Learn about prominent writers and novelists in Pakistan, whose works have shaped the country’s literary landscape. These MCQs focus on key figures in Urdu and English literature.
Who is the author of the novel “Ice Candy Man,” which was later adapted into the film “Earth” by Deepa Mehta?
a) Kamila Shamsie
b) Bapsi Sidhwa
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohsin Hamid
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Golden Legend” that won the 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature?
a) Kamila Shamsie
b) Bina Shah
c) H. M. Naqvi
d) Nadeem Aslam
Who wrote the novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) Uzma Aslam Khan
Which Pakistani writer and journalist wrote the novel “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”?
a) Kamila Shamsie
b) Mohammed Hanif
c) Bina Shah
d) Nadeem Aslam
Who is the author of the critically acclaimed novel “Burnt Shadows”?
a) Kamila Shamsie
b) Uzma Aslam Khan
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) H. M. Naqvi
Which Pakistani author wrote the novel “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti,” which won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2012?
a) Mohammed Hanif
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) H. M. Naqvi
Who wrote the novel “The Shadow of the Crescent Moon,” which was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2014?
a) Nadeem Aslam
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) H. M. Naqvi
d) Fatima Bhutto
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “Slum Child” that won the Best Fiction Prize in the 2004 Muslim Writers Awards?
a) Uzma Aslam Khan
b) Bapsi Sidhwa
c) Kamila Shamsie
d) Bina Shah
Who is the author of the novel “The Wandering Falcon” that was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2011?
a) H. M. Naqvi
b) Bina Shah
c) Jamil Ahmad
d) Mohammed Hanif
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “Karachi, You’re Killing Me!”?
a) Bina Shah
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) Uzma Aslam Khan
Who is the author of the novel “Home Boy,” which won the 2010 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature?
a) Nadeem Aslam
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) H. M. Naqvi
d) Mohammed Hanif
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Patras Bukhari Stories”?
a) Bina Shah
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) H. M. Naqvi
d) Ahmed Ali
Who is the author of the novel “The Crow Eaters” that was published in 1978?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Bina Shah
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Blind Man’s Garden”?
a) Nadeem Aslam
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) H. M. Naqvi
d) Mohammed Hanif
Who is the author of the novel “Rope” that was published in 1997?
a) Uzma Aslam Khan
b) Bapsi Sidhwa
c) Bina Shah
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “Home Fire,” which was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) Uzma Aslam Khan
Who is the author of the novel “Season of the Rainbirds” that won the Betty Trask Award in 1993?
a) Mohammed Hanif
b) Nadeem Aslam
c) H. M. Naqvi
d) Jamil Ahmad
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Wisdom of Trees” that was published in 2006?
a) Bina Shah
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Bapsi Sidhwa
d) Uzma Aslam Khan
Who is the author of the novel “The Last Song of Dusk” that won the Hutch Crossword Book Award in 2004?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan”?
a) Bina Shah
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Rafia Zakaria
Who is the author of the novel “The Karachi Deception” that was published in 2013?
a) Bilal Siddiqi
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Scatter Here Is Too Great” that was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2014?
a) Bilal Tanweer
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Who is the author of the novel “The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan’s Ancient Pleasure District?
a) Louise Brown
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “A Season for Martyrs” that was published in 2014?
a) Bina Shah
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Bapsi Sidhwa
Who is the author of the novel “Whispering Shadows” that was published in 2015?
a) Jan-Philipp Sendker
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “Moth Smoke” that was published in 2000?
a) Kamila Shamsie
b) Mohsin Hamid
c) H. M. Naqvi
d) Bapsi Sidhwa
Who is the author of the novel “This House of Clay and Water” that was published in 2017?
a) Faiqa Mansab
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “A Season for Grace” that was published in 2016?
a) Bina Shah
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Tahmina Aziz Ayub
Who is the author of the novel “Bone” that was published in 2014?
a) Bina Shah
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Nuzhat Abbas
d) Faiqa Mansab
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “Stay With Me” that was published in 2017?
a) Ayobami Adebayo
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Who is the author of the novel “Nobody Killed Her” that was published in 2017?
a) Sabyn Javeri
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Story of a Widow” that was published in 2014?
a) Bina Shah
b) Asad Muhammad Khan
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Who is the author of the novel “A Beautiful Crime” that was published in 2020?
a) Christopher Bollen
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “Haveli” that was published in 2009?
a) Bina Shah
b) Zeenat Mahal
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Who is the author of the novel “The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali” that was published in 2015?
