INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH
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- Q1
Who is considered the father of Indian English literature?
Mulk Raj Anand
R.K. Narayan
Raja Rao
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
60s - Q2
Which Indian author won the Booker Prize for the novel "The God of Small Things"?
Amitav Ghosh
Arundhati Roy
Salman Rushdie
Jhumpa Lahiri
60s - Q3
Who wrote the novel "Midnight's Children," which won the Booker Prize in 1981?
Vikram Seth
Salman Rushdie
Amitav Ghosh
Anita Desai
60s - Q4
Which Indian poet and lyricist is known for his work in the Bollywood film industry and was also a Nobel laureate?
Rabindranath Tagore
Vikram Seth
R.K. Narayan
Gulzard
60s - Q5
"Train to Pakistan" is a famous novel written by:
Raja Rao
R.K. Narayan
Khushwant Singh
Ruskin Bond
60s - Q6
Which Indian writer's real name is Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami?
Mulk Raj Anand
Salman Rushdie
R.K.Narayan
Amitav Ghosh
60s - Q7
The novel "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga is primarily set in which city in India? a) b) c) d)
Mumbai
New Delhi
Bangalore
Chennai
60s - Q8
Who is the author of the book "A Suitable Boy"? a) b)c) d)
Salman Rushdie
Arundhati Roy
Amitav Ghosh
Vikran seth
60s - Q9
"The Palace of Illusions" is a retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata from the perspective of which character?
Draupadi
Arjuna
Bhishma
Karna
60s - Q10
Which Indian author is known for the novel "Interpreterof Maladies," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000? a) b)
Arundhati Roy
Kiran Desai
Jhumpa Lahiri
Anita Desai
60s - Q11
Who wrote the book "The Guide," which was lateradapted into a Bollywood movie starring Dev Anand?
Aravind Adiga
Khushwant Singh
Mulk Raj Anand
R.K. Narayan
60s - Q12
The novel "The Shadow Lines" was penned by which Indian author?
Arundhati Roy
Amitav Ghosh
Jhumpa Lahiri
Salman Rushdie
60s - Q13
Which Indian writer is known for the novel "The Great Indian Novel," a satirical retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata?
Kiran Desai
Arundhati Roy
ShashiTharoor
Vikram Seth
60s - Q14
The novel "Untouchable" highlighting the plight ofthe Dalits was written by:
Anita Desai Answer
Raja Rao
Arundhati Roy
Mulk Raj Anand
60s - Q15
Who authored the book "Inheritance of Loss," which won the Booker Prize in 2006?
Arundhati Roy
Kiran Desai
Amitav Ghosh
Jhumpa Lahiri
60s