International Literature
International Literature is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2016, 2018). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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'टाईम' मॅगझīने भारतीय लेखिका शोभा डे यांचा उल्लेख भारताची जॅकी कॉलिन्स असा केला होता. जॅकी कॉलिन्स इतक्यात निवर्तल्या. त्यांच्या एका पुस्तकावर ऑस्ट्रेलियन आणि दक्षिण आफ्रिकेत बंदी घालण्यात आली होती व ते त्यांचे पहिले पुस्तकच होते. ते कोणते ? 'Time' magazine had described India's writer Shobhaa De as India's Jackie Collins. Jackie Collins passed away recently. One of her books was banned by Australia and South Africa and that was her first book. Which one is it ?
Jackie Collins' first novel, The World Is Full of Married Men (1968), was banned in Australia and South Africa for its frank content. Hollywood Wives, Husbands and Divorces came much later.
2017 साहित्येर नोबेल पारितोषिक काझुओ इशिगुरी यांना मिळाले आहे. पुढीलपैकी कोणती साहित्यकृती त्यांची नाही? अ. द रिमेन्स ऑफ द डे ब. ए पेल व्यू ऑफ हिल्स क. ऑन आर्टिस्ट ऑफ द फ्लोटिंग वर्ल्ड ड. नॉर्वेजीयन वुड इ. काफ्का ऑन द शोअर
(a)द रिमेन्स ऑफ द डे
(b)ए पेल व्यू ऑफ हिल्स
(c)ऑन आर्टिस्ट ऑफ द फ्लोटिंग वर्ल्ड
(d)नॉर्वेजीयन वुड
(e)काफ्का ऑन द शोअर
Kazuo Ishiguro won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. Among his famous works are 'The Remains of the Day', 'A Pale View of Hills', and 'An Artist of the Floating World'. 'Norwegian Wood' is by Haruki Murakami, and 'Kafka on the Shore' is also by Haruki Murakami, making statements 'd' and 'e' not written by Ishiguro.