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International Awards for Indian Literature

This quiz aims to test your knowledge about the various international awards that have been bestowed upon Indian authors for their literary contributions.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author was the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Mulk Raj Anand
  3. R. K. Narayan
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 for his novel 'The Guide'?

  1. R. K. Narayan
  2. Mulk Raj Anand
  3. Raja Rao
  4. Khushwant Singh
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1963 for his novel 'The Serpent and the Rope'?

  1. Raja Rao
  2. Mulk Raj Anand
  3. R. K. Narayan
  4. Khushwant Singh
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author received the Booker Prize in 1975 for his novel 'Midnight's Children'?

  1. Salman Rushdie
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Anita Desai
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1997 for her novel 'The God of Small Things'?

  1. Arundhati Roy
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Anita Desai
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2005?

  1. Vikram Seth
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Anita Desai
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author was awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2007 for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss'?

  1. Kiran Desai
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author received the Man Booker International Prize in 2008 for his novel 'The White Tiger'?

  1. Aravind Adiga
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Anita Desai
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author was awarded the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2010 for her novel 'The Lowland'?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author received the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2016 for his book 'The Argumentative Indian'?

  1. Amartya Sen
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Anita Desai
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2018 for her novel 'Tomb of Sand'?

  1. Geetanjali Shree
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019?

  1. Olga Tokarczuk
  2. Peter Handke
  3. Abdulrazak Gurnah
  4. Louise Glück
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author was awarded the JCB Prize for Literature in 2020 for her novel 'Burnt Sugar'?

  1. Avni Doshi
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author received the International Booker Prize in 2022 for her novel 'Tomb of Sand'?

  1. Geetanjali Shree
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Vikram Seth
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