This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Culture > Literature > Indian Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The play Abhijnana Shakuntalam was originally written in which language? A) Sanskrit. B) Hindi. C) Pali. D) Grantha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 2. This poem was a tribute to the contribution of Indian soldiers in World War I. A) THE GIFT OF INDIA. B) THE GIFT OF HINDU. C) THE GIFT OF NAIDU. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE GIFT OF INDIA. 3. Which literature piece is considered as the longest written poem in the world? A) Ramayana. B) Mahabharata. C) Bhagraad Dita. D) Upanshidas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahabharata. 4. Who is the wife of Rama in the Epic Ramayana A) Naya. B) It is. C) Finger. D) Sita. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sita. 5. A deity is a ..... A) Priest. B) A prophet. C) God/goddess. D) Ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God/goddess. 6. It is the earliest form of Veda A) Atharvaveda. B) Samveda. C) Rigveda. D) Yajurveda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rigveda. 7. Who was the demon king of Lanka? A) Duryodhana. B) Meghnath. C) Ruined. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ruined. 8. What was the anthology of 1080 hymns to various gods? A) Sama-Veda. B) RIG-VEDA. C) YAJUR-VEDA. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RIG-VEDA. 9. "Premchand" is the pseudonym of whose author? A) R.K. Narayan. B) Kamala Markandaya. C) Anita Desai. D) Dhanpat Rai Srivastava. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dhanpat Rai Srivastava. 10. The name Hindu was coined by its creator, Siddhartha Gautama. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 11. What is the major religion in India? A) Buddhism. B) Hinduism. C) Confucianism. D) Tao Sim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 12. An epic is a ..... narrating the deeds of some heroic figures. A) Short story. B) Long story. C) Short poem. D) Long poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long poem. 13. India is known to be The Land of Prayers because of many religious schools. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 14. He wrote "Gitanjali:Song Offerings" to express the themes of love and internal conflict between spiritual longing and earthly desires. A) Kalidasa. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Anita Desai. D) Premchand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore. 15. What is Durvasa's curse? A) That her husband will die. B) That the person she is dreaming about will forget about her. C) That she will forever forget her husband. D) That she will never conceive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the person she is dreaming about will forget about her. 16. Who is VISHNU A) God who gives life. B) God who continues Life. C) God who takes life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God who continues Life. 17. How many languages have been recognized in India? A) 11. B) 22. C) 10. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22. 18. An Indian clothing for Women A) Silk Saris. B) Dhotis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silk Saris. 19. India's ..... greatly influenced both the East and West that long before Christ lived, they were already teaching the brotherhood of all people. A) Philosophy and Religion. B) Scientific bent. C) Trigonometry, grammar books, phonetics, and chess. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philosophy and Religion. 20. The first Non-European winner of the Nobel prize award for literature. A) VISHNU. B) RABINDRANATH TAGORE. C) Shudraka. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RABINDRANATH TAGORE. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesIndian Literature Quiz 2Indian Literature Quiz 3Indian Literature Quiz 4Indian Literature Quiz 5Indian Literature Quiz 6Indian Literature Quiz 7Indian Literature Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books