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Literature Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the 'Father of Library Movement in Kerala' ?

a)

Ezhuthachan

b)

P N Panicker

c)

ONV Kurup

d)

Kunjunni Master

2.

Which is the first public library in India?

a)

Calcutta Public Library

b)

Madras Public Library

c)

Trivandrum Public Library

d)

Bombay Public Library

3.

Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'?

a)

George Orwell

b)

Zitkala Sa

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Thomas Hardy

4.

Who is the author of the book 'War and Peace' ?

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Charls Dickens

c)

Danielle Steel

d)

Leo Tolstoy

5.

Which of the following is not a work of Rabindranath Tagore?

a)

Chain of Pearls

b)

Kabuliwala

c)

The Village Song

d)

Birpurush

6.

Who is known as 'The Father of Hindi Literature'?

a)

Khushwant Singh

b)

Bharatendu Harishchandra

c)

Prem Chand

d)

Nagarjun

7.

Identify the famous poet.

a)

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

b)

AK Ramanujan

c)

Nissim Ezekiel

d)

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

8.

Which of the following book is not written by R K Narayan?

a)

The Village by the Sea

b)

The English Teacher

c)

The Guide

d)

Swami and Friends

9.

'Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows.

Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.

Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.'

These lines are taken from which famous book?

a)

Devotions

b)

Gitanjali

c)

Wings of Fire

d)

God of Small Things

10.

Who wrote the book 'My India'?

a)

A P J Abdul Kalam

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Vikram Seth

11.

Which is the highest literary award in India?

a)

Vyas Samman

b)

Sahitya Akademy Award

c)

Jnanpith Award

d)

Moortidevi Award

12.

Which is the highest literary award in the world?

a)

Pulitzer Prize

b)

Nobel Prize for Literature

c)

Hugo Award

d)

Booker Prize

13.

Robert Galbraith is the pen name of which famous writer?

a)

Stephen King

b)

Mark Twain

c)

Agatha Christie

d)

J K Rowling

14.

Who is the only Indian to receive the Booker Prize?

a)

Arundhati Roy

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Amish Tripati

d)

Amitav Ghosh

15.

Who is the first Indian to have won the Pulitzer Prize?

a)

R K Narayan

b)

Chetan Bhagat

c)

Gobind Behari Lal

d)

Ruskin Bond

16.

Geronimo Stilton is the pen name of which famous children's books author?

a)

Roald Dahl

b)

Daniel Pennac

c)

Jeanne Perego

d)

Elisabetta Dami

17.

'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Matilda' are books written by which famous author?

a)

Julia Donaldson

b)

Eric Carle

c)

J K Rowling

d)

Roald Dahl

18.

Whose famous words are "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached." ?

a)

Swami Vivekananda

b)

Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam

c)

Sarojini Naidu

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

19.

Which is the first Harry Potter book ?

a)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

b)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

c)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

d)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

20.

Who is the author of the book 'Pathummayude Aadu' ?

a)

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

b)

O N V Kurup

c)

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

d)

S K Pottekkatt