Lesson 1.3 (Indian)

Question 1

This refers to the body of literature that is written and produced in India.

Answer 1

Indian literature

Question 2

An oral tradition produced the Vedic holy text.

Answer 2

Sanskrit literature

Question 3

A two great books considered as the longest epic in the world, and sources for countless literary

Answer 3

Mahabharata and Ramayana

Question 4

Produced his Sanskrit grammar

Answer 4

400 BC Panini

Question 5

Prakrits being used in literature

Answer 5

Second century AD

Question 6

It is used in a religious context by a priest.

Answer 6

Middle Ages Sanskrit

Question 7

It is a form of lyrical folk song and notable exponents of the form

Answer 7

Ghazal

Question 8

It is established English-language schooling for Indians.

Answer 8

Macaulay

Question 9

Who introduced black verse in sonnets into Indian poetry?

Answer 9

Michael Madhusudan Dutt and Jayashankar Prasad

Question 10

He developed a utilitarian prose style

Answer 10

Arunachala Kavi

Question 11

Who wrote the first plays modeled on Western Drama?

Answer 11

Madhusudan Dutt

Question 12

He introduced the short story to vernacular writing in India and he is the first novel laureate.

Answer 12

Rabindranath Tagore

Question 13

Who were the major poets of the Indian period?

Answer 13

Laksminath Bezbarua and Muhammad Iqbal

Question 14

The history of Indian Literature falls into two periods, what are those?

Answer 14

Vedic period and Sanskrit period

Question 15

What are the secular works in Indian literature?

Answer 15

epics and dramas

Question 16

What are some of the notable dramas in Indian literature?

Answer 16

The toy clay cart
Sakuntala or the fatal ring
Jatakas
Panchatantra
Hitopdesa
Sukasaptati

Question 17

What are the sacred writings in Indian literature?

Answer 17

The Vedas Collection of Sanskrit hymns; and
The Upanishads

Question 18

What are some of the notable epics in Indian literature?

Answer 18

Mahabharata
Bhagavad gita
Nala and Damayanti
Ramayana

Question 19

This writing means the inner or mystic teaching that was passed down from guru (teacher) to disciple (student).

Answer 19

The Upanishads

Question 20

He is a notable Indian writer considered to be the ‘Hindu Shakespeare.’

Answer 20

Kalidasa

Question 21

During 1500 BCE, it introduced the birth of Indian literary works written in Sanskrit.

Answer 21

Veda

Question 22

The hallmark writing such as __, __, and __ are the roots of Indian literature.

Answer 22

Veda
The Brahmanas; and
The Upanishads

Question 23

This is one of the great epic poems of ancient India written in Sanskrit attributed to the great sage Veda Vyasa.

Answer 23

Mahabharata

Question 24

What is the great sage that is also known as ‘Krsna Dvaipayana.’

Answer 24

Veda Vyasa

Question 25

This work is contained in the Mahabharata about a dialogue between Krishna and the hero Arjuna on the meaning of life.

Answer 25

Bhagavad Gita (song of God)

Question 26

This is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the poet Valmiki and is an important part of the Hindu canon.

Answer 26

Ramayana

Question 27

How many verses in seven cantos (karnas) does the Ramayana have?

Answer 27

24,000 verses

Question 28

This epic story is about the battle of one family over a kingdom in northern India.

Answer 28

Mahabharata

Question 29

This tells the story of a prince, Rama of Ayodhya, whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon (Rakshasa) king of Lanka, Ravana.

Answer 29

Ramayana

Question 30

How many words does the Mahabharata have?

Answer 30

1.8 million

Question 31

It is one of the most important literary works in ancient India that has an impact on art and culture in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Answer 31

Ramayana

Question 32

Who are some of the notable authors in Indian literature?

Answer 32

Rabindranath Tagore Dhanpat Rai Srivastava Raja Rao Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan (R. K. Narayan)

Question 33

He is a Bengali poet referred as the 'Bard of Bengal'.

Answer 33

Rabindranath Tagore

Question 34

What is Tagore's work that gave him a 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature?

Answer 34

The English Gitanjali (Song Offerings)

Question 35

It is a collection of devotional songs to the supreme.

Answer 35

The English Gitanjali (Song Offerings)

Question 36

He is a towering figure of world literature and the most famous modern Indian poet.

Answer 36

Rabindranath Tagore

Question 37

He is known by his pseudonym ‘Prem Chand’, and is a famous writer of modern Hindustani literature.

Answer 37

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

Question 38

He pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles.

Answer 38

Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

Question 39

What is Prem Chand's work that is the most popular Hindi novel and considered as one of the greatest Hindi Novels of modern Indian literature?

Answer 39

Godaan (Cow Donation)

Question 40

He is an Indian novels and short stories writer in the English language

Answer 40

Raja Rao

Question 41

What is Rao's famous novel that won him a Sahitya Akademi Award? It is a semi-autobiographical account of the narrator.

Answer 41

The Serpent and the Rope

Question 42

He is an Indian writer who won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Answer 42

Raja Rao

Question 43

He is one of the finest Indian authors in the English language

Answer 43

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan (R. K. Narayan)

Question 44

What does Narayan wrote that won Sahitya Award-winning novel which was adapted for film and Broadway.

Answer 44

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