The novella The Old Man and the Sea was written by whom?
Correct answer B. Ernest Hemingway
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Things Fall Apart, a landmark of African literature, was written by whom?
Correct answer D. Chinua Achebe
Wuthering Heights was written by which of the Bronte sisters?
Correct answer C. Emily Bronte
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A Passage to India, set around an incident at the Marabar Caves, was written by whom?
Correct answer C. E. M. Forster
Who wrote the novel Kim, set in British India?
Correct answer B. Rudyard Kipling
Train to Pakistan, a novel about the Partition of 1947, was written by whom?
Correct answer A. Khushwant Singh
Ice-Candy-Man, published in the US as Cracking India, was written by which Pakistani novelist?
Correct answer D. Bapsi Sidhwa
Twilight in Delhi, a 1940 novel about Muslim family life in old Delhi, was written by whom?
Correct answer C. Ahmed Ali
The Guide and the Malgudi stories were written by which Indian author?
Correct answer A. R. K. Narayan
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The novel Untouchable (1935), about a day in the life of a sweeper, was written by whom?
Correct answer D. Mulk Raj Anand
Who wrote the long novel A Suitable Boy, set in newly independent India?
Correct answer A. Vikram Seth
Burnt Shadows, a novel beginning in Nagasaki in 1945, was written by which Pakistani author?
Correct answer D. Kamila Shamsie
Moth Smoke, a novel set in Lahore, was the debut novel of which author?
Correct answer D. Mohsin Hamid
A Golden Age, a novel set during the 1971 war in East Pakistan, was written by which author?
Correct answer A. Tahmima Anam
Clear Light of Day, a novel about a family in Old Delhi, was written by whom?
Correct answer D. Anita Desai
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The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as the tomb of which Egyptian pharaoh?
Correct answer B. Khufu
The Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest written law codes, came from which ancient kingdom?
Correct answer D. Babylon
Which ancient people developed cuneiform, one of the earliest writing systems?
Correct answer C. The Sumerians
Mohenjo-daro was a major city of which ancient civilisation?
Correct answer C. Indus Valley Civilisation
Who became the first emperor of Rome in 27 BC?
Correct answer C. Augustus