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Indian Literature and Authors

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Indian Literature and Authors is a crucial topic for competitive exams, focusing on famous writers, notable books, and literary awards. Questions cover various regional, postcolonial, and historical texts. This collection helps test takers prepare effectively for general awareness sections.

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Indian Literature and Authors Questions

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The White Tiger?

  1. Aravind Adiga

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Amitav Ghosh
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Aravind Adiga is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his novel The White Tiger.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The God of Small Things?

  1. Arundhati Roy

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Amitav Ghosh
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Arundhati Roy is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel The God of Small Things.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel Midnight's Children?

  1. Salman Rushdie

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Aravind Adiga

  4. Amitav Ghosh
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Salman Rushdie is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for his novel Midnight's Children.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel A Fine Balance?

  1. Rohinton Mistry

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Amitav Ghosh
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Rohinton Mistry is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1995 for his novel A Fine Balance.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Inheritance of Loss?

  1. Kiran Desai

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Amitav Ghosh
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Kiran Desai is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2006 for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Hungry Tide?

  1. Amitav Ghosh

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Amitav Ghosh is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his novel The Hungry Tide.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Shadow Lines?

  1. Amitav Ghosh

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Amitav Ghosh is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1988 for his novel The Shadow Lines.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Glass Palace?

  1. Amitav Ghosh

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Amitav Ghosh is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2000 for his novel The Glass Palace.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Great Indian Novel?

  1. Shashi Tharoor

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Shashi Tharoor is an Indian author who won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1991 for his novel The Great Indian Novel.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Interpreter of Maladies?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 for her novel The Interpreter of Maladies.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Namesake?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003 for her novel The Namesake.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel Unaccustomed Earth?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013 for her novel Unaccustomed Earth.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Lowland?

  1. Jhumpa Lahiri

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Arundhati Roy
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Jhumpa Lahiri is an Indian author who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2015 for her novel The Lowland.

Multiple choice

Which Indian author wrote the novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness?

  1. Arundhati Roy

  2. Vikram Seth

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Amitav Ghosh
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Arundhati Roy is an Indian author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2017 for her novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is considered a seminal work of Naxalite literature?

  1. Red Sun Over India

  2. My Son's Story

  3. The Naxalite Movement in India

  4. The Naxalite Rebellion
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Red Sun Over India, written by Charu Mazumdar, is regarded as one of the most influential works of Naxalite literature, providing a theoretical framework for the movement.