Posted On : 28-Jun-2019

Q1: What is the full name of Salman Rushdie?

• A. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
• B. Sir Mohammad Salman Rushdie
• C. Sir Isman Salman Rushdie
• D. Sir Iman Salman Rushdie

Q2: When was he born?

• A. 30 June 1967
• B. 17 June 1934
• C. 19 June 1947
• D. 1June 1978

Q3: His which book won Booker Prize in 1981?

• A. In Good Faith
• B. Midnight's Children
• C. The Wizard of Oz: BFI Film Classics
• D. A fine pickle

Q4: His which novel was the subject of major controversy?

• A. Midnight's Children
• B. Shame
• C. Grimus
• D. The Satanic Verses

Q5: In which year was he elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature?

• A. 1978
• B. 1980
• C. 1983
• D. 1990

Q6: In which year Queen Elizabeth II knighted him for his services to literature?

• A. June 2007
• B. June 2009
• C. June 2009
• D. June 2011

Q7: What was his rank in the list of of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945?

• A. 7
• B. 10
• C. 13
• D. 18

Q8: What was the name of his first novel?

• A. In Good Faith
• B. Shame
• C. Grimus
• D. The Wizard of Oz: BFI Film Classics

Q9: When was he elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters?

• A. May 2008
• B. May 2007
• C. May 2006
• D. May 2005

Q10: What is the name of his fourth wife?

• A. Clarissa Luard
• B. Padma Lakshmi
• C. Marianne Wiggins
• D. Elizabeth West