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Indian Literature and Poetry: A Tapestry of Cultures

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Which of the following is considered the national epic of India?

  1. The Ramayana

  2. The Mahabharata

  3. The Bhagavad Gita

  4. The Upanishads


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic poem traditionally attributed to the sage Vyasa. It is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Ramayana.

Who is widely regarded as the greatest poet of India?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Kalidasa

  3. Mirza Ghalib

  4. Harivansh Rai Bachchan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, and painter who reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Which Indian poet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Kalidasa

  3. Mirza Ghalib

  4. Harivansh Rai Bachchan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Which of the following is a famous collection of short stories by Rabindranath Tagore?

  1. Gitanjali

  2. Gora

  3. Chokher Bali

  4. Nastanirh


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Nastanirh is a collection of short stories by Rabindranath Tagore, first published in 1901. The stories explore various aspects of human life, including love, loss, and social injustice.

Which Indian poet is known for his ghazals, a form of Urdu poetry?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Kalidasa

  3. Mirza Ghalib

  4. Harivansh Rai Bachchan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mirza Ghalib was a renowned Urdu poet who lived in Delhi during the 19th century. He is considered one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language.

Which of the following is a famous ghazal by Mirza Ghalib?

  1. Chupke Chupke Raat Din

  2. Dil-e-Nadan Tujhe Hua Kya Hai

  3. Aye Dil-e-Nadaan

  4. Dekh Mazaa Mir Ka


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Chupke Chupke Raat Din is one of the most famous ghazals by Mirza Ghalib. It is a beautiful and poignant expression of love and longing.

Which Indian poet is known for his long narrative poems, such as 'The Song of Hiawatha' and 'Evangeline'?

  1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  2. Walt Whitman

  3. Emily Dickinson

  4. Edgar Allan Poe


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet who is best known for his long narrative poems, such as 'The Song of Hiawatha' and 'Evangeline'.

Which of the following is a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?

  1. The Village Blacksmith

  2. Paul Revere's Ride

  3. The Wreck of the Hesperus

  4. My Lost Youth


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Paul Revere's Ride is one of the most famous poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It tells the story of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the American colonists of the British invasion.

Which Indian poet is known for his poems about nature and the human condition?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  3. John Keats

  4. Percy Bysshe Shelley


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Wordsworth was an English poet who is best known for his poems about nature and the human condition.

Which of the following is a famous poem by William Wordsworth?

  1. Ode: Intimations of Immortality

  2. The Prelude

  3. Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey

  4. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud is one of the most famous poems by William Wordsworth. It is a beautiful and moving meditation on nature and the human experience.

Which Indian poet is known for his poems about love, beauty, and truth?

  1. John Keats

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. Lord Byron

  4. William Blake


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

John Keats was an English poet who is best known for his poems about love, beauty, and truth.

Which of the following is a famous poem by John Keats?

  1. Ode to a Nightingale

  2. Ode on a Grecian Urn

  3. La Belle Dame sans Merci

  4. The Eve of St. Agnes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ode to a Nightingale is one of the most famous poems by John Keats. It is a beautiful and passionate ode to the beauty of nature and the power of love.

Which Indian poet is known for his poems about the human condition and the search for meaning in life?

  1. Matthew Arnold

  2. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

  3. Robert Browning

  4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Matthew Arnold was an English poet who is best known for his poems about the human condition and the search for meaning in life.

Which of the following is a famous poem by Matthew Arnold?

  1. Dover Beach

  2. The Scholar-Gypsy

  3. Thyrsis

  4. Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dover Beach is one of the most famous poems by Matthew Arnold. It is a beautiful and moving meditation on the human condition and the search for meaning in life.

Which Indian poet is known for his poems about social justice and the plight of the poor?

  1. William Blake

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. Lord Byron

  4. John Clare


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Blake was an English poet who is best known for his poems about social justice and the plight of the poor.

Which of the following is a famous poem by William Blake?

  1. The Chimney Sweeper

  2. The Tyger

  3. London

  4. Auguries of Innocence


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Chimney Sweeper is one of the most famous poems by William Blake. It is a powerful and moving indictment of the exploitation of child labor.

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