Literature – GK Questions

The novel famously opens with the line, 'Call me Ishmael.'

Bhasa is an ancient playwright whose works were rediscovered in the early 20th century. 'Svapnavasavadattam' is one of his masterpieces.

The trilogy includes 'Pratham Pratisruti', 'Subarnalata', and 'Bakul Katha', tracing three generations of women.

Mir Taqi Mir, an 18th-century poet, is highly revered and often called the 'God of Poetry' in the Urdu tradition.

'Maila Anchal' vividly depicts the rural life and socio-political changes in the Purnia district of Bihar.

The novel traces the history of Burma, India, and Malaya, starting with the exile of King Thebaw of Burma.

The Sahitya Akademi recognizes 24 languages, including English, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, and the 22 scheduled languages.

Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa) won the Jnanpith Award in 1967 for his epic 'Sri Ramayana Darshanam'.

Carpentier coined the term 'lo real maravilloso' (the marvelous real) in the prologue to his 1949 novel 'The Kingdom of This World'.

St. Petersburg is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain grew up.

Published in 1871-72, 'Middlemarch' is widely considered one of the greatest novels in the English language.

Edward Rochester hires Jane as a governess and becomes her complex and brooding love interest.

'Wuthering Heights' (1847) is a dark, passionate tale of revenge and destructive love set on the Yorkshire moors.

Sriharsha composed 'Naishadha Charita' in the 12th century. It is renowned for its complex poetic style.

Published in 1936, it is a classic of Bengali realism, depicting the struggles of fisherman Kubera.

The story uses the personified train to witness and narrate the horrors of the Partition violence.

Mahadevi Varma, a prominent Chhayavad poet, won the Jnanpith Award in 1982, largely for 'Yama'.

The novel uses magical realism to depict children born at the exact moment of India's independence possessing supernatural powers.

Published in 1965, 'Dune' is a landmark in science fiction, sweeping the major awards of its time.

Giuseppe Ungaretti, a major figure of Italian Hermeticism, was the inaugural winner of the Neustadt Prize.