Indian literature

Who is the author of the book ‘winning like sourav think & succeed like ganguly’?

• (a) Kuldeeep Mishra

• (b) Abhirup Bhattacharya

• (c) Subodh Bhattacharya

• (d) None of these

Who is the president of Kendra Sahitya Academy?

• a) D. R. Bendre

• b) Vinayaka Krishna Gokak

• c) Chandrashekhar Kambar

• d) None of these

Who is the author of book “Hitopadesha”?

• a) Kālidāsa

• b) Narayan Pandit

• c) Vishnu Sharma

• d) None of these

In which year National Book Trust was founded?

• a) 1 August 1957

• b) 1 August 1963

• c) 15 August 1957

• d) 15 August 1963

Who is the present Director of National Book Trust?

• a) Geeta Anand

• b) Rita Chowdhury

• c) Jhumpa Lahiri

• d) Lt Col Yuvraj Malik

How many chapters are in Bhagavad Gita?

• 10

• 18

• 20

• 50

Which book of Salman Rushdie wins the Booker Prize?

• a) The Satanic Verses

• b) Midnight’s Children

• c) The Moor’s Last Sigh

• d) None of these

In which year the Jnanpith Award was first awarded?

• a) 1965

• b) 1955

• c) 1972

• d) 1975

For Which book did VS Naipaul got Nobel Prize?

• a) A House for Mr Biswas

• b) Miguel Street

• c) In a Free State

• d) None of these

Answer explanation

Naipaul won the Booker Prize in 1971 for his novel In a Free State. In 1989, he was awarded the Trinity Cross, Trinidad and Tobago’s highest national honour. He received a knighthood in Britain in 1990, and in 2001, the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Who is author of the novel of ‘A suitable boy’?

• a) Salman Rushdie

• b) Rohinton Mistry

• c) Vikram Seth

• d) None of these