Posted On : 30-Jun-2019

Q1: What is the real name of Amrita Desai ?

• A. Amrita Chatterjee
• B. Anita Mazumdar
• C. Amrita Mazumdar
• D. Anita Mazumdar

Q2: When was she born?

• A. 24 June 1937
• B. 20 June 1933
• C. 24 June 1940
• D. 24 July 1937

Q3: How many times she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize?

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4

Q4: For which novel did she receive a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978?

• A. The Village by the Sea
• B. Fire on the Mountain
• C. Clear Light of Day
• D. Games at Twilight

Q5: For which novel did she win the British Guardian Prize?

• A. The Village by the Sea.
• B. Voices in the City
• C. Bye-bye Blackbird
• D. The Peacock Garden

Q6: In which year did she won Padma Bhushan?

• A. 2012
• B. 2013
• C. 2014
• D. 2015

Q7: What is the name of her first novel?

• A. Cry The Peacock,
• B. The Artist of Disappearance
• C. The Zigzag Way
• D. Diamond Dust and Other Stories

Q8: What is the name of her autobiographical work?

• A. Games at Twilight
• B. Clear Light of Day
• C. Fire on the Mountain
• D. Cat on a Houseboat

Q9: Her which novel was adopted by Merchant Ivory Productions into an English film by the same name, directed by Ismail Merchant in 1993?

• A. In custody
• B. The Peacock Garden
• C. Voices in the City
• D. Baumgartner's Bombay

Q10: What is the name her last book in 2011?

• A. Baumgartner's Bombay
• B. Diamond Dust and Other Stories
• C. The Artist of Disappearance
• D. The Zigzag Way