Marathi Paper II: Language, Literature & Grammar (MCQ Analysis): 60 flashcards
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1. How many questions, marks, and minutes does the Marathi Paper II have?
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50 objective questions, 2 marks each, 100 marks total, 75 minutes.
2. What is the question blueprint of the paper?
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Q1–Q15 language/grammar; Q16–Q30 literature history; Q31–Q45 literary theory; Q46–Q50 applied grammar/writing.
3. Which languages belong to the Marathi group of Indo-Aryan languages?
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Marathi, Konkani, and Gujarati — but not Punjabi.
4. Why does every language have its own grammatical system?
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Because rules are needed for mutual understanding among speakers.
5. From which language did 'Adikrutta' enter Marathi?
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Kannada.
6. Where is Ahirani spoken?
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In Khandesh.
7. What is a 'bhashik rachna'?
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A linguistic form capable of semantic analysis.
8. What type of opposition do Dava–Ujava and Mage–Pudhe show?
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Dviparyayi (binary/paired) opposition.
9. What is a 'sarvanaamik visheshan'?
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A pronoun used in place of a noun for all genders.
10. 'Tyane he kaam kele' is an example of which voice?
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Prerak karmani (causative passive).
11. What happens to a word before a vibhakti pratyay?
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It undergoes vikaar (inflection).
12. What is the correct spelling: kotyadhish or kotyadheesh?
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Kotyadhish.
13. Name the four Mahanubhav pramankh texts.
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Sutrapath, Smrutisthal, Drushtantpath, Hetusthal.
14. Who wrote the abhang 'Tirthi Dhonda Pani, Deva Rokada Sajjani'?
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Eknath.
15. Which two saints are contemporaries?
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Ramdas and Tukaram.
16. Which part of 'Sabhasadachi Bakhar' is historically reliable?
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The second half.
17. Who wrote the mahakavya 'Raja Shivaji'?
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Baba Sahib Purandare.
18. Whose essay on Mahar-Mang rights was published in Khandesh?
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Muktai Satve.
19. Who wrote 'Vishakhya'?
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Shri M. M. Mate.
20. Name three story collections by G. A. Kulkarni.
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Nishkalavalka, Kadjamaya, Ramalkhuna.
21. Who wrote the autobiography 'Vasthi'?
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Bhimrao Gasti.
22. What is Vyangya Madgulkar's 'Karunashtak' about?
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Village life.
23. Match: Nishigandha, Madhavanuj, Govindagraj, Madhav Julian with their pen names.
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Nishigandha–M. K. Katdare; Madhavanuj–R. G. Gadkari; Govindagraj–R. Shri Jog; Madhav Julian–M. Y. Patwardhan.
24. On which work is the play 'Bharat' based?
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'Bharat Aniruddha Dhopeshwardar'.
25. Who wrote 'Jhade Jali Nili Nili Karanguli Govardhan'?
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Kusumagraj.
26. What is the famous library in Ratnagiri called?
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Marathi Granthasangrahalay.
27. Who wrote the travelogue 'Shodh Bakgopalpancha'?
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V. D. Fadke.
28. What is 'Panchdhara'?
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The mouthpiece of Karnataka Marathi Sahitya Parishad.
29. Who proposed 'Apurvavastunirmanekshamam Pragya'?
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Bhattataut.
30. Who proposed the imitation of rasa?
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Shrishankuk.
31. Who proposed vakrokti?
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Kuntak.
32. Who distinguished karuna and bhavyatra?
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Jagannath Pandit.
33. Who wrote 'Aucityavichar Charcha'?
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Kshemendra.
34. Who is the propounder of Ritisiddhant?
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Vaman.
35. Who proposed catharsis in the context of tragedy?
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Aristotle.
36. Who proposed the fancy–imagination distinction?
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Coleridge.
37. Who proposed the objective correlative?
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T. S. Eliot.
38. Who proposed 'emotion recollected in tranquillity'?
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Wordsworth.
39. Who proposed the three unities in drama?
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Aristotle.
40. Match: Sachchidananda Toly, Bhavanishtha Samarth, Manushtata, Buddhipradhan with their authors.
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Sachchidananda Toly–Prabhakar Padhye; Bhavanishtha Samarth–Madhav Achaval; Manushtata–B. C. Mardhekar; Buddhipradhan–R. Shri Jog.
41. What is the Marxist slogan mentioned in the paper?
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Pay and Imarat.
42. Who discussed the artistic principles of sculpture?
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R. B. Patankar.
43. Who proposed 'Pratibhas' upapatti'?
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V. L. Kulkarni.
44. Who translated Tolstoy's 'What is Art?' into Marathi?
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Kaka Kalelkar.
45. What should be the language of vruttalekhan?
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Vastunishtha (objective).
46. What is the Marathi term for a pronoun used for all genders?
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Sarvanaamik visheshan.
47. What is the voice in 'Tyane he kaam kele'?
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Prerak karmani.
48. What causes vikaar in a word?
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A vibhakti pratyay.
49. What is the correct spelling of the word meaning 'kotyadhish'?
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Kotyadhish.
50. Which saint wrote 'Tirthi Dhonda Pani, Deva Rokada Sajjani'?
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Eknath.
51. Which part of 'Sabhasadachi Bakhar' is reliable?
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The second half.
52. Who wrote 'Raja Shivaji'?
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Baba Sahib Purandare.
53. Who wrote on Mahar-Mang rights in Khandesh?
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Muktai Satve.
54. Who wrote 'Vasthi'?
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Bhimrao Gasti.
55. What is 'Karunashtak' about?
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Village life.
56. Match the pen names: Nishigandha, Madhavanuj, Govindagraj, Madhav Julian.
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Nishigandha–M. K. Katdare; Madhavanuj–R. G. Gadkari; Govindagraj–R. Shri Jog; Madhav Julian–M. Y. Patwardhan.
57. On which work is 'Bharat' based?
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'Bharat Aniruddha Dhopeshwardar'.
58. What is the famous library in Ratnagiri?
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Marathi Granthasangrahalay.
59. Who wrote 'Shodh Bakgopalpancha'?
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V. D. Fadke.
60. What is 'Panchdhara'?
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Mouthpiece of Karnataka Marathi Sahitya Parishad.
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