INDIAN LITERATURE
MCQs- INDIAN LITERATURE -SET 1
1.
A.Midnight’s Children B. The God of Small Things
C. The Inheritance of Loss D. The White Tiger
2.
A. Malgudi B. Mysore
C. Madras D. Delhi
3. How many Indians writers have received the Booker Prize for Fiction (as on 2025)?
A. Two B. Three
C. Four D. Five
4. Padma is the central character in the novel
A. Shame B. Satanic Verses
C. Grimus D. Midnight's children
5. Who said, "I like to make controlled
meaningful Statements avoiding extremes of thought and expression"
A. Kamala Das B.
R.K. Narayan
C. Nissim
Ezekiel D. J. Mahapatra
6. The Young Spanish Maiden, a well-known
novel has been written by
A. Teru Dutt B. P. Mehta
C. Tagore D.G.K. Gokhale
7. Life is a prism of My light- / And Death
the shadow of My face – are lines by
A. Toru Dutt B.
Aurobindo
C. Sarojini
Naidu D. Tagore
8.Sohini is the character from Mulk Raj
Anand's
A. Two
leaves and a bud B. Coolie
C.
Untouchable D. The
village
9. Which of the following is not written by
Anita Desai
A. Five on
the Mountain B. Voices in the city
C. Handful
of rice. D. Cry the peacock
10. Jaya is the
principal character in Shashidesh Pande's
A. Roots and
shadows B.
That long Silence
C. The
Legacy D.
The Dark Holds No Terrors.
11. “The Thousand faces of Night" novel
by
A. Gita Hari Haran B Nayantara Sahgal
C. Anita
Nair D.
Shobha De
12. Name the creator of fictional village ‘Mano Majra’, on the border of Pakistan and India.
A. Raja Rao B.
R K Narayan
C. Mulk Raj
Anand D. Khushwant Singh
13. The
Great Indian novel has been written by
A. Shashi
Tharoor B. Arun Joshi
C. Amitav
Ghosh D. Tagore.
14. Which novel of Amitav Ghosh takes up the
issue of Malaria.
A. The Calcutta chromosome. B. The Count down
C. The
circle of Reason D. Shadow lines
15. Who is credited as the founding father of
Dalit Literature
A. Arun
Kamble B. Annabhau Sathe
C. Daya
Pawar D Laxman Mane
16. Which of the following awards is not given to Indian-English
writers?
(1) Booker Prize (2)
Sahitya Akademi Award
(3) Pulitzer Prize (4) Whitbread Award
A. 1 & 2
B. 3 & 4
C. 1 & 4 D. 2 & 3
17. Who is credited with writing the first Indian novel in
English, Rajmohan's Wife (1864)?
A. R K
Narayan B.
Bankim Chandra Chatarjee
C. Raja Rao D.
Mulk Raj Anand
18. Which novel was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for English
in 2024?
A. The
Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh
B. Spirit
Nights by Easterine Kire
C. The God
of Small Things by Arundati Roy
D. Siddhartha:
The Boy Who Became the Buddha by Advait Kottary
19. Which Indian author's short story collection Heart Lamp won
the International Booker Prize in 2025?
A. Arundati
Roy B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Bhanu Mushtaq D.
Jhumpa Lahiri
20 Who is the author of The Palace of Illusions (2008), a feminist
retelling of the Mahabharata from Draupadi’s perspective?
