This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Culture > Literature > Indian Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Book of Spells" which contains some hymns, spells, encantations and notions about demonology and witchcraft. A) Atharva-veda. B) Sama-Veda. C) Yajur-Veda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atharva-veda. 2. India's National Bird A) Peacock. B) Falcon. C) Eagle. D) Dove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peacock. 3. A collection of stories of prose and verse, which feature animals as the characters, teach lesson about human conduct. A) KALIDASA. B) SHAKUNTALA. C) Panchatantra. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Panchatantra. 4. Language of ancient India A) Sanskrit. B) Nepalese. C) Persian. D) Aryan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 5. Kalidasa emphasizes Shakuntala's love for what? A) Squirrels. B) Deers. C) Sparrows. D) Doves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deers. 6. In which year the Jnanpith Award was first awarded? A) 1965. B) 1955. C) 1972. D) 1975. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1965. 7. ..... was considered as the mother of Indian languages. A) Hindi. B) Punjabi. C) Sanskrit. D) Tamil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 8. Oldest known literature in India A) The Vedas. B) The Epic of Gilgamesh. C) Mahabharata and Ramayana. D) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Vedas. 9. Bhasa was the greatest Indian writer of all time in India. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 10. Who is the Indian Shakespeare? A) Mahatma Ghandi. B) Vyasa. C) Kalidasa. D) Rabindranat Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalidasa. 11. Who is the present Director of National Book Trust? A) Geeta Anand. B) Rita Chowdhury. C) Jhumpa Lahiri. D) Lt Col Yuvraj Malik. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lt Col Yuvraj Malik. 12. The teachings given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna were compiled in ..... A) Bible. B) Panchatantra. C) Bhagavad Gita. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhagavad Gita. 13. What was Purusha's role in the Hindu Creation Story? A) He cut up the universe to smaller pieces and formed the world we live in. B) He was frequently fighting the gods and so they trapped him in the core. C) He was sacrificed and his body parts serve as different parts of the world. D) He was the papa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was sacrificed and his body parts serve as different parts of the world. 14. Kalidasa was known as the Father of Indian Drama. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 15. What caste does merchants belong to? A) Vaishya. B) Brahmin. C) Kshatriya. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaishya. 16. Rik-shamhita is the collection of religious songs in India. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. Brahma A) The Creator. B) The Destroyer. C) The Protector. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Creator. 18. Which of the following was NOT written during the Vedic Period? A) Vegas. B) Upanishads. C) Ramayana. D) Mahabharata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vegas. 19. In what continent is India part of? A) Asia. B) Africa. C) America. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 20. Who is Anasuya in the play? A) Shakuntala's friend. B) Shakuntala's neighbor. C) Shakuntala's god mother. D) Shakuntala's aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shakuntala's friend. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Culture QuizzesIndian Literature Quiz 1Indian Literature Quiz 2Indian Literature Quiz 3Indian Literature Quiz 4Indian Literature Quiz 6Indian Literature Quiz 7Indian Literature Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books