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Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021?
- Louise Glück
- Abdulrazak Gurnah
- Annie Ernaux
- Jon Fosse
Answer: Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born British novelist, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his uncompromising penetration of the effects of colonialism.
Who is the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
- J.D. Salinger
- Jack Kerouac
- Allen Ginsberg
- John Updike
Answer: J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger published 'The Catcher in the Rye' in 1951. It is a classic novel about teenage alienation.
The 'Meghaduta' (Cloud Messenger) was written by:
- Banabhatta
- Kalidasa
- Bharavi
- Magha
Answer: Kalidasa
Kalidasa wrote 'Meghaduta', a lyric poem where a yaksha asks a cloud to carry a message to his wife.
Who wrote the novel 'Brave New World'?
- George Orwell
- Aldous Huxley
- Ray Bradbury
- H.G. Wells
Answer: Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley wrote 'Brave New World' in 1932. It depicts a futuristic society driven by technology and conditioning.
Who is the author of the Kannada novel 'Samskara'?
- Kuvempu
- U.R. Ananthamurthy
- Shivaram Karanth
- Girish Karnad
Answer: U.R. Ananthamurthy
U.R. Ananthamurthy wrote 'Samskara' in 1965. It deals with caste and ritual purity in a Brahmin community.
Who wrote the novel 'Coolie'?
- Premchand
- Mulk Raj Anand
- R.K. Narayan
- Ismat Chughtai
Answer: Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand wrote 'Coolie' in 1936, highlighting the exploitation of laborers in colonial India.
Who wrote the play 'A Doll's House'?
- Henrik Ibsen
- August Strindberg
- Anton Chekhov
- Bertolt Brecht
Answer: Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, wrote 'A Doll's House' in 1879. It is a key work of modern realistic drama.
The Goncourt Prize is a prestigious literary award in which country?
- Germany
- France
- Spain
- Italy
Answer: France
The Prix Goncourt is a French literary prize given to the author of 'the best and most imaginative prose work of the year'.
Who wrote the novel 'Anna Karenina'?
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Leo Tolstoy
- Anton Chekhov
- Ivan Turgenev
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy wrote 'Anna Karenina', published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877. It is a tragic story of love and society.
The 'Charaka Samhita' is an ancient text related to:
- Astrology
- Medicine (Ayurveda)
- Architecture
- Music
Answer: Medicine (Ayurveda)
The Charaka Samhita is one of the two foundational texts of Ayurveda, the other being the Sushruta Samhita.
Who wrote the Marathi novel 'Yayati'?
- Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
- Pu La Deshpande
- Vyankatesh Madgulkar
- Shivaji Sawant
Answer: Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar wrote 'Yayati', for which he won the Jnanpith Award in 1974.
Who wrote the novel 'Ulysses'?
- James Joyce
- Virginia Woolf
- T.S. Eliot
- Marcel Proust
Answer: James Joyce
James Joyce, an Irish modernist writer, published 'Ulysses' in 1922. It is a landmark novel paralleling Homer's Odyssey.
Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
- V. Raman
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Mother Teresa
- Amartya Sen
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. C.V. Raman won in Physics, Mother Teresa in Peace, and Amartya Sen in Economics.
Who is the author of 'The Alchemist'?
- Paulo Coelho
- Jose Saramago
- Isabel Allende
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Answer: Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian author, wrote 'The Alchemist' in 1988. It is a philosophical novel about following one's dreams.
Which ancient Indian grammarian wrote the 'Ashtadhyayi'?
- Patanjali
- Panini
- Katyayana
- Bhartrihari
Answer: Panini
Panini wrote the 'Ashtadhyayi', a foundational text of Sanskrit grammar, around the 5th century BCE.
Who wrote the novel 'The Great Gatsby'?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Ernest Hemingway
- John Steinbeck
- William Faulkner
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald published 'The Great Gatsby' in 1925. It is a critique of the American Dream during the Jazz Age.
Who is the author of the Malayalam novel 'Chemmeen'?
- Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
- O.V. Vijayan
- M.T. Vasudevan Nair
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Answer: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai wrote 'Chemmeen' (1956), which won the Jnanpith Award. It deals with the lives of fishermen.
Who wrote the poem 'Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna'?
- Ramprasad Bismil
- Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
- Maqbool Shah Lakhnavi
- Hasrat Mohani
Answer: Ramprasad Bismil
Ramprasad Bismil, a freedom fighter, wrote this patriotic poem urging Indians to sacrifice their lives for independence.
Who wrote the play 'Waiting for Godot'?
- Samuel Beckett
- Eugene Ionesco
- Harold Pinter
- Jean-Paul Sartre
Answer: Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett, an Irish avant-garde novelist and playwright, wrote 'Waiting for Godot', a key work in the Theatre of the Absurd.
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded for:
- Best debut novel
- Lifetime achievement in fiction
- Best poetry collection
- Best non-fiction work
Answer: Lifetime achievement in fiction
The Man Booker International Prize (now International Booker Prize) honors a living author of any nationality for a body of work in fiction.