Fill in the Blank – GK Questions

Eric Blair adopted the pen name George Orwell just before the publication of his first book, 'Down and Out in Paris and London', in 1933.

Onomatopoeia enhances the sensory experience of a poem or story by using words that phonetically resemble the sounds they describe.

Metonymy replaces the name of a thing with the name of something closely associated with it. The crown is a physical object associated with royal authority.

The Overlords bring peace and prosperity to Earth but hide their true, demonic appearance, eventually guiding humanity through a transcendent evolutionary leap.

Ridley Scott directed 'Blade Runner', starring Harrison Ford, which brought Dick's cyberpunk noir vision of a dystopian Los Angeles to the screen.

David Lurie, a white literature professor, loses his career after an affair with a student and retreats to his daughter's farm, where they face violent realities of the new South Africa.

The protagonist Azaro is an 'abiku' (spirit-child), destined to cycle through repeated births and deaths, serving as a metaphor for Nigeria's turbulent post-independence history.

Achebe's masterpiece vividly portrays pre-colonial Igbo society in Umuofia and its devastating collision with British colonialism and Christian missionaries.

Rushdie combined the names of his favorite authors, Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov, to create the alias 'Joseph Anton' used by his police protectors during his years in hiding.

'Turning Points' (2012) continues the narrative from 'Wings of Fire', focusing on Kalam's post-presidential life and his vision for India's future.

The epic evolved in three stages: 'Jaya' (8,800 verses, focusing on the war), 'Bharata' (24,000 verses), and finally the 'Mahabharata' (over 100,000 verses).

The Sangam 'Thinai' concept links specific landscapes to human emotions. Paalai represents the harsh, dry wasteland and the agonizing separation of lovers.

The 'Ettuthokai' (Eight Anthologies) is a collection of eight distinct poetic anthologies from the Sangam period, including Kuruntokai, Akananuru, and Purananuru.

16. Sivakami, a former IAS officer, writes powerfully about the intersection of caste and gender patriarchy in rural Tamil Nadu. 'The Grip of Change' is her translated masterpiece.

Urmila Pawar's 'Aaydan' (translated as 'The Weave of My Life') is a crucial feminist Dalit text that connects the labor of basket-weaving to the weaving of her own life narrative.

Kamala Das (also known as Madhavikutty) wrote 'My Story' (Ente Katha) in 1973. It caused a sensation for its candid exploration of female sexuality and patriarchal constraints.

The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated on March 12, 1954, with the aim of promoting Indian literature in various languages.

Named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories, the Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.

The Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (Immortals of Literature) is awarded to eminent writers for their outstanding contribution to Indian literature over a lifetime.

The 14-line structure is the defining characteristic of the sonnet, whether it is Petrarchan (octave + sestet) or Shakespearean (three quatrains + a couplet).