Question

in what ways was the novel in colonial India useful for Indian as well as the nationalist?

Answer 1

(i) Colonial administrators, found vernacular novels a valuable source of information about, native life and customs.

(ii) New novels had descriptions about domestic life, people’s dress, their religious worship, their beliefs and practices.

(iii) Indians used novels as a medium to criticise the defects in their society and suggest remedies.

(v) Through glorified account of the past, these novels helped in creating a sense of national pride among their readers.

Answer 2

novelist used to create feeling of nationalism in indian by describing the story of Marathas and Rajput and their achievements in novel

2. they used to describe how colonial is destroying their natural resources as well as their culture .

3. in some novel novelist also portrayed the adverse condition of Indian labour and worker and their wages .