Most Important GK Questions on Indian Literature

Questions on Indian Literature

Who is known as the Father of Modern Indian Literature?
आधुनिक भारतीय साहित्य के जनक किसे कहा जाता है?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote the national anthem of India?
भारत के राष्ट्रगान के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who is the author of “Geetanjali”?
“गीतांजलि” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who is known as the “Shakespeare of India”?
भारत के ‘शेक्सपियर’ किसे कहा जाता है?
➤ Kalidasa

Which is considered the first novel in Hindi literature?
हिंदी साहित्य का पहला उपन्यास कौन सा माना जाता है?
➤ Pariksha Guru (by Lala Srinivas Das)

Who wrote the epic “Ramcharitmanas”?
“रामचरितमानस” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Tulsidas

Who composed “Meghaduta”?
“मेघदूत” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Kalidasa

Which book did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay write that contains ‘Vande Mataram’?
बंकिमचंद्र चट्टोपाध्याय की कौन सी पुस्तक में ‘वंदे मातरम्’ है?
➤ Anandamath

Who is the author of “Godan”?
“गोदान” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Shakuntala”?
“शकुंतला” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Kalidasa

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Which famous Sanskrit grammar book was written by Panini?
पाणिनि द्वारा लिखी गई प्रसिद्ध संस्कृत व्याकरण पुस्तक कौन सी है?
➤ Ashtadhyayi

Who wrote “Gita Rahasya”?
“गीतारहस्य” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Who is the author of “Discovery of India”?
“डिस्कवरी ऑफ इंडिया” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Jawaharlal Nehru

Who is known as the Nightingale of India?
भारत की ‘कोकिला’ किसे कहा जाता है?
➤ Sarojini Naidu

Who wrote the poetry collection “Golden Threshold”?
“गोल्डन थ्रेशहोल्ड” कविता संग्रह किसने लिखा?
➤ Sarojini Naidu

Who composed the “Arthashastra”?
“अर्थशास्त्र” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Kautilya (Chanakya)

Who wrote the epic “Mahabharata”?
“महाभारत” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Ved Vyasa

Who is the author of “Ain-i-Akbari”?
“आइने अकबरी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Abul Fazl

Who wrote the play “Mrichchhakatika”?
“मृच्छकटिक” नाटक किसने लिखा?
➤ Shudraka

Who is known as the Father of Hindi literature?
हिंदी साहित्य के जनक किसे कहा जाता है?
➤ Bharatendu Harishchandra

Who wrote “Rajatarangini”?
“राजतरंगिणी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Kalhana

Who is the author of “Raghuvamsha”?
“रघुवंश” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Kalidasa

Which ancient Tamil work is considered a classic of Sangam literature?
कौन सा प्राचीन तमिल ग्रंथ संगम साहित्य का क्लासिक माना जाता है?
➤ Silappathikaram

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Who wrote “Indica”?
“इंडिका” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Megasthenes

Who is the author of “A Suitable Boy”?
“A Suitable Boy” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Vikram Seth

Who wrote “Panchatantra”?
“पंचतंत्र” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Vishnu Sharma

Who is the author of “Kadambari”?
“कादंबरी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Banabhatta

Who wrote “Harshacharita”?
“हर्षचरित” किसने लिखा?
➤ Banabhatta

Who composed “Gitagovinda”?
“गीतगोविंद” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Jayadeva

Who is the author of “Rajmohan’s Wife”?
“राजमोहन’स वाइफ” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Ritusamhara”?
“ऋतुसंहार” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Kalidasa

Who is known as the first Indian Nobel Prize winner in Literature?
साहित्य में भारत के पहले नोबेल पुरस्कार विजेता कौन हैं?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Train to Pakistan”?
“ट्रेन टू पाकिस्तान” किसने लिखी?
➤ Khushwant Singh

Who wrote “Kanthapura”?
“कंथापुरा” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Raja Rao

Who is the author of “The Guide”?
“द गाइड” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ R.K. Narayan

Who wrote “God of Small Things”?
“गॉड ऑफ स्मॉल थिंग्स” किसने लिखा?
➤ Arundhati Roy

