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Question #21
'The Great Indian Novel' is authored by whom?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Upamanyu Chatterjee
C. Vikram Chandra
D. Kiran Nagarkar
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Shashi Tharoor wrote 'The Great Indian Novel', a parody using the Mahabharata framework.
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Question #22
Who wrote 'English, August'?
A. Karan Mahajan
B. Vikram Chandra
C. Upamanyu Chatterjee
D. Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Upamanyu Chatterjee's 'English, August' is a humorous novel about Indian bureaucracy.
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Question #23
'The Association of Small Bombs' is a novel by which author?
A. Sunjeev Sahota
B. Aravind Adiga
C. Karan Mahajan
D. Mohsin Hamid
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Karan Mahajan wrote 'The Association of Small Bombs', shortlisted for the National Book Award.
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Question #24
Who wrote 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'?
A. Mohsin Hamid
B. Hamid Ismailov
C. Aamer Hussein
D. Kamila Shamsie
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Mohsin Hamid authored 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist', a monologue about a Pakistani man in America.
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Question #25
'Exit West' is a novel by which Pakistani author?
A. Bapsi Sidhwa
B. Nadeem Aslam
C. Mohsin Hamid
D. Kamila Shamsie
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Mohsin Hamid wrote 'Exit West', a novel about migration through magical doors.
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Question #26
Who wrote 'Home Fire'?
A. Kamila Shamsie
B. Mohsin Hamid
C. Nadeem Aslam
D. Tahmima Anam
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Kamila Shamsie wrote 'Home Fire', which won the Women's Prize for Fiction.
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Question #27
'Burnt Shadows' is a novel by which author?
A. Nadeem Aslam
B. Bapsi Sidhwa
C. Aamer Hussein
D. Kamila Shamsie
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Kamila Shamsie wrote 'Burnt Shadows', a novel spanning generations and continents.
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Question #28
Who is the author of 'Maps for Lost Lovers'?
A. Nadeem Aslam
B. Kamila Shamsie
C. Mohsin Hamid
D. Tariq Ali
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Nadeem Aslam wrote 'Maps for Lost Lovers', set in a British-Pakistani community.
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Question #29
'The Wasted Vigil' is written by which author?
A. Nadeem Aslam
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Salman Rushdie
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Nadeem Aslam wrote 'The Wasted Vigil', about the Afghanistan conflict.
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Question #30
Who wrote 'Cracking India' (originally 'Ice-Candy-Man')?
A. Nadeem Aslam
B. Kamila Shamsie
C. Tahmima Anam
D. Bapsi Sidhwa
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Bapsi Sidhwa wrote 'Cracking India' about the partition of India.
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Question #31
'A Golden Age' is a novel by which Bangladeshi author?
A. Anita Desai
B. Bapsi Sidhwa
C. Tahmima Anam
D. Nayantara Sahgal
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Tahmima Anam wrote 'A Golden Age' about the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Question #32
Who wrote 'The Death of Vishnu'?
A. Manil Suri
B. Vikram Chandra
C. Amitav Ghosh
D. Rohinton Mistry
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Manil Suri wrote 'The Death of Vishnu', set in a Mumbai apartment building.
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Question #33
'Red Earth and Pouring Rain' is a novel by which author?
A. Vikram Chandra
B. Kiran Nagarkar
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Vikram Chandra wrote 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain', a novel with a monkey narrator.
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Question #34
Who wrote 'Sacred Games'?
A. Rohinton Mistry
B. Vikram Chandra
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Aravind Adiga
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Vikram Chandra wrote 'Sacred Games', a sprawling novel about Mumbai's underworld.
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Question #35
'The Calcutta Chromosome' is a novel by which author?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Vikram Seth
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Sukumar Azhikode
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Amitav Ghosh wrote 'The Calcutta Chromosome', a science fiction novel.
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Question #36
Who wrote 'The Shadow Lines'?
A. Salman Rushdie
B. Vikram Seth
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Amitav Ghosh wrote 'The Shadow Lines', a novel about memory and partition.
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Question #37
'The Hungry Tide' is written by which author?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Kiran Desai
C. Amitav Ghosh
D. Arundhati Roy
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Amitav Ghosh wrote 'The Hungry Tide', set in the Sundarbans.
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Question #38
Who wrote 'River of Smoke'?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Vikram Seth
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Rohinton Mistry
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Amitav Ghosh is the author of 'River of Smoke', the second book of the Ibis Trilogy.
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Question #39
'Flood of Fire' is the third book of which trilogy by Amitav Ghosh?
A. Orient Trilogy
B. Ibis Trilogy
C. Sea Trilogy
D. Opium Trilogy
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Amitav Ghosh's Ibis Trilogy includes 'Sea of Poppies', 'River of Smoke', and 'Flood of Fire'.
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Question #40
Who wrote 'The Last Mughal'?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Arundhati Roy
C. William Dalrymple
D. Khushwant Singh
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
William Dalrymple wrote 'The Last Mughal', about Bahadur Shah Zafar and the 1857 uprising.
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