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Ahmad Ali was a
Diplomat and a poet
Novelist and a critic
Translator and a scholar
All of these
Ahmad Ali was a well learned person. He did M.A in English and remained professor of English for nearly 14 years. After the creation of Pakistan, he remained Pakistan's ambassador to China. He was a novelist, writer, translator and critic also.
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Answer: D Explanation: -
Ahmad Ali was born in 1910 in
- New Delhi
- Karachi
- Kolkatta
- Lahore
- He was an Indian writer. After partition in 1947, he was forced to migrate to Pakistan.
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Answer: A Explanation: -
Ahmad Ali was educated in the universities of
- Aligarh
- Lucknow
- Both A & B
- None of these
- He stood first in order of merit both in B.A Honours and M.A English.
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Answer: C Explanation: -
Ahmad Ali wrote a famous novel
- Things Fall Apart
- Twilight in Delhi
- A Passage to India
- Northanger Abbey
- N/A
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Answer: B Explanation: -
"Twilight in Delhi" was published in
- 1933
- 1934
- 1937
- 1941
- N/A
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Answer: C Explanation: -
"Twilight in Delhi" is an example of Muslim
- Elite culture in the Mughal capital
- Elite culture of 17th century
- No, it represents Hindu elite culture
- None of these
- Ahmad Ali became famous due to Twilight in Delhi.
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Answer: A Explanation: -
"Rats and Diplomats" is the last novel of
- Zulfikar Ghose
- Chinua Achebe
- Arundhati Roy
- Ahmad Ali
- N/A
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Answer: D Explanation: -
"Rats and Diplomats" was published in
- 1980
- 1983
- 1985
- 1987
- Ahmad Ali was a diplomat. "Rats and Diplomats" by Ahmad Ali is a satire on diplomatic services.
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Answer: C Explanation: -
Which of the following is a novel by Ahmad Ali?
- Things Fall Apart
- Ocean of the Night
- The Monk
- Mill on the Floss
- N/A
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Answer: B Explanation: -
"Ocean of the Night" was published in
- 1960
- 1964
- 1968
- 1971
- N/A
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Answer: C Explanation: