Indian Literature GK Questions
Q61. Total number of poems in the English version of the "Gitanjali" is
(A) 97
(B) 101
(C) 103
(D) 109
Answer: (C) 103
Q62. The last book authored by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was
(A) Ignited Minds
(B) Reignited Minds
(C) Wings of Fire
(D) Advantage India
Answer: (D) Advantage India
Q63. The book "An Era of darkness - The British Empire in India", released in 2016, is written by
(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) N. Ram
(D) Taslima Nasrin
Answer: (B) Shashi Tharoor
Q64. The Sahitya Akademi Awards are for how many Indian languages
(A) 22
(B) 23
(C) 24
(D) 25
Answer: (C) 24
Q65. In Hindi literature, the Adi kal or Vir-Gatha kal is started from the year
(A) 1020
(B) 1050
(C) 1125
(D) 1180
Answer: (B) 1050
Q66. Ramcharitmanas was originally written in which language
(A) Maithili
(B) Awadhi
(C) Braj
(D) Bhojpuri
Answer: (B) Awadhi
Q67. "Lone fox dancing" is the autobiography of which Indian writer
(A) Nirad C Chaudhary
(B) Mahesh Dattani
(C) Anita Desai
(D) Ruskin Bond
Answer: (D) Ruskin Bond
Q68. Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Academi Award for English Literature
(A) Nayantara Sehgal
(B) R.K. Narayan
(C) Raja Rao
(D) Mulk Raj Anad
Answer: (B) R.K. Narayan
Q69. Who is the first Hindi poet to received Jnanpith Award
(A) Sumitranandan Pant
(B) Suryakant Tripathi
(C) Maithili Sharan Gupt
(D) Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Answer: (A) Sumitranandan Pant
Q70. The ‘Fall of a Sparrow’ is the autobiography of
(A) Salim Ali
(B) Medha Patkar
(C) M. S. Swaminathan
(D) Sunderlal Bahuguna
Answer: (A) Salim Ali
Q71. Which Indian State Government annually presented the prestigious 'Kalidas Samman' award
(A) Bihar
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (C) Madhya Pradesh
Q72. Who is the first Indian writer in English to have been chosen Jnanpith award
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Amitav Ghosh
(C) Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) Aravind Adiga
Answer: (B) Amitav Ghosh
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