Indian Literature Questions Answers

41. In which year was the Jnanpith Award first awarded?

  • A) 1965
  • B) 1970
  • C) 1972
  • D) 1962
Answer: 1965

42. In which year did the Jaipur Literature Festival begin?

  • A) 2002
  • B) 2005
  • C) 2006
  • D) 2008
Answer: 2006

43. Who was the first to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English?

  • A) Charles Wilkins
  • B) William Jones
  • C) Warren Hastings
  • D) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Answer: Charles Wilkins

44. How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?

  • A) 12
  • B) 15
  • C) 18
  • D) 21
Answer: 18

45. In which year was the Bhagavad Gita first translated into English?

  • A) 1780
  • B) 1785
  • C) 1812
  • D) 1830
Answer: 1785

46. In which language was the 'Ramcharitmanas' originally written?

  • A) Maithili
  • B) Awadhi
  • C) Braj
  • D) Bhojpuri
Answer: Awadhi

47. Who was the first to translate the Mahabharata into English?

  • A) Ram Nath Kak
  • B) R.K. Narayan
  • C) Raja Rao
  • D) K.M. Ganguli
Answer: K.M. Ganguli

48. Who wrote the first Indian novel in English, 'Rajmohan's Wife', published in 1864?

  • A) Rabindranath Tagore
  • B) Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
  • C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  • D) Ram Mohan Roy
Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

49. What is the title of Mark Tully's first book on India?

  • A) Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi's Last Battle
  • B) The Heart of India
  • C) No Full Stops in India
  • D) India: The Road Ahead
Answer: Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi's Last Battle

50. Who wrote the book 'We the People'?

  • A) T.N. Kaul
  • B) JRD Tata
  • C) Khushwant Singh
  • D) Nani Palkhivala
Answer: Nani Palkhivala
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