Who wrote “The White Tiger”?
“द व्हाइट टाइगर” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Aravind Adiga

Who composed “Agniveena”?
“अग्निवीणा” की रचना किसने की?
➤ Kazi Nazrul Islam

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Who wrote “Chitra”?
“चित्रा” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Pather Panchali”?
“पाथेर पांचाली” किसने लिखी?
➤ Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

Who is the author of “Natyashastra”?
“नाट्यशास्त्र” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bharata

Who wrote “Bhagavad Gita” commentary in Hindi called “Gitapress edition”?
हिंदी में “गीता प्रेस” संस्करण के रूप में भगवद गीता की व्याख्या किसने की?
➤ Hanuman Prasad Poddar

Who wrote “My Experiments with Truth”?
“माई एक्सपेरिमेंट्स विद ट्रुथ” किसने लिखा?
➤ Mahatma Gandhi

Who is the author of “Wings of Fire”?
“विंग्स ऑफ फायर” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & Arun Tiwari

Who wrote “The Great Indian Novel”?
“द ग्रेट इंडियन नॉवेल” किसने लिखा?
➤ Shashi Tharoor

Who wrote “Midnight’s Children”?
“मिडनाइट्स चिल्ड्रन” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Salman Rushdie

Who is the author of “In Custody”?
“इन कस्टडी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Anita Desai

Who wrote “Clear Light of Day”?
“क्लियर लाइट ऑफ डे” किसने लिखा?
➤ Anita Desai

Who wrote “Untouchable”?
“अंटचेबल” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Mulk Raj Anand

Who wrote “Coolie”?
“कूली” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Mulk Raj Anand

Who wrote “Tughlaq”?
“तुगलक” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Girish Karnad

Who wrote “Hayavadana”?
“हयवदन” किसने लिखा?
➤ Girish Karnad

Who wrote “Silence! The Court is in Session”?
“साइलेंस! द कोर्ट इज़ इन सेशन” किसने लिखा?
➤ Vijay Tendulkar

Who wrote “Ghasiram Kotwal”?
“घासीराम कोतवाल” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Vijay Tendulkar

Who wrote “Samskara”?
“संस्कार” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ U.R. Ananthamurthy

Who wrote “Bhagavati Charan Verma’s Chitralekha”?
“चित्रलेखा” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bhagwati Charan Verma

Who wrote “Gunahon Ka Devta”?
“गुनाहों का देवता” किसने लिखा?
➤ Dharamvir Bharati

Who wrote “Tamas”?
“तमस” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bhisham Sahni

Who wrote “Basanti”?
“बसंती” किसने लिखा?
➤ Bhisham Sahni

Who is the author of “Jhansi Ki Rani” in Hindi poetry?
हिंदी कविता में “झांसी की रानी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Who wrote the poem “Madhushala”?
“मधुशाला” कविता किसने लिखी?
➤ Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Who is known as “Bihari of modern Hindi poetry”?
आधुनिक हिंदी कविता के “बिहारी” किसे कहा जाता है?
➤ Maithili Sharan Gupt

Who wrote “Saket”?
“साकेत” किसने लिखा?
➤ Maithili Sharan Gupt

Most Important GK Questions on Indian Literature

Who wrote “Kamayani”?
“कामायनी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Jaishankar Prasad

Who wrote “Anandmath”?
“आनंदमठ” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who is the author of “Kapalkundala”?
“कपालकुंडला” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Devdas”?
“देवदास” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Parineeta”?
“परिणीता” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Charitraheen”?
“चरित्रहीन” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Bharat-Bharati”?
“भारत-भारती” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Maithili Sharan Gupt

Who wrote “Yashodhara”?
“यशोधरा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Maithili Sharan Gupt

Who wrote “Nirmala”?
“निर्मला” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Karmabhoomi”?
“कर्मभूमि” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Idgah”?
“ईदगाह” किसने लिखा?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Poems by Tagore” translated into English?
“टैगोर की कविताएं” का अंग्रेजी में अनुवाद किसने किया?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore himself

Who wrote “Chandrakanta”?
“चंद्रकांता” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Devaki Nandan Khatri

Who wrote “Padmavat”?
“पद्मावत” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Malik Muhammad Jayasi