A. Anita Desai B.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
C. Shashi Deshpande D. Manju Kapur
21.Who is the author of the novel
"Train to Pakistan," which explores the partition of India in 1947?
a) Khushwant
Singh b) Chetan Bhagat
c) Salman
Rushdie d) R.K. Narayan
22.Which Indian English poet is known
for his collection "The Ballad of Puran Bhagat" and "The Jungle
Book"?
a) Kamala
Das b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Rudyard
Kipling d) Arun Kolatkar
23.Who is the author of the novel
"The White Tiger," which won the Man Booker Prize in 2008?
a) Vikram
Seth b)
Aravind Adiga
c) Jhumpa
Lahiri d) Kiran Desai
24.Which Indian English author wrote
"The Inheritance of Loss," which also won the Man Booker Prize in
2006?
a) Aravind
Adiga b) Kiran Desai
c) Salman
Rushdie d) Jhumpa Lahiri
25.Who is the author of the novel
"English, August," which portrays the life of a young civil servant
posted in a rural Indian town?
a) Vikram
Seth b)
Aravind Adiga
c) Upamanyu
Chatterjee d) Arundhati Roy
26.Which Indian English novelist is
known for works like "The Immortals of Meluha" and "The Secret
of the Nagas"?
a) R.K.
Narayan b) Chetan Bhagat
c) Amish
Tripathi d) Ruskin Bond
27.Who wrote the novel "A Fine
Balance," which depicts the lives of four characters in post-independence
India?
a) Aravind
Adiga b) Kiran Desai
c) Rohinton
Mistry d) Salman Rushdie
28.Which Indian English writer is
known for his collection of short stories "Interpreter of Maladies"?
a) Chetan
Bhagat b) Vikram Seth
c) Jhumpa
Lahiri d) R.K. Narayan
29.Who is the author of the novel
"The Lowland," which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in
2013?
a) Aravind
Adiga b) Kiran Desai
c) Salman
Rushdie d) Jhumpa Lahiri
30.Which Indian English poet is known
for his modernist and experimental poetry, including works like
"Jejuri"?
a) Kamala
Das b) Agha Shahid Ali
c)
Rabindranath Tagore d) Arun
Kolatkar
Answer:
|
1.B |
2.A |
3.C |
4.D |
5.C |
6.A |
7.C |
8.C |
9.C |
10.B |
|
11.A |
12.D |
13.A |
14.A |
15.B |
16.B |
17.B |
18.B |
19.C |
20.B |
|
21.A |
22.C |
23.B |
24.B |
25.C |
26.C |
27.C |
28.C |
29.D |
30.D |
MCQs- INDIAN LITERATURE -SET 2
1 Girish Karnad's play that is mainly attack on male chauvinism.
A. Tughlaq B.
Nagamandala
C. Hayavadana D. Yayati
2. Ancient Indian wisdom is 100%. correct, I should in his say even 200%
correct, written by
A. Gieve Patel: Old Man's Death
B. Dom Moreas: Absences
C. Nissim Ezekiel: The Patriot
D. Arun Kolatkar: An Old Woman
3. The first poet to win the Sahitya Akademy award for English poetry.
A Rabindranath Tagore B.
Nissim Ezekiel
C. A K. Ramanujan D. Jayanta Mahapatra.
4. Which Indian novelist and short story writer is often known as
"the mouth piece of the underdog”?
A. Nirad C Chaudari B. Anita Desai
C. Jayanta Mahapatra D.
Mulk Raj Anand.
5 "I speak three languages, write in two, dream in one. Identify
the speaker.
A. Raja Rao B. R.K. Narayan
C. Meena Alexander D. Kamala Das.
6. The author of The Buddha of Suburbia.
A Vikram Seth B. Vikram
Chandra
C. Khaleed Hossini D. Hanif
Kureishi
7. Staying Alive (1988) is a work by
A. Arundati Roy B. Vandana
shiva
C. Shoba De D. Medha Patkar.
8. The Golden Threshold, written by Sarojini Naidu in 1905 with an
introduction by
A. Toru Dutt B. Sri
Aurobindo
C. Tagore D. Arthur Symons.
9. “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017)” is a novel by
A. George Orwell B. Shashi
Tharoor
C. Arundati Roy D. Amitav
Ghosh.
10. Identify the novel that is not written by Nayantara Sehgal
A Rich Like Us B The
Day in Shadow
C. Lesser Breeds D. Small
Remedies
11. Savitri, a long poem was written by
A. Henry Derozio B. Toru
Dutt
c. Shri Aurobindo D. Jayanta
Mahapatra
12. The writer who developed the aesthetics of Dalit Literature.
A. Ambedkar B. Namdeo
Dhasal
C. Bama D.
Sharatkumar Limbale.
