Indian Writing in English
JKPSC Assistant Professor (English Literature) · English Literature · 106 practice questions with answers and explanations: 7 Easy, 99 Medium, 0 Hard.
Sample questions
Sample Easy question 1
'Night of the Scorpion' is by:
- Kamala Das
- A. K. Ramanujan
- Dom Moraes
- Nissim Ezekiel
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Answer: D. Ezekiel's poem about a mother stung by a scorpion.
Sample Easy question 2
Kamala Das's famous poem is:
- Indian Women
- The Looking Glass of Time
- Night of the Scorpion
- An Introduction
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Answer: D. A confessional poem of 1965.
Sample Easy question 3
'Things Fall Apart' is a novel by:
- Ben Okri
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Chinua Achebe
- Wole Soyinka
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Answer: C. Published in 1958.
Sample Medium question 4
R. K. Narayan's autobiography is titled:
- My Days
- Malgudi Days
- The Guide
- The Painter of Signs
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Answer: A. It was published in 1974.
Sample Medium question 5
Nehru's 'The Discovery of India' was written in:
- Naini
- Yerwada
- Ahmednagar Fort prison
- Kolkata
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Answer: C. It was written in 1944.
Sample Medium question 6
M. K. Gandhi's autobiography 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth' was originally written in:
- Hindi
- English
- Marathi
- Gujarati
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Answer: D. It was translated by Mahadev Desai.