘s house. 

• In Godmother's house lived her docile husband & slavesister.

• Lenny’s mostly visited at her Godmother & her aunt. 

• Lenny’s one leg affected by polio.

• Ayah is a charming feature. 

• She attracts many people when she moves on the road such as cart drivers, beggars  cooks etc. 

• Lenny had special attachment with her Godmother. 

• Lenny’s mother carries her at Mayo Hospital for examination of her leg. 

• At Hospital they wait for Col Bharucha a surgeon. 

• He remove plaster casts from her leg. 

• Now her leg was free from pain but deformity  appeared. 

• Again she was taken to hospital for her ankle operation. 

• She was made unconscious and operated upon. 

• When she became conscious, she was at home with plaster cast on her leg.

• Now her leg was painful. 

• Her mother consoled her through mouse story. 

• Col Bharucha injected a pain killer, now her leg was free from pain. 

• She hoped that defect of her leg would be corrected by Surgeon.

• Lenny’s parents had good marital relationships. 

• They tease each other in loving manners. 

• Papoo (sweeper ‘s daughter) named Muccho.

• Papoo lying unconscious in nursery, because Muccho had beaten. 

• She admitted at Ganga Ram Hospital for two weeks. 

• After returning to home her condition was define, devilish, & delightful. 

• Lenny suffered deformity of leg as well as foot. 

• One day Lenny saw from the jail Road salvation army marching. 

• The marchers were white uniforms & jackets. 

• Lenny consider the colman of marchers red and white caterpillars. 

• The Caterpillar produces a loud noise from its organs.

• Queen’s statue found in the park opposite to the Assembly Chamber .

• There was an Ice-candy man.

• Who selling his popsicles to the other group. 

• Ice-Candy man attracts by Ayah's chocolate beauty. 

• In chap # 4 Lenny introduces her brother Adi.

• He was extraordinary beautiful. 

• He was vital & alert. 

• His face had irresistible blooms of the spring flowers. 

• At simla pahari , passersby asked if Adi was an English’s son.

• In winter Ice-candy man changed himself into a birds man.

Topic No.6 Faiza Akram

Chapter : 5 to 8

          1) Once in summer Lenny’s family went to :

A) Lahore

B) Karachi

C) Murre

D) Multan

2) Adi enjoyed a_____ride:

A) Horse

B) Pony

C) Ass

D) None

3) During these days the news came the allies won ——:

A) WW I

B) WW II

C) Medal

D) Money

4) Lenny’s father stayed Nurse for ——:

A) 3,4 days

B) 2,3 days

C) 5,6 days

D) 7,8 days

5) Where Jashen prayer take place ——:

A) Hospital

B) Garden

               C) Fire Temple

D) London

6) The main hall was full of ——:

A) Fog

B) Smoke

C) Smell

D) Balloons

7) Call Bharucha started his speech by mentioning —— advice :

A) Quid

B) Gandhi's

C) Iqbal

D) None of these

8) Lenny’s says about her mother that “I feel she is beautiful “___:

A) Ever seen

B) Beyond Bearing

C) Bearing

D) Beauty

9) Back portion of Lenny's house was lent to ——:

A) Arya

B) Shankers

C) Imam Din

D) None of them

10) Who was Shankers wife :

A) Lila

B) Anny

C) Shelly

D) Gita

11) Who was Papoo’s mother :

A) Gita

B) Muchoo

C) Lenny

D) Adi

12) Who was cook at there:

A) Lenny

B) Papoo

C) Imam Din

D) Muchoo

13) The name of village was:

A) Pir Pindo

B) Panchayat

C) Dear Tek

D) None

14) Who was Ranna’s sister :

A) Khatija

B) Perveen

C) A&B

D) None

15) The Sikh grant him means:

A) Good

B) Priest

C) Doctor

D) Teacher

16) Roger was a——:

A) Doctor

B) Teacher

C) Inspector general police

D) Priest

17) Imam Din began his effort to win —— favour:

A) Lenny

B) Khatija

C) Perveen

D) Ayah's

18) Two —— conducted the rituals:

A) Doctor

B) Teacher

C) Priest

D) Judge

19) Hindus were being murdered in——:

A) Bengal

B) Bihar

C) Banaras

D) London

20) How many guest were there at Lenny’s house :

A) Three

B) Four

C) Five

D) Six