Indian Literature Questions

11. Who wrote Bangladesh's national anthem, 'Amar Shonar Bangla'?

• A) Jibanananda Das
• B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
• C) Lalon Shah
• D) Rabindranath Tagore

12. Who created the fictional South Indian city 'Malgudi'?

• A) Ruskin Bond
• B) Mulk Raj Anand
• C) Rabindranath Tagore
• D) R.K. Narayan

13. Who wrote the book 'Panchatantra'?

• A) Chanakya
• B) Kalidas
• C) Vishnu Sharma
• D) Banabhatta

14. Who is the author of the book 'Hajar Churashir Maa'?

• A) Aparna Sen
• B) Taslima Nasrin
• C) Ashapurna Devi
• D) Mahasweta Devi

15. Who is the author of the book 'Coolie'?

• A) Mulk Raj Anand
• B) R.K. Narayan
• C) Ahmad Ali
• D) Raja Rao

16. Satyajit Ray's film 'Shatranj Ke Khilari' is based on a novel by which author?

• A) Premchand
• B) Amrita Pritam
• C) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
• D) Sumitranandan Pant

17. Besides Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai, who is another Indian author to win the Man Booker Prize?

• A) Aravind Adiga
• B) V.S. Naipaul
• C) Salman Rushdie
• D) Jhumpa Lahiri

18. For which book did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker Prize?

• A) The God of Small Things
• B) Midnight's Children
• C) A Fine Balance
• D) The Inheritance of Loss

19. Which is the longest Indian novel ever published in a single volume in the English language?

• A) The White Tiger
• B) The Inheritance of Loss
• C) A Suitable Boy
• D) Midnight's Children

20. In which year did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

• A) 1912
• B) 1913
• C) 1914
• D) 1915