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The Indian Short Story and the Sahitya Akademi Award

The Sahitya Akademi Award is one of the most prestigious literary awards in India. It is given annually to the best literary works in various languages. The award was instituted in 1954 and is administered by the Sahitya Akademi, a national academy of letters. This quiz will test your knowledge about the Indian short story and the Sahitya Akademi Award.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Short Story in English?

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

Which language has won the most Sahitya Akademi Awards for Short Story?

  1. Hindi
  2. Bengali
  3. Telugu
  4. Malayalam
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the only writer to have won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Short Story twice?

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

Which of the following short stories by Premchand won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. Kafan
  2. Poos ki Raat
  3. Idgah
  4. Do Bailon Ki Katha
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Rabindranath Tagore won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. Kabuliwala
  2. Postmaster
  3. Mashi
  4. Atithi
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Mulk Raj Anand won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. The Untouchable
  2. Coolie
  3. Two Leaves and a Bud
  4. The Village
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Raja Rao won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. Kanthapura
  2. The Serpent and the Rope
  3. The Cat and Shakespeare
  4. Comrade Kirillov
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Kamala Markandaya won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. Nectar in a Sieve
  2. Some Inner Fury
  3. A Handful of Rice
  4. The Golden Honeycomb
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Ruskin Bond won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. The Room on the Roof
  2. A Flight of Pigeons
  3. The Blue Umbrella
  4. The Road to Mussoorie
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Anita Desai won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. Clear Light of Day
  2. In Custody
  3. Baumgartner's Bombay
  4. Games at Twilight
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Amitav Ghosh won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. The Shadow Lines
  2. The Calcutta Chromosome
  3. The Glass Palace
  4. Sea of Poppies
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Arundhati Roy won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. The God of Small Things
  2. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
  3. The End of Imagination
  4. The Greater Common Good
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Kiran Desai won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
  2. The Inheritance of Loss
  3. The Village by the Sea
  4. The Golden Gate
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. Interpreter of Maladies
  2. The Namesake
  3. Unaccustomed Earth
  4. The Lowland
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following short stories by Aravind Adiga won the Sahitya Akademi Award?

  1. The White Tiger
  2. Between the Assassinations
  3. Last Man in Tower
  4. Selection Day
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