LITERARY SPHERE

25 MCQs on Nobel Prize in Literature  1. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?   a) Mulk Raj Anand   b) R.K. Narayan   c) Rabindranath Tagore   d) Vikram Seth   Answer: c) Rabindranath Tagore   Explanation: Tagore won in 1913 for Gitanjali, becoming the first non-European laureate. 2. Which Irish writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925?   a) W.B. Yeats   b) George Bernard Shaw   c) James Joyce   d) Samuel Beckett   Answer: b) George Bernard Shaw   Explanation: Shaw was awarded for his work rich in satire and human compassion. 3. Which American writer won the Nobel in 1954 and is known for The Old Man and the Sea?   a) William Faulkner   b) Ernest Hemingway   c) John Steinbeck   d) T.S. Eliot   Answer: b) Ernest Hemingway   Explanation: He was awarded for his mastery of th...