India History Quiz-40 {Literature & Languages}Mani YadavMarch 8, 2025India History Welcome to your India History Quiz-40 {Literature & Languages} Which is the oldest language in India? Pali Tamil Sanskrit Prakrit None The Vedas were written in which language? Prakrit Tamil Sanskrit Pali None The first Indian epic written in Sanskrit was: Rigveda Arthashastra Ramayana Mahabharata None Mahabharata, the longest epic in the world, was written by: Tulsidas Valmiki Kalidasa Vyasa None Which ancient Indian text is based on statecraft and economics? Ramayana Upanishads Arthashastra Manusmriti None The Tripitaka, the holy book of Buddhism, was written in: Sanskrit Hindi Pali Tamil None The Jain texts, known as Agamas, were written in: Pali Prakrit Sanskrit Tamil None Who wrote Milinda Panha, a dialogue between King Milinda and a Buddhist monk? Ashvaghosha Nagarjuna Kautilya Nagasena None The Tamil Sangam Literature is associated with which dynasty? Maurya Chola Gupta Kushan None The Jataka Tales are related to: Mahabharata Bhakti Movement Life stories of Buddha Ramayana None Who was the greatest Sanskrit poet of the Gupta period? Valmiki Banabhatta Kalidasa Panini None Which of the following works was written by Kalidasa? Rajatarangini Gita Govinda Ain-i-Akbari Abhijnana Shakuntalam None The first historical text of India, Rajatarangini, was written by Tulsidas Kalidasa Kalhana Banabhatta None The Bhakti movement led to the rise of which type of literature? Latin Sanskrit Vernacular Persian None The Ramcharitmanas was written by: Mirabai Surdas Tulsidas Kabir None Who was the first Indian writer to write in Persian? Firdausi Al-Biruni Amir Khusrau Abul Fazl None Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari and Akbarnama? Amir Khusrau Abul Fazl Biruni None Baburnama, the autobiography of Babur, was originally written in: Urdu Arabic Chagatai Turkish Persian None Which Mughal emperor translated the Mahabharata into Persian? Aurangzeb Akbar Babur None The Persian phrase "Hindavi" was used for which Indian language? Telugu Tamil Urdu Sanskrit None Which Indian language was the first to get a printing press? Sanskrit Bengali Tamil Hindi None Who wrote Indica, a Greek account of India? Herodotus Pliny Strabo Megasthenes None Which Indian novel is considered the first modern novel? Kanthapura Godaan Anandamath Gitanjali None Who wrote the novel Godaan? Rabindranath Tagore Munshi Premchand Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay R.K. Narayan None Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in: 1947 1920 1905 1913 None The official language of the Indian Constitution is: Tamil English Hindi Sanskrit None How many languages are recognized in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution? 14 18 22 25 None Which is the first Indian language to get Classical Language status? Hindi Tamil Sanskrit Kannada None The first Jnanpith Award was given to which language? Bengali Hindi Tamil Kannada None R.K. Narayan’s famous novel Malgudi Days is written in which language? Hindi Bengali English Tamil None 1 out of 30 Time's upTime is Up! Post Views: 83
