Indian Literature Questions Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

• A) 12
• B) 15
• C) 18
• D) 21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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