Saturday 27 October 2018

QUIZ ON BOOKS AND AUTHORS


QUIZ ON BOOKS AND AUTHORS

1. Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi'?
              A.
Sumitranandan
              B. Raj Anand
              C. Panini
              D. Gita Piramal

       Answer C. Panini

2. Who among the following has written
    the famous book "Malgudi Days"?
              A.
V.S. Naipaul
              B. Deepak Chopra
              C. Rabindranath Tagore
              D. R K Narayan

     Answer D. R K Narayan

3. Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty
     is a joy forever'?
              A 
John Keats
              B Robert Browing
              C P.B.Shelley
              D William Wordsworth

      ANSWER 1. JOHN KEATS

4. Which of the following is NOT written
     by Munshi Premchand?
              A.
Gaban
              B. Godan
              c. Guide
              D. Mansarovar

  Answer 3. Guide


5. The famous book 'Anandmath' was
     authored by
              a.
Sarojini Naidu
              B. Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya
              C. Sri Aurobindo
              D. Rabindrnath Tagore

  Answer 4. Bankim Chandra  
                Chottapadhya

6. Who is the author of the book 'My
     Experiments with Truth'?
              A.
Mahatma Gandhi
              B. Michael Anderson
              C. Winston Churchill
              D. Jarnes Morris

 Answer 5.Mahatma Gandhi

7. 'The Naked Face', a very popular book
      is written by
              A.
Dominique Lapierre
              B. Larry Collins
              C. Sidney Sheldon
              D. Juan Benet

 Answer 6. Sidney Sheldon

8. The book named 'Three Decades in
    Parliament' is a collection of the
    speeches of
              A. Atal Bihari Bajpayi
              B.
Somnath Chatterjee
              C. L. K. Advani
              D. N. G. Ranga

Answer a. Atal Bihari Bajpayi

9. Who is the author of book 'We
     Indians'?
              A.
Nirad C. Choudry
              B. Subramaniya Swamy
              C. Khushwant Singh
              D. Muluk Raj Anand

 Answer C. Khushwant Singh

10. Gita Govinda' is written by
              A.
Valmiki
              B. Jaydev
              C. Tulsidas
              D. Sharan Gupta

 Answer B. Jaydev

11.  Panchatantra has been written by  
     A.  Surdas
     B.  Kalidas
     C.  Vishnu Sharma
     D.  Vishakhadatta

Answer C.  Vishnu Sharma

12.  Who wrote the book Discovery of
      India?  
      A.  Vikram Seth
      B.  Rabindranath Tagore
      C.  Mahatama Gandhi
      D.  Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer D.  Jawaharlal Nehru

13.  Who has written Shakuntala?  
      A. Kalidasa
      B. Kabir
      C. Tulisidas
      D. none

Answer A. Kalidasa         

14. Who has written My Journey?
 
    A.   A PJ Abdul Kalam
    B.  Motilal Nehru
    C. Jawaharlal Nehru
    D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer A. A PJ Abdul Kalam
15. ‘What Young India Wants’ is written
       by
      A. Anita Desai
      B. Arundhati Roy
      C. Chetan Bhagat
       D. Amrita Pritam


Answer C. Chetan Bhagat


16 Who is the author of ‘ Lajja’?
              A. Tasleema Nasreen
              B. Lakshmi Sehgal
              c. Vikram Seth
              D. Kiran Bedi

Answer A. Tasleema Nasreen

17. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian
      Shakespeare?
    A.Kalidasa
    B.Tulsidas
    C.Sudraka
    D.Kautilya
Answer A. Kalidas

18. The author of the controversial book
      'Lajja' is a citizen of
    A.India
    B.Burma
    C.Indonesia
    D.Bangladesh

Answer D. Bangladesh



19. Who is author of the book
     'Kamayani'?
    A.Mulk Raj Anand
    B.Prem Chand
    C.Jai Shankar Prasad
    D.Randhari Singh Dinkar

Answer C.Jai Shankar Prasad

20. Who is the author of the book 'Wings
     of Fire'?
      A.Abul Kalam Azad
      B. A P J Abdul Kalam
      C.Arundhati Roy
     D.Chetan Bhagat

Answer B. A P J Abdul Kalam


Quiz on books and authors

Quiz on books and authors Class VIII on 24.10.2018

winner of the quiz z team 3
 1 Chandrapari 2 Rajshree Chaudhary 3 Shreya Dubey




Tuesday 23 October 2018

E NEWSPAPERS

Famous Indian Authors and Books


S.No.Name of AuthorBooks/NovelsAward/Achievements
1.Aravind AdigaThe White Tiger
Between the Assassinations
Won Man Booker Prize 2008 for the Novel “The White Tiger”
2.Arundhati RoyThe God of Small Things
Listening To Grass Hoppers: Field Notes on Democracy
Won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her first novel “The God of Small Things”.
Awarded Sydney Peace Prize in 2004
3.Anita DesaiVillage by the Sea
The Peacock
Voices of the City
Fire on the Mountain
Clear Light of Day
In Custody
Fasting Feasting
Awarded the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for “Fire on the Mountain”. 
The “Village by the Sea” won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award.