Who wrote “Bharatendu Granthavali”?
“भारतेंदु ग्रंथावली” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bharatendu Harishchandra

Who wrote “Raktakarabi”?
“रक्तकरबी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Chandalika”?
“चंडालिका” किसने लिखा?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Ghare-Baire”?
“घर-बाहिर” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

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Who wrote “Kabuliwala”?
“काबुलीवाला” किसने लिखा?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who is the author of “Bharat: Ek Khoj” TV series script?
“भारत: एक खोज” टीवी श्रृंखला की स्क्रिप्ट के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Shyam Benegal (based on Nehru’s book)

Who wrote “Bisarjan”?
“विसर्जन” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Mathematical Poems” in Sanskrit?
संस्कृत में “गणितीय कविताएं” किसने लिखी?
➤ Bhaskaracharya

Who wrote “Rajmala”?
“राजमाला” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Tripura royal chroniclers

Who is the author of “Rukmini Haran”?
“रुक्मिणी हरण” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Vallabhacharya

Who wrote “Rama Charita Manas” in Awadhi?
अवधी में “रामचरितमानस” किसने लिखा?
➤ Tulsidas

Who wrote “Hitopadesha”?
“हितोपदेश” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Narayana

Who wrote “Yogavasishtha”?
“योगवसिष्ठ” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Valmiki

Who wrote “Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja”?
“अंधेर नगरी चौपट राजा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Bharatendu Harishchandra

Who is the first Assamese Jnanpith Award winner?
पहले असमिया ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार विजेता कौन हैं?
➤ Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya

Who is called the “Bard of Brahmaputra”?
ब्रहमपुत्र के कवि किसे कहा जाता है?
➤ Parvati Prasad Baruva

Who wrote “Amar Jiban”, the first autobiography by an Indian woman?
“अमर जीवन” जो एक भारतीय महिला की पहली आत्मकथा है, किसने लिखी?
➤ Rassundari Devi

Who is the author of “One Part Woman”?
“वन पार्ट वुमन” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Perumal Murugan

Who is called the “Bard of Bengal”?
बंगाल के कवि किसे कहा जाता है?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Chokher Bali”?
“चोखेर बाली” किसने लिखा?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Sesher Kobita”?
“शेषेर कविता” किसने लिखा?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Ghare-Baire” (The Home and the World)?
“घर-बाहिर” किसने लिखा?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Durgeshnandini”?
“दुर्गेशनंदिनी” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Kapala Kundala”?
“कपालकुंडला” किसने लिखा?
➤ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Who wrote “Vishvriksha”?
“विश्ववृक्ष” के लेखक कौन हैं?
➤ Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Kesavan’s Lamentations”?
“केशवन’स लैमेंटेशन्स” किसने लिखा?
➤ M. Mukundan

Who wrote “Delhi: A Novel”?
“दिल्ली: ए नॉवेल” किसने लिखा?
➤ Khushwant Singh

Who wrote “Truth, Love and a Little Malice”?
“ट्रुथ, लव एंड ए लिटिल मैलिस” किसने लिखा?
➤ Khushwant Singh

Who wrote “Train to Pakistan”?
“ट्रेन टू पाकिस्तान” किसने लिखा?
➤ Khushwant Singh

Who wrote “Company of Women”?
“कंपनी ऑफ वीमेन” किसने लिखा?
➤ Khushwant Singh

Who wrote “Gitanjali”?
“गीतांजलि” किसने लिखा?
➤ Rabindranath Tagore

Who wrote “Devdas”?
“देवदास” किसने लिखा?
➤ Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Parineeta”?
“परिणीता” किसने लिखा?
➤ Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Pather Dabi”?
“पथेर दाबी” किसने लिखा?
➤ Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Who wrote “Godan”?
“गोदान” किसने लिखा?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Nirmala”?
“निर्मला” किसने लिखा?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Karmabhumi”?
“कर्मभूमि” किसने लिखा?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Madhushala”?
“मधुशाला” किसने लिखा?
➤ Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Who wrote “Agneepath”?
“अग्निपथ” किसने लिखा?
➤ Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Who wrote “Ek Gaddhe Ki Atmakatha”?
“एक गधे की आत्मकथा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Krishan Chander

