INDIAN AUTHORS AND BOOKS - 5

Q1. Ruskin Bond's novella "A Flight of Pigeons" is based on the events during ________________ .

A. Sepoy Mutiny, 1857

B. The Partition of Bengal, 1905

C. The Partition of India, 1947

Q2. Who among the following has written "Sri Ramakirtimahakavyam", a rendition of "Ramakien" (The Thai derivation of the Hindu epic "Ramayana") from Royal Thai into Sanskrit and has remained the only person to be awarded Jnanpith Award for literary works in Sanskrit till date?

A. Kalika Prasad Shukla

B. Gopinath Kaviraj

C. Satya Vrat Shastri

Q3. Who among the following wrote the novel "Marhi Da Deeva" (The Lamp of the Tomb), considered a classic in Punjabi Literature?

A. Gurdial Singh

B. Ram Sarup Ankhi

C. Amrita Pritam

Q4. Name this Jnanpith Award winner who wrote the historical Urdu novel "Aag Ka Darya" (River of Fire) published from Lahore, Pakistan in 1959 but went back to India after the Book's publication as it ran into controversy in Pakistan.

A. Qurratulain Hyder

B. Faiz Ahmad Faiz

C. Saadat Hasan Manto

Q5. Who among the following was the first recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for writing English poetry?

A. Nissim Ezekiel

B. Jayanta Mahapatra

C. A. K. Ramanujan