Deck 1: Indian Writers and Their Works

Question 1

____________  among the following is not a dramatist.

A)Girish Karnad
B)Badal Sarkar
C)Jayanta Mahapatra
D)Vijay Tendulkar

Answer 1

Jayanta Mahapatra

Question 2

"Savitri?, an epic in blank verse was written by____________   .

A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Sri Aurobindo
C)Toru Dutt
D)Sarojini Naidu

Answer 2

Sri Aurobindo

Question 3

____________writer wrote the poems "The Professor? and "Night of Scorpion.

A)Pritish Nandy
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)Nissim Ezekiel
D)Kamala Das

Answer 3

Nissim Ezekiel

Question 4

The play "Tara? was first performed in ____________   .

A)Bangalore
B)Mumbai
C)Punjab
D)Kolkata

Question 5

____________  was the real name of Sarojini Naidu.

A)Sarojini Chattopadhyay
B)Padmini Gangopadhyay
C)Aparna Mukhyopadhyay
D)Sarojini Bandopadhyay

Question 6

Girish Karnad was awarded with The Padma Shri in ____________  year.

A)1971
B)1974
C)1978
D)1981

Question 7

____________  wrote the Hindi play "Ashadha Ka Ek Din?.

A)Mohan Rakesh
B)Sri Aurobindo
C)Vijay Tendulkar
D)Asif Currimbhoy

Question 8

"Ghashiram Kotwal? was written by in 1972 year.

A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Rabindranath Tagore.
C)Vijay Tendulkar
D)Vijay Tendulkar.

Question 9

K.N.Daruwalla got Sahitya Akademi Award in____________  year.

A)1984
B)1986
C)1988
D)1983

Question 10

At ____________    place did Sri Aurobindo practiced Yoga and studied the culture of spirituality.

A)Culcutta
B)Delhi
C)Madras
D)Punducherry

Question 11

Vijay Tendulkar's play "Silence! The Court is in Session? was originally written in ____________     language.

A)Gujarati
B)Marathi
C)Punjabi
D)English

Question 12

Jayanta Mahapatra was born in____________       .

A)1928
B)1918
C)1929
D)1930

Question 13

____________        was the first Asian to receive the Noble Prize.

A)Vijay Tendulkar
B)Sri Aurobindo
C)Rabindranath Tagore
D)Girish Karnad

Question 14

Badal Sircar won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ____________  year.

A)1968
B)1967
C)1978
D)1977

Question 15

____________        wrote the national song "Vande Matram?

A)Rabindranath Tagore
B)Sarojini Naidu
C)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D)Sri Aurobindo

Question 16

Toru Dutt was a ____________      poet.

A)Bengali
B)English
C)Marathi
D)Punjabi

Question 17

____________      was the full name of Girish Karnad.

A)Girish ram Karnad
B)Girish Raghu Karnad
C)Girish Rajan Karnad
D)Girish Raghunath Karnad

Question 18

Nissim Ezekiel was born at ____________       .

A)Bombay
B)Culcutta
C)Madras
D)Banaras

Question 19

____________      play Girish Karnad wrote first.

A)Tughlaq
B)Yayati
C)Hayavadana
D)None

Question 20

Rabindranath Tagore's songs generally known as ____________     .

A)Rabindrageet
B)Rabindragatha
C)Rabindra Sangeet
D)None

Question 21

____________    poems were translated into English from Tagore's "Gitanjali?.

A)55
B)50
C)53
D)52

Question 22

____________     is the full tittle of Aurobindo's work "Savitri?.

A)Savitri - an epic
B)Savitri - the woman
C)Savitri- A Legend and Symbol
D)Savitri - A poem in Three Parts

Question 23

Tagore, Iqbal and Sri Aurobindo are ____________        writers.

A)Indo- Anglican
B)Anglo- Indian
C)Indo- English
D)Indo- African

Question 24

____________      is the first book of K.N.Daruwalla.

A)Under Orion
B)Apparition in April
C)The Keeper of the dead
D)Crossing of Rivers

Question 25

____________      is call the Keats of Indo English Literature.

A)Gieve Patel
B)Girish Karnad
C)Toru Dutt
D)Rabindranath Tagore