Organizer: Department of Communicative English, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha, Kerala
About the Quiz
Indian Literature is a string of sparkling pearls that has been adorning the nation from time immemorial. It is an artistry embellished with the eloquence of myriad writers. As the entire nation celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on this dawn of 75 glorious years of Indian Independence, we cordially invite you to embark on an expedition to the ocean of Indian Literature via InfoLit’22, an E-quiz on Indian Literature open to all literature lovers.
- Quiz will be open for three days: 14 – 16 August 2022
- Participants scoring 80% or above will be awarded with E- Certificates
Regards,
Ms. Poorna Pushkala A & Ms. Julia Augustine (Staff Coordinators)
Merin Anil & Gouri Murali
(Student Coordinators)
Contact:
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Quiz
Which among the following was made famous by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Ananda Math?*
Indigo Revolt
Santhan Revolt
Vellore Mutiny
Sannyasi Rebellion
Who authored the book Unto This Last which greatly captivated and transformed Gandhiji so much that he translated it into Gujarati?*
Leo Tolstoy
John Ruskin
Ruskin Bond
Louis Fischer
Golok Chandra Basu is a character from the play …….. *
Nil Darpan
Tughlaq
Padmavati
Agamana
Who among the following is the first winner of the Bankim Puraskar Award?*
Prafulla Roy
Syed Mustafa Siraj
Dibyendu Palit
Prabodh Chandra Sen
Which of the following works is not written by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan?*
An Idealist View of Life
The Hindu View of Life
The Future Poetry
Kalki
Who wrote the famous book India Wins Freedom?*
Bipin Chandra Pal
Jawaharlal Nehru
Shekhar Bandyopadhyay
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Apart from the Partition of India, what other historical event features prominently in Amitav Ghosh’s novel Shadow Lines ?*
Battle at Talikota
The Rebellion of 1857
World War II
World War I
In 1979 Mahasweta Devi won the Sahitya Akademy Award for the novel …….?*
Aranyer Adhikar
Agnigarbha
Mother of 1084
Neerete Megh
Who among the following rejected a royal honour bestowed upon him by the Prince of Wales during his India visit in 1922?*
Vallathol Narayana Menon
R. K. Narayan
Sri Aurobindo
Kumaran Asan
Song of Radha, the milkmaid is written by *
Toru Dutt
K P Dutt
Sarojini Naidu
R C Dutt
K.S Venkatramani’s novel Kandan, The Patriot which is akin to Pearl S Buck’s The Good Earth is set against the background of …… .*
Battle of PanipatSalt SatyagrahQuit India MovementCivil Disobedience Movement
Who among the following wrote the essay “Reflections on Gandhi”?*
George OrwellGovardhanram TripathiJohn RuskinMahadev Desai
The Patient Assassin, A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj authored by Anita Anand is based on the life of the Indian revolutionary …….. .*
Udham SinghSukhdev ThaparShivaram RajguruBhagat Singh
Which one of these short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto published in 1955 follows from India and Pakistan’s decision to exchange inmates from an asylum a few years after the Partition?*
Babu GopinathUpar Neeche DarmiyaanToba Tek SinghRusi Afsan
The patriotic poem ‘Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna’ was written by ……… .*
Kartar Singh Sarabha
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Muhammad Iqbal
Bismil Azimabadi
Who wrote the book The Causes of the Indian Revolt?*
S N Bannerjee
Subhash Chandra Bose
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Which among the following magazines was edited by Rabindranath Tagore?*
Amrit Bazaar Patrika
Imprint
Bangadarsana
Ganashakthi
Which among the following books was banned in India by the British colonial government and published in the country only in 1948 after India became independent?*
Why I Am an Atheist
Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist
The Indian Struggle
Azadi
In which year was Rabindranath Tagore awarded Nobel prize?*
1911
1913
1910
1915
Which among the following books was authored by Mahatma Gandhi?*
Hindu View of Life
Hind Swaraj
Discovery of India
My Truth
Who among the following freedom fighters wrote the book Meyyaram while in jail?*
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
Lokmanya Tilak
Pandita Ramabai
Subramanya Siva
Whose poems were translated by Nissim Ezekiel along with Vrinda Nabar?*
Gulzar
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Muhammad Iqbal
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bandi Jeevan is the autobiography of ….. ?
Sachindra Nath Sanyal
Ram Mohan Roy
Chandra Shekhar Azad
Jawaharlal Nehru
Which novel about the Partition of India begins with the lines: “The summer of 1947 was not like other Indian summers. Even the weather had a different feel in India that year’?*
A Passage to India
A Bend in the Ganges
Sunlight on a Broken Column
Train to Pakistan
Satyarth Prakash is the book authored by ……. .*
Ashwin Sanghi
Ram Mohan Roy
Aurobindo Ghosh
Swami Dayanand Saraswati