This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > India > English In India History, Evaluation And Features – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English In India History, Evaluation And Features Quiz 2 (31 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the highest caste in the Indian caste system? A) Vaisya. B) Shudra. C) Kshatriya. D) Brahmin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmin. 2. A period of Indian Literature where printing press was established. A) SANSKRIT LITERATURE. B) COLONIAL PERIOD TO INDEPENDENCE. C) MEDIEVAL LITERATURE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COLONIAL PERIOD TO INDEPENDENCE. 3. It was also called as the "Book of Knowledge". A) UPANISHADS. B) BRAHMANAS. C) VEDAS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VEDAS. 4. India's first women novelist to write in English was ..... A) Krupabai Satthianadan. B) Amrita Pritam. C) Jhumpa Lahiri. D) Arundhati Roy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Krupabai Satthianadan. 5. 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. 6. Kalidasa was a court poet of a king ..... A) Chandragupta II. B) Chandragupta I. C) Vikramaditya. D) Adityavarman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vikramaditya. 7. 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. 8. These were cattle herders who wrote Indian literature in Sanskrit language. A) Shankuntala. B) Aryans. C) Veda. D) Brahmans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryans. 9. It is a body of prose writings that are philosophical in nature and deal with basic problems of existence. A) Shakuntala. B) Sutra. C) Brahmanas. D) Upanishads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Upanishads. 10. When did the Author K.J. Saunder died? A) 1937. B) 1934. C) 1936. D) 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1937. 11. How many seconds has been gifted in our life for each day? A) 86400. B) 85400. C) 86500. D) 84600. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 86400. 12. He wrote the novel, Q & A. A) Vikas Swarup c. B) Murong Xuecun. C) Juan Gelman. D) Chi Young Kim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vikas Swarup c. 13. What is meant by Yield? A) Produce. B) Punishment. C) Insight. D) Downfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Produce. 14. What caste does merchants belong to? A) Brahmin. B) Vaishya. C) Brahmin. D) Kshatriya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaishya. 15. Classical literature was nurtured by the ..... ? A) HINDU SYSTEM. B) CASTE SYSTEM. C) CLASSICAL SYSTEM. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CASTE SYSTEM. 16. What was the first book that Chetan Bhagat Ever Wrote? A) 2 States. B) Revolution 2020. C) What Young India Wants. D) Five Point Someone, a Campus Caper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Five Point Someone, a Campus Caper. 17. It was called as the Legendary Hindi figures. A) THE REIGN OF MANUS. B) THE REIGN OF THANUS. C) THE REIGN OF NAMUS. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE REIGN OF MANUS. 18. Rama, Sita, and Lakshman crossed this river until they came to the hermitage of Valmiki. What is the name of the river? A) Nile river. B) Amazon river. C) Ganges river. D) Pulangi river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ganges river. 19. He is a contemporary writer who is a Booker Prize winner for "God of Small Things. A) Anuradha Roy. B) Kalidasa. C) Jhumpa Lahiri. D) Rabindranath Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anuradha Roy. 20. What country colonized India from 1858 to 1947? A) Great Britain. B) England. C) Russia. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great Britain. 21. Panchatantra was written originally in A) Hindi language. B) Sanskrit language. C) English language. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sanskrit language. 22. This is the period when unique version of local myths, legends, romances and epics emerged. A) Classical Literature. B) Sanskrit Literature. C) Medieval Literature. D) Contemporary Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medieval Literature. 23. What is meant by Harvest? A) Collect. B) Previous. C) Actions. D) Obtained. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collect. 24. How many officially recognized languages are there in India? A) 24. B) 28. C) 22. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 22. 25. He is the reputed author of the epic Ramayana. A) Videhas. B) Valmiki. C) Vishnu. D) Vaisya. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valmiki. 26. It is the longest and greatest epic of India. A) Shakuntala. B) Panchatantra. C) Mahabharata. D) Ramayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahabharata. 27. He took Rama's sandals and placed them on the throne as a testimony to the people that Rama is still the ruler of the land. A) Janak. B) Satrughna. C) Bharat. D) Lakshman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bharat. 28. The work Gotama Buddha was published in ..... A) 1919. B) 1910. C) 1915. D) 1921. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1919. 29. Kalidasa was a classical ..... writer. A) Tamil. B) Hindi. C) Sanskrit. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanskrit. 30. He is India's preeminent classical poet. A) Vyasal. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Valkimi. D) Kalidasa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kalidasa. 31. This is Rabindranath Tagore's best known work which won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913. A) Gitanjali. B) God of Small Things. C) Shakuntala. D) Q & A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gitanjali. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesRegions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesEnglish In India History, Evaluation And Features Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books