General Knowledge Quiz 46: Literature Quiz

General Knowledge Quiz 46: Literature Quiz

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1. Whose autobiography is the "Daughter of the East"?

Benazir Bhuto
Begum Khalida Ziya
Indira Gandhi
Pratibha Patil

2. Who is the author of the book "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"?

Arundhati Roy
Robin Sharma
Shiv Khera
Rashmi Bansal

3. Which city was selected as the World Book Capital City 2018 by UNESCO?

Incheon
Sharjah
Kula Lumpur
Athens

4. Who was the first recipient of Jnanpith Award for Urdu literature?

Ali Sardar Jafri
Qurratulain Hyder
Firaq Gorakhpuri
Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar'

5. Which famous author's autobiography is title "Truth, Love & a Little Malice"?

V S Naipaul
Salman Rushdie
Mulk Raj Anand
Khushwant Singh

6. Who was the first recipient of Sahitya Academy Award for Hindi literature?

Makhanlal Chaturvedi
Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Sumitranandan Pant
Bhagwati Charan Verma

7. Which renowned writer authored the Bengali book "Swadeshi Samaj" in 1904?

Mahatma Gandhi
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Subash Chandra Bose
Rabindranath Tagore

8. "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a popular short story about the adventures of an animal. Do you know what kind of an animal was Rikii-Tikki-Tavi?

Snake
Monkey
Mongoose
Tiger

9. Which famous children's fiction writer wrote the screenplay for the Jame Bond movie, "You Only Live Twice" ?

Ruskin Bond
Roald Dahl
R L Stine
Enid Blyton

10. "Matters of Discretion" is the autobiography of a former Indian Prime Minister. Do you know the author?

Rajiv Gandhi
I K Gujral
V P Singh
A B Vajpayee

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