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Cosmopolitan Connections: A Quiz on Indian Literature's Global Interconnections

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author's novel 'Midnight's Children' won the Booker Prize in 1981?

  1. Salman Rushdie
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Amitav Ghosh
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian poet's work 'Gitanjali' won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Toru Dutt
  4. Kamala Das
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author's novel 'The God of Small Things' won the Booker Prize in 1997?

  1. Arundhati Roy
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Amitav Ghosh
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author's novel 'A Suitable Boy' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1993?

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

Which Indian author's novel 'The Hungry Tide' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004?

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

Which Indian author's novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2006?

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

Which Indian author's novel 'The White Tiger' won the Booker Prize in 2008?

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

Which Indian author's novel 'The Lowland' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2013?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author's novel 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2017?

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

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

  1. Geetanjali Shree
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author's novel 'Ret Samadhi' won the International Booker Prize in 2022?

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

Which Indian author's novel 'The Great Indian Novel' was inspired by the works of Charles Dickens?

  1. Shashi Tharoor
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author's novel 'The Shadow Lines' explores the themes of displacement and identity in the context of the partition of India?

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

Which Indian author's novel 'The Glass Palace' is set against the backdrop of the Burmese independence movement?

  1. Amitav Ghosh
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Vikram Seth
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Indian author's novel 'The Hungry Tide' explores the relationship between humans and the natural world in the context of the Sundarbans?

  1. Amitav Ghosh
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Arundhati Roy
  4. Vikram Seth
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