Deck 2: Indian Writers and Their Works

Question 1

Which writer created controversy by making a statement that Rama and Sita are siblings?

A)tagore
B)kalidasa
C)a k ramanujan
D)tulsidas

Answer 1

a k ramanujan

Question 2

Who is the author of 'Boatman Tarini'?

A)tagore
B)sarat chandra chaterjee
C)tarashankar banerjee
D)none of these

Answer 2

tarashankar banerjee

Question 3

Tarashankar Banerjee is a …….. writer.

A)pakistani
B)bengali
C)oriya
D)kashmiri

Answer 3

bengali

Question 4

Who represented India in the Afro-Asian Writer's Association at Tashkent?

A)arunkolatkar
B)sarojini naidu
C)tarashankar banerjee
D)kamala das

Question 5

What was the peculiarity of the works of Tarashankar Banerjee?

A)rejection of realism
B)simple narration
C)poetic language
D)truth of human relationship

Question 6

In which year Tarashankar Banerjee received Padma Bhushan?

A)1966
B)1969
C)1959
D)1965

Question 7

In which language SitakantMahapatra used to write?

A)bengali
B)assamese
C)oriya
D)hindi

Question 8

In which year SitakantMahapatra was awarded with Jnanpith?

A)1998
B)1983
C)1999
D)1993

Question 9

Which from the following is not written by SitakantMahapatra?

A)the other silence
B)the wooden sword
C)men, patterns of death
D)jejuri

Question 10

What is the pen name of QurratulainHyder?

A)aineeapa
B) hyder,
C)ora
D)apa

Question 11

QurratulainHyder is famous for her writngs in …………

A)punjabi
B)marathi
C)telugu
D)urdu

Question 12

For which workQurratulainHyder is mainly known?

A)mere bhisanamkhane
B)aajka darya
C)ruashini ki raftar
D)none of these

Question 13

"Hers is one of the most important Indian voices of the twentieth Century." Who commented so on QurratulainHyder?

A)amitav ghosh
B)arundati roy
C)anita desai
D)chetanbhagat

Question 14

Who is the founder of Katha Books?

A)geetamadhuri
B)geetadharmarajan
C)geeta desai
D)none of these

Question 15

What is the other name given to Katha Books?

A)kathalayam
B)katha pusthak
C)katha vilasam
D)none of these

Question 16

To which process Katha Books is related?

A)child welfare
B)community
C)translation of regional literature
D)all of them

Question 17

SachidanandaHiranandaVatsyayana used the pen name ………

A)kalki
B)yogesh
C)ajneya
D)none of these

Question 18

What was the name of the classic trilogy of Ajneya?

A)shekhar: ekjeevani
B)bheenubhagat
C)kavishri
D)sadanira

Question 19

What are 'Katha Prize Stories'?

A)translation of indian stories
B)novels
C)novels in english
D)none of these

Question 20

Which river is mentioned in 'Boatman Tarini'?

A)yamuna
B)mayurakshi
C)ganga
D)kaveri

Question 21

What is pictured in 'Boatman Tarini'?

A)anarchy
B)nostalgia
C)destruction
D)all of them

Question 22

Which quality of Tarini gets unrewarded?

A)truthfulness
B)loyalty
C)obedience
D)heroism

Question 23

What compels the villagers near to Mayurakshi to migrate?

A)flood
B)draught
C)wind
D)famine

Question 24

Which vision projects the organic bonds of community members?

A)ganamata
B)ganapita
C)ganadevata
D)none of these

Question 25

When do the people return to the Village in 'Boatman Tarini'?

A)in the spring
B)in the summer
C)with the reach of rain
D)none of these