R.K. Narayan

 

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(Indian English Writer)

R.K. Narayan(Padma Vibhushan-2000,Padma Bhushan, 1964)

Introduction: Full name of the writer is Rasipuram Krishanaswami Iyer Narayanswami(1906-2001). He was an leading Indian writer along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. Naryan is famous for his work set in the fictional town set in Malgudi. He was awarded with Sahitya Akadmi in 1960 for his novel 'The Guide'. He was nominated for The Nobel Prize in literature multiple times but never won it.

Q1- When was R.K. Narayan Born?

Ans- 1906

Q2- The full name of R.K.narayan is- 

Ans- Rashipuram Krishna Swami Iyer Narayanswami

Q3. In which year R.K Narayan got the sahitya Academy award?

Ans- 1960

Q4. Who was the mentor of R.K Narayan?

Ans- Graham Greene.

Q5. Name the novel of R.K Narayan in which Malgudi was first introduced?

Ans- Swami and friends

Q6. Who called “ Swami and Friends” 'A Book In Ten Thousand” ?

Ans- Graham Greene

Q7. Name the protagonist of Swami and friends?

Ans. Swami( Swaminarayan)

Q8. Who wrote Malgudi days?

Ans. R.K Narayan

Q9.Which character of R.k Narayan Named “The Pea”

Ans. Samuel 

Q10. When was Bachelor  of Arts published?

Ans- 1937

Q11. Name the  novel of RK Narayan which is dedicated to his wife?

Ans. The English teacher

Q12. Name the English teacher in the novel The English teacher?

Ans. Krishna

Q13. In which year the English teacher was published

Ans. 1945

Q14-.who was the financial expert in the novel The financial expert

Ans.Margaya

Q15-. Mr Sampath was a novel written by

Ans R K Narayan

Q16-. In which year the guide was published

Ans. 1958

Q17. For which Nobel RK Narayan got the sahitya academy award?

Ans. The guide

Q18-. Which type of novel is the guide

Ans. Philosophical novel

Q19-. Rose is a character in which novel of RK Narayan

Ans. The guide

Q20-. What is the nickname of Raju in the guide

Ans- railway Raju

Q21-. Who was the man eater of Malgudi

Ans. Vasu

Q22. In which year Malgudi days was first published

Ans. 1942

Q23.Name the collection of autobiography essay written by RK Narayan

Ans. My dateless diary

Q24.In which work RK Narayan express his displeasure towards the film guide

Ans. The misguided guide

Q25. A snake in the grass is a work by

Ans. RK Narayan

Q26. In which novel RK Narayan write about biography of KV Jagan

Ans. The sweet vendor

127.who wrote an introduction to r k Narayan novel The financial expert

Ans. Graham Greene

Q28. Who is the author of the novel The painter of signs

Ans. R.K Narayan

Q29. Who was the first recipient of the sahitya academy award for the best writing in English

Ans. RK Narayan

Q30. From which novel of RK Narayan a very important TV serial was made

Ans. Malgudi days

Q31. RK Narayan a critical appreciation was written by

Ans. William Walsh

Q32.R.K Narayan got Padma Bhushan in -

Ans.1964

Q33. Which general date RK Narayan edit

Ans. The Times

Q34. R.K Narayan have two unusual friends in childhood .who are they?

Ans. A monkey and a peacock

Q35. Raju has to take fast for how many days

Ans. 12

Q36. In which year R. K . Narayan Got Padma Vibhushan 

Ans.2000

Q37.In which year first indian edition of The Dark Room was published

Ans. 1956

Q38. What is the nick name of R.K Narayan given by his grandmother

Ans. Kunjappa

Q39.” You become writer by written its a yoga”  was said by- 

Ans. R.K Narayan

Q40.R.K Narayan’s fiction was compared with whom?

Ans. William Faulkner