This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Culture > Indian Literature – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Literature Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of Dushyanta's son? A) Vasundhara. B) Bhumi. C) Monotonous. D) Bharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bharata. 2. When it comes to food, ..... and ..... are the most popular meat in India A) Pork & Chicken. B) Lamb & Fish. C) Lamb & Pork. D) Lamb & Chicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lamb & Chicken. 3. What does "Namaste" means? A) Greetings to you. B) No meaning. C) I bow to the divine in you. D) I bow to give you praise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I bow to the divine in you. 4. World's oldest religion. A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Islam. D) Christianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 5. The major form of classical literature in Sanskrit. A) KARMA. B) UPANISHADS. C) Kaabya. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kaabya. 6. Buddhism was founded by ..... A) Barack Obama. B) Gandhi. C) Siddhartha Gautama. D) Jesus Christ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Siddhartha Gautama. 7. Longest epic in India. A) The Vedas. B) The Epic of Gilgamesh. C) Mahabharata and Ramayana. D) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahabharata and Ramayana. 8. What is NOT a contradiction in Indian literature? A) Land of Beauty VS. Extreme Poverty. B) Extravagance VS. Asceticism (Self-denial). C) Intense Spirituality VS. Violence. D) Wealth VS. Social Standing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wealth VS. Social Standing. 9. The play Abhijnana Shakuntalam is based on the story appearing in which book? A) Bhagavad Gita. B) Ramayana. C) Manusmriti. D) Mahabharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahabharata. 10. Indian counterpart of Shakespeare A) Kalidasa. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Anita Desai. D) Premchand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kalidasa. 11. Indians believed that a knowledge of God and a strong belief in Hinduism is necessary to save humankind. A) Piety, a deeply religious spirit. B) Corresponds to the great epochs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Piety, a deeply religious spirit. 12. Which characteristic of Indian literature states that most Indian literature are made of epics centered in the belief of reincarnation and karma? A) Piety, a deeply religious spirit. B) Corresponds to the great epochs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corresponds to the great epochs. 13. Which word Radha is saying repeatedly in poem 'Song of Radha'? A) Throw it away. B) Govinda. C) Krishna. D) Kanhaiyya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Govinda. 14. Which book of Salman Rushdie wins the Booker Prize? A) The Satanic Verses. B) Midnight's Children. C) The Moor's Last Sigh. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midnight's Children. 15. It was a religious doctrine and the chain of good and bad action and their inevitable consequences, which result to the repeated birth and death of the soul. A) BRAHMANAS. B) Jatakas. C) KARMA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) KARMA. 16. It is the India's language in literature used from 200 B.C up to present. A) Vedic. B) Hindu. C) Sanskrit. D) Vedas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 17. Who accompanies Shakuntala to the capital? A) Karabhaka. B) Gautami. C) Restrained. D) It explodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gautami. 18. What does Dushyanta gift Shakuntala? A) An anklet. B) A necklace. C) A bracelet. D) A ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A ring. 19. What do we call the reincarnations of Vishnu? A) Brahma. B) Rama. C) Avatar. D) God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avatar. 20. Who is Mishrakeshi? A) Goblin. B) Nymph. C) Mermaid. D) Fairy. 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