13. ‘Lights out(2000)’ is a play by....,,,,,,,. which is based on a real
incident of gang rape in Mumbai
A. Asif Currimbhoy B. Badal
Sircar
C. Girish Karnad D.
Manjula Padmanabhan.
14. Which of the following books written by Rushdie is not a novel
A. Shame B. Midnight's children
C. The Satanic Verses D. Imaginary
Homelands
15. The author of the poem Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher'.
A. Sarojini Naidu B. Kamala
Das
C. A.K. Ramanujan D. Nissim
Ezekiel.
16. Which of the following novels uses magic realism in a broader way
A. Invisible Man B. Tar Baby
C. For whom the Bell Tolls D.
Midnight's children.
17. Tagore's Binodhini, generally regarded as the first modern novel by
an Indian author, was translated into English by his biographer.
A. Krishna Kripalani B. S. Radha Krishnan
C. Edward Thompson. D.
Sarojini Naidu
18. Tagore's Chandalika is a
A. Long poem B. Novel
C. Drama D. Non-fiction.
19. ‘Joothan' which encapsulates the pain, humiliation and poverty of a
community is the Omprakash Valmiki's.
A. Biography B. Autobiography
C. play D. Poem
20. ‘Truth, Love and a Little Malice’ is the autobiography of
A. Nissim Ezekiel B. Gieve
Patel
C. Nirad C Chaudari D.
Khushwanth Singh.
21. Who is
often regarded as the father of Indian English literature?
a) R.K.
Narayan b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Salman
Rushdie d) Arundhati Roy
22.Which
Indian author won the Booker Prize for his novel "Midnight's Children"?
a) R.K.
Narayan b) Salman Rushdie
c)
Arundhati Roy d) Vikram Seth
23.Who
wrote the novel "The God of Small Things"?
a) R.K.
Narayan b) Salman Rushdie
c)
Arundhati Roy d) Vikram Seth
24.Which
Indian poet is often referred to as the "Nightingale of India"?
a) Kamala
Das b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Agha
Shahid Ali d) Arun Kolatkar
25.Whose
autobiographical work, "My Experiments with Truth," is a significant
contribution to Indian English literature?
a) R.K.
Narayan b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Salman
Rushdie d) Mahatma Gandhi
26.Which
Indian English poet is known for his poems on nature and spirituality, such as
"Gitanjali"?
a) Kamala
Das b) Agha Shahid Ali
c)
Rabindranath Tagore d) Arun
Kolatkar
27.Who
wrote the novel "The Namesake," which was later adapted into a film
directed by Mira Nair?
a) Jhumpa
Lahiri b) Kiran Desai
c) Chetan
Bhagat d) Anita Desai
28.Which
Indian English author is known for her feminist writings and novels like
"The Palace of Illusions"?
a) Jhumpa
Lahiri b) Kiran Desai
c) Chetan
Bhagat d) Chitra Banerjee
Divakaruni
29.Who
authored the novel "A Suitable Boy," which is one of the longest
single-volume novels ever published in English?
a)
Arundhati Roy b) Vikram Seth
c) R.K.
Narayan d) Salman Rushdie
30.Which
Indian English writer is famous for his detective novels featuring the
character Detective Byomkesh Bakshi?
a) R.K.
Narayan b) Ruskin Bond
c)
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay d Arundhati Roy
Answers:
|
1.B |
2.C |
3.D |
4.D |
5.D |
6.D |
7.B |
8.D |
9.C |
10.D |
|
11.C |
12.D |
13.D |
14.D |
15.D |
16.D |
17.A |
18.C |
19.B |
20.D |
|
21.B |
22.B |
23.C |
24.B |
25.D |
26.C |
27.A |
28.D |
29.B |
30.C |
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