Who wrote “Shatranj Ke Khiladi”?
“शतरंज के खिलाड़ी” किसने लिखा?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Chandrakanta”?
“चंद्रकांता” किसने लिखा?
➤ Devaki Nandan Khatri

Who wrote “Chandrakanta Santati”?
“चंद्रकांता संतति” किसने लिखा?
➤ Devaki Nandan Khatri

Who wrote “Rashmirathi”?
“रश्मिरथी” किसने लिखा?
➤ Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Who wrote “Urvashi”?
“उर्वशी” किसने लिखा?
➤ Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Who wrote “Parashuram Ki Pratiksha”?
“परशुराम की प्रतीक्षा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

Who wrote “Tamas”?
“तमस” किसने लिखा?
➤ Bhisham Sahni

Who wrote “Basanti”?
“बसंती” किसने लिखा?
➤ Bhisham Sahni

Who wrote “Ragini”?
“रागिनी” किसने लिखा?
➤ Bhisham Sahni

Who wrote “Gunahon Ka Devta”?
“गुनाहों का देवता” किसने लिखा?
➤ Dharamvir Bharati

Who wrote “Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda”?
“सूरज का सातवां घोड़ा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Dharamvir Bharati

Who wrote “Andha Yug”?
“अंधा युग” किसने लिखा?
➤ Dharamvir Bharati

Who wrote “Pinjar”?
“पिंजर” किसने लिखा?
➤ Amrita Pritam

Who wrote “Aj Aakhaan Waris Shah Nu”?
“अज आखां वारिस शाह नूं” किसने लिखा?
➤ Amrita Pritam

Who wrote “Kagaz Te Canvas”?
“कागज़ ते कैनवस” किसने लिखा?
➤ Amrita Pritam

Who wrote “Aag Ka Dariya”?
“आग का दरिया” किसने लिखा?
➤ Qurratulain Hyder

Who wrote “Patjhar Ki Awaz”?
“पतझड़ की आवाज” किसने लिखा?
➤ Qurratulain Hyder

Who wrote “Safarnama”?
“सफरनामा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Saadat Hasan Manto

Who wrote “Do Bailon Ki Katha”?
“दो बैलों की कथा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Munshi Premchand

Who wrote “Poem ‘Anamika’”?
“अनामिका” कविता किसने लिखी?
➤ Suryakant Tripathi Nirala

Who wrote “Saroj Smriti”?
“सरोज स्मृति” किसने लिखा?
➤ Suryakant Tripathi Nirala

Who wrote “Ram Ki Shakti Puja”?
“राम की शक्ति पूजा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Suryakant Tripathi Nirala

Who wrote “Kamayani”?
“कामायनी” किसने लिखा?
➤ Jaishankar Prasad

Who wrote “Kanan Kusum”?
“कानन कुसुम” किसने लिखा?
➤ Jaishankar Prasad

Who wrote “Skanda Gupta”?
“स्कंद गुप्त” किसने लिखा?
➤ Jaishankar Prasad

Who wrote “Chidambara”?
“चिदंबरा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Sumitranandan Pant

Who wrote “Pallav”?
“पल्लव” किसने लिखा?
➤ Sumitranandan Pant

Who wrote “Gunjan”?
“गुंजन” किसने लिखा?
➤ Sumitranandan Pant

Who wrote “Yama”?
“यामा” किसने लिखा?
➤ Mahadevi Verma

Who wrote “Neelkanth”?
“नीलकंठ” किसने लिखा?
➤ Mahadevi Verma

Who wrote “Madhur Madhur Mere Deepak”?
“मधुर मधुर मेरे दीपक” किसने लिखा?
➤ Mahadevi Verma

Who wrote “Panchatantra”?
“पंचतंत्र” किसने लिखा?
➤ Vishnu Sharma

Who wrote “Hitopadesha”?
“हितोपदेश” किसने लिखा?
➤ Narayana Pandita

Who wrote “Kathasaritsagara”?
“कथासरित्सागर” किसने लिखा?
➤ Somadeva

Who wrote “Shakuntala”?
“शकुंतला” किसने लिखा?
➤ Kalidasa

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