Questions in Past Papers (PU) | Twilight in Delhi By Ahmed Ali | Eureka Study Aids

1. 'When we finish the book Twilight in Delhi, the centre of the tragic sense is not only Delhi, but life itself'. Discuss. (2004) 

2. Why do you think Ahmed Ali gave his novel this title Twilight in Delhi? (2004) 

3. What are the major themes explored by Ahmed Ali in the novel "Twilight in Delhi"? (2005) 

4. Explain the significance of the title "Twilight in Delhi", the novel by Ahmed Ali. (2006) 

5. Ahmed Ali in "Twilight in Delhi" brings history alive, depicting most movingly the decay of a whole way of life and culture. Discuss. (2007) 

6. "My purpose in writing the novel was to depict a phase of our national life and the decay of a whole culture, a particular mode of thought and living". Write critical analysis of Twilight in Delhi according to this statement by its author. (2008) 

7. "Ahmed Ali's characters have a symbolic pattern in Twilight in Delhi". Discuss. (2009) 

8.  "Ahmed Ali's characters are caught in a restless, changing world that has lost its values." Discuss. (2010) 

9. How convincingly does Ahmad Ali portray the feudal middle class of U.P. in the novel "Twilight in Delhi"? (2011) 

10. What major themes are treated in Ahmad Ali's novel, "Twilight in Delhi"? (2012) 

11. The novel TWILIGHT IN DELHI does not remain the story of Delhi alone, but is simultaneously the story of the life of mankind. Comment. (2013) 

12. About Twilight in Delhi Mohammad Hasan Askari says, "I cannot recall any novel or short story in Urdu where nature has thus come to life, or in which nature has played such a role in making the novel so meaningful." (2014) 

13. The moralizing of the defeated is a powerful emotional sachem in "Twilight in Delhi". Comment. (2015) 

14. In "Twilight in Delhi", the author paints a very balanced picture of the joys and sorrows of the people of Delhi. Elaboreate. (2016) 

15. "Twilight in Delhi" anticipates anxieties of relationship between a nostalic native and potent invader.  (2017) 

16. Discuss some of the current symbols in Twilight in Delhi. (2018)

17. Twilight in Delhi is a novel about colonial arrival in India and its consequent tensions. (2019) 

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