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
Answer: 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
Answer: R.K. Narayan
13. Who wrote the book 'Panchatantra'?
- A) Chanakya
- B) Kalidas
- C) Vishnu Sharma
- D) Banabhatta
Answer: Vishnu Sharma
14. Who is the author of the book 'Hajar Churashir Maa'?
- A) Aparna Sen
- B) Taslima Nasrin
- C) Ashapurna Devi
- D) Mahasweta Devi
Answer: 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
Answer: Mulk Raj Anand
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
Answer: Premchand
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
Answer: Aravind Adiga
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
Answer: 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
Answer: A Suitable Boy
20. In which year did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
- A) 1912
- B) 1913
- C) 1914
- D) 1915
Answer: 1913