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Answer: True
Dom Moraes won the prestigious Hawthornden Prize in 1958 for his debut poetry collection 'A Beginning', a rare feat for an Indian writing in English at the time.
Answer: False
Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli, India, in 1934 to British parents. He has spent most of his life in the Indian Himalayas.
Answer: True
He received the inaugural Jnanpith Award in 1965.
Answer: True
Published in 1934, the novel's portrayal of a psychiatrist and his wealthy, troubled patient mirrors the Fitzgeralds' real-life challenges.
Answer: True
Byomkesh Bakshi, who calls himself a 'truth-seeker' (Satyanweshi), is one of the most beloved detectives in Indian literature.
Answer: True
Saunders, previously known for short stories, won the Booker for this experimental novel set in a graveyard.
Answer: True
The raven's single word 'Nevermore' drives the grieving narrator to madness.
Answer: True
The trilogy includes 'Pratham Pratisruti', 'Subarnalata', and 'Bakul Katha', tracing three generations of women.
Answer: False
The Sahitya Akademi recognizes 24 languages, including English, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, and the 22 scheduled languages.
Answer: True
Published in 1871-72, 'Middlemarch' is widely considered one of the greatest novels in the English language.
Answer: True
Published in 1936, it is a classic of Bengali realism, depicting the struggles of fisherman Kubera.
Answer: True
Published in 1965, 'Dune' is a landmark in science fiction, sweeping the major awards of its time.
Answer: True
Though famous for his plays and essays, Wilde only wrote one full-length novel, published in 1890.
Answer: True
'Gora' (1910) is considered Tagore's masterpiece, exploring the complex identity of its protagonist in colonial India.
Answer: True
In 2022, 'Tomb of Sand' (translated by Daisy Rockwell) became the first book in an Indian language to win the International Booker Prize.
Answer: False
Prince Myshkin is called an 'idiot' by society because of his extreme innocence, empathy, and lack of worldly cynicism, not because of low intelligence.
Answer: True
Published in 1942, 'Lihaaf' explored female sexuality and homosexuality, leading to an obscenity trial in Lahore which Chughtai successfully fought.
Answer: True
Instituted in 1991, the first Saraswati Samman was awarded to Harivansh Rai Bachchan for his four-volume autobiography.
Answer: True
Hardy set most of his major novels in Wessex, a semi-fictionalized representation of the south and west of England.
Answer: False
'Bang-e-Dara' was written primarily in Persian, though Iqbal is famous for his Urdu poetry as well. His later works like 'Bal-e-Jibril' are in Urdu/Persian.