Urdu Writers and Books MCQs

About Urdu Writers and Books MCQs

Questions on classical prose cover Mulla Wajhi's Sab Ras, Fort William College and Mir Amman's Bagh-o-Bahar, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's journal Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq, Ghalib's letters, and Muhammad Husain Azad's Ab-e-Hayat. Fiction questions cover Mirza Hadi Ruswa's Umrao Jan Ada, Premchand's Godan, Saadat Hasan Manto's Siyah Hashiye, Ghulam Abbas's Anandi, Qurratulain Hyder's Aag ka Darya and Mustansar Hussain Tarar's Bahao. Many questions simply name a book and ask for its author, while others ask about its subject, setting or main character.

Humour and non-fiction are also covered, including Patras Bokhari's essay Kuttay, Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi's Khakam ba Dahan, Qudratullah Shahab's autobiography Shahab Nama, and travelogues such as Tarar's Nikle Teri Talash Mein. Some questions also cover writers' real names and spouses, such as Bano Qudsia, wife of Ashfaq Ahmed, the pen names of writers such as Hali, and the names writers are known by in literary circles, such as Aini Apa for Qurratulain Hyder. Because the same writers often appear in poetry questions too, this topic works best alongside Urdu Poets and Poetry.

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How to prepare for Urdu Writers and Books MCQs

1. Sort books by genre, such as novel, short story, humour, travelogue and autobiography, and learn the leading writer of each.
2. Learn classical prose in order: Dakhni works like Sab Ras, then Fort William College, then Sir Syed and the Aligarh writers.
3. Remember the main character or theme of famous works, such as Hori in Godan or partition violence in Siyah Hashiye.
4. Revise this topic alongside Urdu Poets and Poetry, since writers like Hali, Azad and Ghalib appear in both.