Deck 2: Literary Trivia in Indian English Literature

Question 1

Velan's __________declared that Raju was on fast to bring down the rain.

A)Sister
B)Daughter
C)Idiot brother
D)Son

Answer 1

Idiot brother

Question 2

The book ' Cutural History of India ' was written by__________.

A)Raju
B)Rasie
C)Gaffur
D)Marco

Answer 2

Marco

Question 3

Mulk Raj Anand's novels are characterized with__________.

A)Romanticism
B)Realism
C)Nituralism
D)Transcendatalis

Answer 3

Realism

Question 4

Salman Rushdie's first novel name is__________.

A)In Good Faith
B)Shame
C)Grimus
D)Midnight's Children

Question 5

In__________ novel R.K.Narayan focus on family planning.

A)Mr. Sampath
B)The Guide
C)None
D)The Painter of Signs

Question 6

Rosie was married to a __________.

A)Marco
B)Raju
C)Velan
D)Gaffur

Question 7

Rudyard Kipling is __________  writer.

A)Indo-Anglian
B)Anglo-Indian
C)Indo-Irish
D)Indo-African

Question 8

Who wrote the autobiographical work ' Prison and Chocolate Cack ' ?

A)Nayantara Sahgal
B)Bharti Mukharjee
C)Manohar Malgonkar
D)none

Question 9

Vikram Seth was bron in __________.

A)1952-06-20 00:00:00
B)1952-06-21 00:00:00
C)1952-01-21 00:00:00
D)1952-01-20 00:00:00

Question 10

" I see India through my mother's eyes, as an outsider, but my feelings for India are my Father's, of someone bron here. " who wrote this line ?

A)Kiran Desai
B)Anita Desai
C)Nayantara Sahgal
D)Virginia woolf

Question 11

R.K.Narayan received the 'Sahitya Akademi' Award for his novel__________.

A)The English Teacher
B)The Guide
C)Mr.Sampath
D)Waiting for the Mahatma

Question 12

Which novel is divided into four parts.

A)The Guide
B)The Dark Room
C)The Bechelor of Arts
D)The English Teacher

Question 13

In Indian English Literature, the first book 'Travels of Dean Mahomat' was written by__________.

A)Bankim chandra chatterjee
B)Krishna Mohan Banerjee
C)Sheikh Din Muhammad
D)None

Question 14

Munoo was first appointed as a servant boy in the house of __________.

A)Nathooram
B)Daya ram
C)Ratan
D)Premchand

Question 15

Mulk Raj Anand is the author of __________.

A)Coolie
B)Two Leaves and a Bud
C)a & b both
D)None

Question 16

Salman Rushdie's full name__________.

A)Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
B)Sir Mohammad Salman Rushdie
C)Sir Isman Salman Rushdie
D)Sir Iman Salman Rushdie

Question 17

Salman Rushdie's novel ' The Satanic Verses ' was published in __________.

A)1988
B)1987
C)1985
D)1986

Question 18

Marco was a __________.

A)Anthropologist
B)scientist
C)Politician
D)Saint

Question 19

At the railway station , Raju's nickname was __________.

A)Rail-Raju
B)Raju of the Rails
C)Railway Raju
D)Saint

Question 20

Untochable' is a creation of __________.

A)Narayan
B)Rabindranath Tagore
C)None
D)Anand

Question 21

The term ' Anglo - Indian Literature ' is used to denote the writing of __________in English about Indian life.

A)Americans
B)Indians
C)English men
D)West-Indies

Question 22

Bharti Mukharjee was born in__________.

A)1940
B)1939
C)1941
D)1942

Question 23

In the novel 'The Guide' , Raju asked to __________for a loan to pay the creditor.

A)Rosie
B)Gaffur
C)His mother
D)His uncle

Question 24

Which is the first novel of Narayan ?

A)Swami and friends
B)The Dark Room
C)The Far Pavilions
D)The Bachelor of Arts

Question 25

The villagers called Raju as a __________ .

A)Great saint
B)Villain
C)Rogue
D)Selfish man