a) Uzma Aslam Khan
b) Bina Shah
c) Shehla Javed
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Story of a Widow” that was published in 2014?
a) Bina Shah
b) Asad Muhammad Khan
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Who is the author of the novel “The Wish Maker” that was published in 2009?
a) Ali Sethi
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Death of the Mullah” that was published in 2018?
a) Bina Shah
b) Ayesha F. Hamid
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Who is the author of the novel “The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch” that was published in 2019?
a) Sanam Maher
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Kamila Shamsie
Who is the author of the novel “Ice-Candy Man,” which was later adapted into the film “Earth” by Deepa Mehta?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Mohsin Hamid
d) Sara Suleri
Which Pakistani writer is known for his critically acclaimed novel “Moth Smoke”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Mohsin Hamid
d) Sara Suleri
Who is the author of the novel “Burnt Shadows,” which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2009?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Mohsin Hamid
d) Sara Suleri
Which Pakistani writer is known for her memoir “Me and My Mother’s Matchmaker”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Mohsin Hamid
d) Sara Suleri
Who is the author of the novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2007?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Mohsin Hamid
d) Sara Suleri
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Crow Eaters”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Mohsin Hamid
d) Bapsi Sidhwa
Who is the author of the novel “A God in Every Stone” and the novel “Home Fire”?
a) Kamila Shamsie
b) Bapsi Sidhwa
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Case of Exploding Mangoes”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
Who is the author of the novel “Kartography,” which won the Patras Bokhari Award in 2003?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “Mangoes and Bananas”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
Who is the author of the novel “Karachi, You’re Killing Me!”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Shadow of the Crescent Moon”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Fatima Bhutto
Who is the author of the novel “An American Brat” and the memoir “Cracking India”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Fatima Bhutto
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “How It Happened” and “The Baddest Day Ever”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Fatima Bhutto
Who is the author of the novel “Salt and Saffron” and “Broken Verses”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Fatima Bhutto
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Runaways” and “The Golden Legend”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Fatima Bhutto
Who is the author of the novel “A Case of Exploding Mangoes” and “The Blind Man’s Garden”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Scatter Here Is Too Great” and “No Space for Further Burials”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Fatima Bhutto
Who is the author of the novel “No Space for Further Burials” and “Songs of Blood and Sword”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Fatima Bhutto
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” and “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
Who is the author of the novel “The Wandering Falcon” and “Horseman”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Daniyal Mueenuddin
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti” and “Moth Smoke”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohammed Hanif
Who is the author of the novel “Before She Sleeps” and “A Season for Martyrs”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohammed Hanif
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “Thinner Than Skin” and “The Geometry of God”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohammed Hanif
Who is the author of the novel “Red Birds” and “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohammed Hanif
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Bloody Chamber” and “Kartography”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Asma Nabeel
Who is the author of the novel “The Diplomat’s Wife” and “Bride of the Sea”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Asma Nabeel
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Holy Woman” and “The Crow Eaters”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Asma Nabeel
Who is the author of the novel “My Feudal Lord” and “The Good Muslim”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Tehmina Durrani
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Golden Legend” and “The English Teacher”?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Nadeem Aslam
Who is the author of the novel “The Crow Eaters” and “Pakistani Bride”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Asma Nabeel
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” and “Exit West”?
a) Mohsin Hamid
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Nadeem Aslam
Who is the author of the novel “The Blood of Flowers” and “Anita and Me”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Nadeem Aslam
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Story of a Widow” and “The Wandering Falcon”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohammed Hanif
Who is the author of the novel “Trespassing” and “Slum Child”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Bina Shah
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “The Dancing Girls of Lahore” and “My Name Is Red”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohammed Hanif
Who is the author of the novel “Our Lady of Alice Bhatti” and “A Case of Exploding Mangoes”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Mohammed Hanif
Which Pakistani writer is known for her novel “The Geometry of God” and “The Shadow of the Crescent Moon”?
a) Jamil Ahmad
b) Bina Shah
c) Uzma Aslam Khan
d) Fatima Bhutto
Who is the author of the novel “Bride of the Sea” and “The Holy Woman”?
a) Asma Nabeel
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Tehmina Durrani
Which Pakistani writer is known for his novel “A God in Every Stone” and “Home Fire”?
a) Bapsi Sidhwa
b) Kamila Shamsie
c) Sara Suleri
d) Mohsin Hamid
