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The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Donna Tartt won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel 'The Goldfinch'.
Who is the author of the Kannada novel 'Samskara'?
- Kuvempu
- U.R. Ananthamurthy
- Shivaram Karanth
- Girish Karnad
Answer: U.R. Ananthamurthy
U.R. Ananthamurthy wrote 'Samskara' in 1965. It deals with caste and ritual purity in a Brahmin community.
The novel 'Crime and Punishment' was written by ________.
- Leo Tolstoy
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Maxim Gorky
- Vladimir Nabokov
Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky published 'Crime and Punishment' in 1866. It explores the mental anguish of Rodion Raskolnikov.
Who wrote the novel 'Coolie'?
- Premchand
- Mulk Raj Anand
- R.K. Narayan
- Ismat Chughtai
Answer: Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand wrote 'Coolie' in 1936, highlighting the exploitation of laborers in colonial India.
Who wrote the play 'A Doll's House'?
- Henrik Ibsen
- August Strindberg
- Anton Chekhov
- Bertolt Brecht
Answer: Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, wrote 'A Doll's House' in 1879. It is a key work of modern realistic drama.
Amir Khusrau is credited with inventing the Sitar and Tabla.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Amir Khusrau, a Sufi musician and poet in the Delhi Sultanate, is traditionally credited with creating the Sitar and Tabla by modifying existing instruments.
The Goncourt Prize is a prestigious literary award in which country?
- Germany
- France
- Spain
- Italy
Answer: France
The Prix Goncourt is a French literary prize given to the author of 'the best and most imaginative prose work of the year'.
The book 'The Argumentative Indian' was written by ________.
- Amartya Sen
- Shashi Tharoor
- Ramachandra Guha
- Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Answer: Amartya Sen
Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen wrote 'The Argumentative Indian', discussing India's history of public debate and intellectual pluralism.
Who wrote the novel 'Anna Karenina'?
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Leo Tolstoy
- Anton Chekhov
- Ivan Turgenev
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy wrote 'Anna Karenina', published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877. It is a tragic story of love and society.
The 'Charaka Samhita' is an ancient text related to:
- Astrology
- Medicine (Ayurveda)
- Architecture
- Music
Answer: Medicine (Ayurveda)
The Charaka Samhita is one of the two foundational texts of Ayurveda, the other being the Sushruta Samhita.
Agatha Christie is known as the 'Queen of Crime'.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Agatha Christie, author of 'Murder on the Orient Express' and creations like Hercule Poirot, is widely known as the Queen of Crime.
Who wrote the Marathi novel 'Yayati'?
- Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
- Pu La Deshpande
- Vyankatesh Madgulkar
- Shivaji Sawant
Answer: Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar wrote 'Yayati', for which he won the Jnanpith Award in 1974.
The novel 'The Guide' was written by ________.
- R.K. Narayan
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Raja Rao
- Khushwant Singh
Answer: R.K. Narayan
R.K. Narayan wrote 'The Guide' in 1958. It tells the story of Raju, a tour guide who becomes a holy man.
Who wrote the novel 'Ulysses'?
- James Joyce
- Virginia Woolf
- T.S. Eliot
- Marcel Proust
Answer: James Joyce
James Joyce, an Irish modernist writer, published 'Ulysses' in 1922. It is a landmark novel paralleling Homer's Odyssey.
Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
- V. Raman
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Mother Teresa
- Amartya Sen
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. C.V. Raman won in Physics, Mother Teresa in Peace, and Amartya Sen in Economics.
Tulsidas wrote the 'Ramcharitmanas' in Awadhi.
- True
- False
Answer: True
Goswami Tulsidas rewrote the Ramayana in Awadhi as 'Ramcharitmanas' in the 16th century, making it accessible to the common people.
Who is the author of 'The Alchemist'?
- Paulo Coelho
- Jose Saramago
- Isabel Allende
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Answer: Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian author, wrote 'The Alchemist' in 1988. It is a philosophical novel about following one's dreams.
The book 'My Experiments with Truth' is the autobiography of ________.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mahatma Gandhi
- R. Ambedkar
- Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi wrote 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth', detailing his early life and development of Satyagraha.
Which ancient Indian grammarian wrote the 'Ashtadhyayi'?
- Patanjali
- Panini
- Katyayana
- Bhartrihari
Answer: Panini
Panini wrote the 'Ashtadhyayi', a foundational text of Sanskrit grammar, around the 5th century BCE.
Who wrote the novel 'The Great Gatsby'?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Ernest Hemingway
- John Steinbeck
- William Faulkner
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald published 'The Great Gatsby' in 1925. It is a critique of the American Dream during the Jazz Age.