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The World Book Day is as good a day as any other to find out how well-read you are. Take this quiz and find out for yourself.
Today is World Book Day!
Organised by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright, the World Book Day was first celebrated on April 23, 1995.
And since there’s no better day than today to test how well-read you are, we bring you this special quiz on books.
Let’s start, shall we?
1. Who among these wrote just one novel?
1. Jane Austen
2. Emily Bronte
3. Charles Dickens
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2. Which of these wrote Malgudi Days?
Photographs: Tales from Malgudi Days were adapted into for television.
1. RK Laxman
2. RK Narayan
3. RK Ramanujan
3. Who wrote The Diary of a Young Girl?
Photographs: Book cover of The Diary Of A Young Girl
1. Jeff Kinney
2. Anne Franke
3. Helen Fielding
4. His book English, August: An Indian Story was made into a film. Who is he?
Photographs: Book cover of English, August
1. Amitav Ghosh
2. VS Naipaul
3. Upamanyu Chatterjee
5. Vikram Seth's book A Suitable Boy has been translated into Hindi. What is its title in Hindi?
Photographs: Book cover of A Suitable Boy
1. Ek Achcha Ladka
2. Koi Achcha Sa Ladka
3. Ek Achcha Sa Ladka
6. Which of these has NOT been written by Khushwant Singh?
Photographs: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel
1. The Mark of Vishnu and Other Stories
2. The Hungry Tide
3. Train to Pakistan
7. Jeet Thayil's book Narcopolis was short-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Who of these has WON the Booker Prize?
Photographs: Book cover of Narcopolis
1. Anita Desai
2. Kiran Desai
3. Anita Nair
8. Who created the character James Bond?
1. Ian Fleming
2. Martin Amis
3. Roald Dahl
9. Which of Rohinton Mistry's books did politician Aditya Thackeray demanded to be withdrawn from the BA syllabus of the Mumbai University?
1. Such a Long Journey
2. Family Matters
3. A Fine Balance
10. From which character's point of view Mrityunjaya, The Death Conqueror, is the Mahabharata narrated?
Photographs: Book cover of Mrityunjaya, The Death Conqueror
1. Duryodhana
2. Krishna
3. Karna
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