4.Bankim Chandra ChatterjeeAnand Math
Brishbikkha
Kapalkundala
Nandini
Mrinalini
Vishbriksha
Chandrasekhar
Rajani
Rajsimha
Devi Chaudhurani
Author of Vande Mataram, the national song of India. 
Anand Math contained the song “Bande Mataram”, which was later adopted as National Song.

5.Jhumpa Lahiri 


The Namesake
Interpreter Of Maladies
Unaccustomed Earth
Winner of 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her book “Interpreter Of Maladies”.
In February 2010, she was appointed a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities,appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama
6.Khushwant Singh 


We, Indians
Train to Pakistan
Women and Men in My Life
Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories
Love, Truth and A Little Malice
Rajya Sabha member from 1980 to 1986 
Padma Bhushan award in the year 1974
Padma Vibhushan in the year 2007

7.Kiran DesaiThe Inheritance of Loss
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Won 2006 Man Booker Prize and 2006 National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award for “The Inheritance of Loss”
8.Mulk Raj AnandBubble
Coolie
Prince
Utouchable
The Village
Lost Child
Morning Face
Seven Summers
Across the Black Waters
The Sword and the Sickle
The Private Life of an Indian
Bridge’s Book of Beauty
Confessions of a Lover
International Peace Prize from World Peace Council 
Sahitya Akademi award
Mulk Raj Anand was hailed as India’s Charles Dickens for first novel, “Untouchable”, (1935).

9.R.K. NarayanMalgudi Days
The Guide
The Dark Room
The Bachelor of Arts
The English Teacher
The Financial Expert
The Man-Eater of Malgudi
The Vendor of Sweets
The Grandmother’s Tale
Sahitya Akademi Award for The Guide in 1958 
Padma Bhushan in 1964
Nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1989

10.Rabindranath Tagore 
(well known as “Gurudev”)



Lipika
Chitra
Chandalika
Court Dancer
Crescent Moon
Gitanjali
Kabi Kahini
Post Office
First Asian who won Nobel Prize for his collection of poems, Gitanjali, in 1913 
Composer of India’ s national anthem “Jana Gana Mana”
Composer of Bangladesh’s national anthem “Amar Shonar Bangla”

11.Salman RushdieShame
East West
Jaguar Smile
Moor’s Last Sigh
The Satanic Verses
Midnight’s  Children
Shalimar The Clown
Awarded the ‘Booker of Bookers’ prize in 1993 for his novel “Midnight’s Children”
12. 


Shobha De 
(often known as India’s Jackie Collins)

Sisters
Spouse
Snapshots
Sultry Days
Starry Nights
Surviving Men
Small betrayals
Second Thoughts
Socialite Evenings
Selective Memory
working as a columnist and writes for a fortnight magazine “The Week”
13.Premchand / Munshi Premchand 
(Real Name: Dhanpat Rai Srivastava)

Idgah
Kafan
Gaban
Godaan
Nirmala
Poos Ki Raat
Udhar Ki Ghadi
Soz-e-Watan
Shatranj Ke Khiladi
Bade Ghar Ki Beti
Panch Parameshvar
Namak Ka Daroga
Great contribution in highlighting the realistic issues of the day-communalism, corruption, zamindari, debt, poverty, colonialism etc.
14.V.S. Naipaul 
(Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul)

Beyond Belief
Guerrillas
Half a Life
A Bend In the River
Magic Seeds
An Area Of Darkness
A Way In the World
A House For Mr Biswas
Among the Believers
The Mystic Masseur
The Mimic Men
The Loss Of El Dorado
In a Free State
The Middle Passage
Finding the Center
India – a Million Mutinies Now
India – a Wounded Civilization
Won Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 
Won the Booker Prize in 1971 for the book “In a Free State”  and became the first person of Indian origin do so

15.Vikram SethThe Golden Gate
A Suitable Boy
Arion and The Dolphin
An Equal Music
From Heaven Lake: Travels
Through Sinkiang and Tibet
Two Lives
Won Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for “From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet” 
Won the WH Smith Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for his novel, A Suitable Boy.