World Literature Question Answer
Q46. Shakespeare was born in
(A) Warwickshire
(B) Derby
(C) Oxford
(D) Northampton
Answer: (A) Warwickshire
Q47. Which country awarded the Pulitzer Prize
(A) France
(B) USA
(C) England
(D) Italy
Answer: (B) USA
Q48. Pulitzer Prize was first awarded in the year
(A) 1900
(B) 1909
(C) 1917
(D) 1942
Answer: (C) 1917
Q49. Total number of categories for which Pulitzer Prize has been awarded
(A) 7
(B) 12
(C) 17
(D) 21
Answer: (D) 21
Q50. Which University presented the Pulitzer Prize
(A) Columbia University
(B) Yale University
(C) New York University
(D) Harvard University
Answer: (A) Columbia University
Q51. Who have written the book 'The Godfather'
(A) Mario Puzo
(B) Francis Ford Coppola
(C) Marlon Brando
(D) Mark Winegardner
Answer: (A) Mario Puzo
Q52. Who is the author of the book 'Long walk to Freedom'
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Mario Puzo
Answer: (B) Nelson Mandela
Q53. Maxim Gorky was a famous writer from
(A) England
(B) America
(C) Germany
(D) Russia
Answer: (D) Russia
Q54. Who is the first person to receive nobel prize in literature
(A) Leconte de Lisle
(B) Sully Prudhomme
(C) Alphonse Lemerre
(D) Anatole France
Answer: (B) Sully Prudhomme
Q55. Man Booker Prize is given only to novels published from
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) India
(D) France
Answer: (B) UK
Q56. Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society was first awarded to
(A) Max Frisch
(B) André Schwarz-Bart
(C) Bertrand Russell
(D) Ignazio Silone
Answer: (C) Bertrand Russell
Q57. Who wrote the first english dictionary
(A) Jonathan Swift
(B) James Boswell
(C) Samuel Johnson
(D) Robert Cawdrey
Answer: (C) Samuel Johnson
Q58. When was the first Oxford English Dictionary published
(A) 1830
(B) 1855
(C) 1884
(D) 1898
Answer: (C) 1884
Q59. Who is the creator of the fictional character known as Sherlock Holmes
(A) Agatha Christie
(B) Arthur Conan Doyle
(C) Oscar Wilde
(D) J. K. Rowling
Answer: (B) Arthur Conan Doyle
Q60. Mark Twain is a famous author from
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Ireland
(D) Norway
Answer: (A) USA
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