books & authors section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society.

Some of his famous novels include:

1. Untouchable (1935),
2. Coolie (1936),
3. Two Leaves and a Bud (1937),
4. The Village (1939), etc.
5. His autobiography, titled ‘The Morning Face’ (1968) won him the Sahitya Academy Award.

Answer: (d)

‘Beyond the Lines : An Autobiography’ has been written by Kuldip Nayar.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

The novel was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001.

The UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year. It was also chosen for CBC Radio’s Canada Reads 2003, where it was championed by author Nancy Lee.

The French translation, L’histoire de Pi, was chosen in the French version of the contest, Le Combat Des Livres, where it was championed by Louise Forestier.