Q1 . A book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, it describes the events in the Indian independence movement in 1947-48.

India Wins Freedom
The Freedom Struggle
Freedom at Midnight
Long Walk To Freedom

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Q2. A recipient of Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1998 for her work "Beloved", she is also the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize. Who is she?

Wangari Maathai
Leymah Gbowee
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Toni Morrison

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Q3. After the wedding of the Princess in The Princess and the Pea, what did they do to the pea?

They baked and ate it
They sow it in the garden
They sold it to a merchand
It was kept in the royal museum

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Q4. Alexei Maximovich Peshkov was a Russian writer who was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is primarily known by the name

Anton Chehkov
Leo Tolstoy
Alexander Pushkin
Maxim Gorky

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Q5. Always a Reckoning' is a collection of poems by a Nobel Peace Prize winning US President. Who is he?

Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Woodrow Wilson
Jimmy Carter

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Q6. Amitav Ghosh, the reciepient of 54th Jnanpith Award, writes his major works in which one of the following languages?

Hindi
Bengali
Kannada
English

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Q7. Amuktamalyada is an epic poem composed by Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagar Dynasty. In which language was it written?

Tamil
Kannada
Konkani
Telugu

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Q8. An Indian author of British descent, recipient of Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, 'Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra'. Who is he?

Mulk Raj Anand
R.K Narayan
Vikram Seth
Ruskin Bond

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Q9. An Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society and known as India's Charles Dickens. He has written notable works like 'Untouchable' 'Coolie' and 'The Village'. Who is he?

Ruskin Bond
Vikram Seth
R.K Narayan
Mulk Raj Anand

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Q10. Behind Shakespeare, who is the second most published author of all time?

Leo Tolstoy
Charles Dickens
Thomas Hardy
Anton Checkov

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