Question 1

The villagers called Raju as a __________ .

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Untochable' is a creation of __________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Marco was a __________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which is the first novel of Narayan ?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Mulk Raj Anand is the author of __________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

Bharti Mukharjee was born in__________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Salman Rushdie's full name__________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

" 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 ?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Salman Rushdie's first novel name is__________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Mulk Raj Anand's novels are characterized with__________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Vikram Seth was bron in __________.

Accepted Answer

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 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Rudyard Kipling is __________  writer.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 2: Literary Trivia in Indian English Literature

The villagers called Raju as a __________ .