Posted On : 30-Jun-2019

Q1: When Amitav Ghosh was born?

• A. 11 July 1956
• B. 11 June 1953
• C. 11 January 1959
• D. 09 July 1960

Q2: What magazine did he found along with Guha?

• A. Indian History
• B. History Times
• C. Times History
• D. Times of Indian History

Q3: From which university did he win the Inlaks Foundation scholarship to complete a D. Phil. in social anthropology?

• A. Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
• B. Cambridge University
• C. St Edmund Hall, Oxford
• D. The Doon School

Q4: In which newspaper did he get job first time?

• A. The Hindu
• B. The Telegraph
• C. The Times of India
• D. Indian Express

Q5: In which year was he honored by Padma Shri?

• A. 2003
• B. 2005
• C. 2007
• D. 2009

Q6: In which year did Ghosh join the faculty at Queens College, City University of New York, as Distinguished Professor in Comparative literature.

• A. 1999
• B. 2000
• C. 2001
• D. 2002

Q7: What is the name of his first novel?

• A. The Shadow Lines
• B. The Circle of Reason
• C. The Calcutta Chromosome
• D. The Hungry Tide

Q8: In which year did write 'The Calcutta Chromosome'?

• A. 1999
• B. 1997
• C. 1996
• D. 1995

Q9: For which book did he win Sahitya Akademi Award and the Ananda Puraskar?

• A. The Circle of Reason
• B. The Calcutta Chromosome
• C. The Shadow Lines
• D. The Hungry Tide

Q10: Whats is the name of his last novel?

• A. River of Smoke
• B. Flood of Fire
• C. Gun Island
• D. Sea of Poppies