Question : "Those Days" is the translated version of a Sahitya Akademi Award-winning historical novel originally written by:
Option 1: Sunil Gangopadhyay
Option 2: Bhartendu Harishchandra
Option 3: Sumitranandan Pant
Option 4: Nandita Das
Correct Answer: Sunil Gangopadhyay
Solution : The correct option is Sunil Gangopadhyay.
"Those Days" (Sei Samay in Bengali) is a historical novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay. The novel explores the social and political landscape of Bengal during the 19th century, mainly focusing on the life and times of the well-known social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Sunil Gangopadhyay received the Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel in 1985.
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Question : Who used the pseudonym "Bhanusingha"?
Option 1: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Option 2: Sunil Gangopadhyay
Option 3: Rabindranath Tagore
Option 4: Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Question : The Sahitya Akademi Award was instituted in the year_________.
Option 1: 1960
Option 2: 1989
Option 3: 1954
Option 4: 1992
Question : "The Great Indian Novel" was written by ___________ in which he based "The Mahabharata" as a framework for his satirical novel.
Option 1: Shashi Tharoor
Option 2: Khushwant Singh
Option 3: Sarojini Naidu
Option 4: Kuldip Nayyar
Question : Who among the following received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1968?
Option 1: Kaifi Azmi
Option 2: Buddhadeb Basu
Option 3: Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Option 4: Amrita Pritam
Question : The national song of India, "Vande Mataram", is an excerpt taken from the novel ___________ written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
Option 1: Saraswati Chandra
Option 2: Durgeshnandini
Option 3: Anand Math
Option 4: Bishabriksha
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