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Illuminating the Essence of Indian Literature and Poetry

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Which of the following is considered the oldest surviving work of Indian literature?

  1. Rigveda

  2. Ramayana

  3. Mahabharata

  4. Arthashastra


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Rigveda is a collection of hymns in Vedic Sanskrit, and is considered the oldest of the four Vedas, the sacred texts of Hinduism.

Who is regarded as the greatest epic poet of India?

  1. Kalidasa

  2. Rabindranath Tagore

  3. Valmiki

  4. Tulsidas


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Valmiki is traditionally regarded as the author of the Ramayana, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India.

Which Indian poet won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

  4. Mirza Ghalib


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 Premchand?

  1. Godan

  2. Gaban

  3. Nirmala

  4. Sevasadan


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gaban is a novel by Premchand, published in 1937. It tells the story of a young man who embezzles money from his employer and flees to Calcutta.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'Where the Mind is Without Fear'?

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

  4. Mirza Ghalib


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'Where the Mind is Without Fear' is a famous poem by Rabindranath Tagore, which is included in his collection of poems called 'Gitanjali'.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'Ode to a Nightingale'?

  1. John Keats

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  4. Percy Bysshe Shelley


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'Ode to a Nightingale' is a famous poem by John Keats, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'The Waste Land'?

  1. T.S. Eliot

  2. Ezra Pound

  3. William Butler Yeats

  4. D.H. Lawrence


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'The Waste Land' is a famous poem by T.S. Eliot, which is considered one of the most important poems of the 20th century.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night'?

  1. Dylan Thomas

  2. Philip Larkin

  3. Ted Hughes

  4. Sylvia Plath


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' is a famous poem by Dylan Thomas, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'?

  1. T.S. Eliot

  2. Ezra Pound

  3. William Butler Yeats

  4. D.H. Lawrence


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' is a famous poem by T.S. Eliot, which is considered one of the most important poems of the 20th century.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be'?

  1. John Keats

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  4. Percy Bysshe Shelley


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be' is a famous poem by John Keats, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'Ozymandias'?

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  2. John Keats

  3. William Wordsworth

  4. Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'Ozymandias' is a famous poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'The Raven'?

  1. Edgar Allan Poe

  2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  3. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  4. Herman Melville


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'The Raven' is a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'Annabel Lee'?

  1. Edgar Allan Poe

  2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  3. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  4. Herman Melville


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'Annabel Lee' is a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

  1. Edgar Allan Poe

  2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  3. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  4. Herman Melville


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

Which Indian poet is known for his poem 'The Masque of the Red Death'?

  1. Edgar Allan Poe

  2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  3. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  4. Herman Melville


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poem 'The Masque of the Red Death' is a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe, which is considered one of the greatest poems in the English language.

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