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Indian Literature trivia quiz

How well do you really know Indian Literature? Find out in a live duel. QuizDown has over 110 Indian Literature questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Indian Literature questions cover

  • Indian English
  • Bengali Fiction
  • Sanskrit Drama
  • Booker Fiction
  • Hindi Fiction
  • Tamil Epic
  • Urdu Fiction
  • Assamese Fiction
  • Kannada Fiction
  • Malayalam Fiction
  • Modern Fiction
  • Bengali Poetry

Try three Indian Literature questions

Question 1

Who wrote the novel The God of Small Things?

  1. Arundhati Roy
  2. Jhumpa Lahiri
  3. Anita Desai
  4. Kiran Desai
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Arundhati Roy

Question 2

Who wrote the poetry collection Gitanjali?

  1. Sarojini Naidu
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Kamala Das
  4. Toru Dutt
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Rabindranath Tagore

Question 3

Who wrote the novel Midnight's Children?

  1. Rohinton Mistry
  2. Amitav Ghosh
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. Vikram Seth
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Salman Rushdie

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Indian Literature match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Indian Literature questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

Your Indian Literature ranking is its own: climb it without your other topics dragging you down.