A) 19 June 1937 B) 19 June 1947 C) 19 June 1957 D) 19 July 1947
A) British and Indian only B) Indian, British, and American C) American and British only D) Indian and American only
A) Realism with fantasy B) Gothic horror with magical realism C) Magical realism with historical fiction D) Sci-fi with historical fiction
A) Ancient mythological legends B) Western industrialization C) Purely Eastern domestic politics D) Connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations
A) The Indian subcontinent B) Western Europe C) North America D) The Middle East
A) Joseph Anton B) Midnight's Children C) The Satanic Verses D) Grimus
A) 1988 B) 1990 C) 1981 D) 1975
A) The National Book Award B) The Pulitzer Prize C) The Booker Prize D) The Nobel Prize in Literature
A) Three occasions B) Two occasions C) One occasion D) Four occasions
A) Shalimar the Clown B) Midnight's Children C) The Satanic Verses D) Joseph Anton
A) 1981 B) 1979 C) 1992 D) 1988
A) An irreverent depiction of Muhammad in The Satanic Verses B) Historical inaccuracies in Midnight's Children C) Satirical essays about American culture D) Critical views on British politics
A) Ayatollah Khamenei B) Saddam Hussein C) Ruhollah Khomeini D) Mohammad Khatami
A) 50 countries B) 5 countries C) 10 countries D) 20 countries
A) Chautauqua Institution B) Cambridge University C) Emory University D) New York University
A) Loss of his right eye and damage to his liver and hands B) Paralysis from the waist down C) Loss of both legs and hearing D) Severe brain damage and blindness in both eyes
A) Harvard University B) Oxford University C) King's College at the University of Cambridge D) London School of Economics
A) 2007 B) 1983 C) 1978 D) 1991
A) Palmes Académiques B) Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres C) Legion of Honour D) Ordre national du Mérite
A) 1999 B) 2012 C) 2003 D) 2007
A) 50th B) 1st C) 13th D) 5th
A) Princeton University B) Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University C) Yale University D) Columbia University
A) University of Chicago B) University of California, Berkeley C) Stanford University D) Emory University
A) 2008 B) 1999 C) 2015 D) 2003
A) Joseph Anton: A Memoir B) A Writer's Life C) The Satanic Years D) Midnight's Memoir
A) His marriages and personal relationships B) His life in the wake of the events following The Satanic Verses C) His time studying at Cambridge D) His childhood in India
A) Time magazine B) Newsweek C) Forbes D) The New York Times
A) 2008 B) 1989 C) 1995 D) 2000
A) Five times B) Four times C) Three times D) Six times
A) Clarissa Luard B) Padma Lakshmi C) Elizabeth West D) Marianne Wiggins
A) Novelist and journalist B) Musician and producer C) Television presenter and model D) Actress and director
A) Indian-British B) Indian-American C) American-Canadian D) British-American
A) Literature B) History C) Political Science D) Philosophy
A) The 20th and the 50th anniversary B) The 30th and the 50th anniversary C) The 25th and the 40th anniversary D) The 10th and the 30th anniversary
A) Dean of Humanities B) Professor of History C) Director of Creative Writing D) Distinguished Writer in Residence
A) Bombay B) Cambridge C) London D) New Delhi
A) Kashmiri Hindu B) Christian C) Kashmiri Muslim D) Parsi
A) Doctor B) Teacher C) Lawyer D) Writer
A) Teacher B) Author C) Businesswoman D) Lawyer
A) Four B) Two C) One D) Three
A) Rumi B) Omar Khayyam C) Ibn Rushd D) Ibn Battuta
A) Anees Villa B) Bombay Manor C) Rushdie House D) Kashmir Lodge
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra B) Srinagar, Kashmir C) Solan, Himachal Pradesh D) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
A) 10 B) 16 C) 18 D) 12
A) The Book of Mazarbul B) The Aragorn's Song C) The Gate of Moria D) The Ruling Ring inscription
A) Isaac Asimov B) Kurt Vonnegut C) Arthur C. Clarke D) Ray Bradbury
A) Philip K. Dick B) Frank Herbert C) Robert A. Heinlein D) Zenna Henderson
A) Kissing holy books if dropped on the floor B) Never reading dropped books again C) Washing books with water D) Burning books that touched the ground
A) Enid Blyton B) Beatrix Potter C) A. A. Milne D) Roald Dahl
A) Superman comics B) Batman comics C) Marvel comics D) Archie comics
A) 1955 B) 1961 C) 1947 D) 1968
A) Harrow School B) Rugby School C) Cathedral and John Connon School D) Eton College
A) 1968 B) 1947 C) 1961 D) 1972 |