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Literature

Literature is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2015, 2017, 2021). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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3 · 2015–2021
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What you need to know first

Basic awareness of major global literary prizesBasic awareness of prominent writers and poetsFamiliarity with prominent Indian authorsCurrent literature awards awareness

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2020 चा बुकर पुरस्कार खालीलपैकी कोणत्या कादंबरीला मिळाला आहे ?

1)दी सेलॉकॅट
2)शुग्गी बेन✓ Correct
3)दी लुमिनरीज
4)ब्रिंग अप दी बॉडीज

Douglas Stuart won the prestigious Booker Prize for the year 2020 for his debut novel 'Shuggie Bain'.

जोड्या लावा : लेखक/साहित्यकार ग्रंथसंपदा अ. मुनव्वर राणा I. सत्ता ग्रहण ब. जसविंदर II. उचाट क. आशा मिश्रा III. अगरबत्ती ड. नंदा हांगखिम IV. शाहदबा Match the pairs : Writer Books a. Munawwar Rana I. Satta Grahan b. Jaswinder II. Uchat c. Asha Mishra III. Agarbatti d. Nanda Hangkhim IV. Shahadaba

(a)मुनव्वर राणा / Munawwar Rana

(b)जसविंदर / Jaswinder

(c)आशा मिश्रा / Asha Mishra

(d)नंदा हांगखिम / Nanda Hangkhim

1)I, II, III, IV
2)I, III, II, IV
3)IV, III, II, I✓ Correct
4)IV, II, III, I

Matching the authors with their literary works: Munawwar Rana - Shahadaba (IV), Jaswinder - Uchat (II), Asha Mishra - Agarbatti (III), Nanda Hangkhim - Satta Grahan (I). Correct combination is IV, III, II, I.

त्या व्यक्तीचे नांव सांगा, जिने स्वतःच्या मृत्यूशिलेसाठी पुढीलप्रमाणे स्मृतिलेख लिहून ठेवला होता : "इथे-एक-असा चिरनिद्रा घेत आहे ज्यानं माणसालाच नव्हे तर देवालाई सोडलं नव्हतं" Name the person who wrote his own epitaph before his death as below : "Here rests a person who neither spared a man nor the God"

1)आर.के. लक्ष्मण / R.K. Laxman
2)बि.के.एस. अय्यंगार / B.K.S. Iyengar
3)पु.ल. देशपांडे / P.L. Deshpande
4)खुशवंत सिंग / Khushwant Singh✓ Correct

Khushwant Singh, known for his witty, irreverent, and bold writing style, wrote this famous self-composed epitaph reflecting his fearless critique of everyone.

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