GK Questions

Demand curve slopes downward from left to right.

Demand falls as price rises, ceteris paribus.

While the term was coined by German art critic Franz Roh, Magical Realism as a literary movement is most famously associated with the Latin American Boom (e.g., Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier) in the mid-20th century.

Kabir used a mixed vernacular often called 'Sadukkari' or 'Panchmel Khichdi', blending elements of Awadhi, Braj, Bhojpuri, and Punjabi to reach a wide, unlettered audience.

Borges is a foundational figure of 20th-century literature, though he controversially never won the Nobel Prize. His works deeply influenced magical realism and postmodernism.

Fearing arrest, Bulgakov burned an early draft. He rewrote it in secret, and it was finally published in a censored form in 1966, 26 years after his death.

For example, Dr. Watson serves as a foil to Sherlock Holmes, highlighting Holmes's eccentric genius through Watson's grounded, conventional perspective.

The Dastan is a genre of oral and written epic storytelling filled with magic, adventure, and heroic deeds. The Hamzanama is the most famous and voluminous of these.

Sumitranandan Pant, a major figure of the Chhayavad movement, won the Jnanpith for 'Chidambara', which reflects his later shift towards humanism and Marxist ideals.

'Nectar in a Sieve' was published in 1954, long before the Booker Prize was established in 1969. It was, however, an ALA Notable Book and a massive bestseller.

'A Flight of Pigeons' (1978) is based on a true story of a British family seeking refuge with Indian neighbors during the chaotic 1857 uprising. It was adapted into the film 'Junoon'.

'Invisible Man' uses the metaphor of literal and social invisibility to explore the narrator's struggle for identity in a racially divided America.

Edith Wharton won the 1921 Pulitzer for 'The Age of Innocence', a brilliant critique of the rigid social codes of New York's Gilded Age aristocracy.

Olga Tokarczuk, known for 'Flights' and 'The Books of Jacob', won the 2018 prize (awarded in 2019 after the Swedish Academy scandal).

Austrian author Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel (delayed from 2018). The award sparked debate due to his controversial political stances regarding the Yugoslav Wars.

Louise Glück, known for her deeply personal and often mythic poetry collections like 'The Wild Iris' and 'Averno', received the Nobel Prize in 2020.

Georgi Gospodinov is a prominent Bulgarian writer. 'Time Shelter' is the first Bulgarian novel to win the International Booker Prize.

Nilmani Phookan won the 2021 Jnanpith. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1979) and Indira Goswami (2000) were the previous Assamese winners.

Damodar Mauzo, a renowned Goan short story writer, novelist, and critic, became the first Konkani writer to win the Jnanpith Award in 2022 (announced in 2023).

Paul Lynch's 'Prophet Song' depicts a terrifying, near-future Ireland sliding into totalitarianism, praised by the judges for its visceral and relentless narrative.