Urdu Major poets and writers MCQs January 8, 2026November 25, 2024 by u930973931_answers 15 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/15 Subscribe 1. Who is known as the “Shakespeare of Urdu Drama”? (A) Mir Taqi Mir (B) Agha Hashar Kashmiri (C) Saadat Hasan Manto (D) Allama Iqbal 2. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was awarded which prestigious international prize in 1962? (A) Nobel Prize (B) Lenin Peace Prize (C) Booker Prize (D) Pulitzer Prize 3. The classical marsiya (elegy) poet Mir Anis is primarily associated with which city? (A) Lucknow (B) Hyderabad (C) Delhi (D) Lahore 4. Which Urdu writer is famous for his satirical and humorous works such as Ujlay Log and Chiragh Talay? (A) Saadat Hasan Manto (B) Ibn-e-Insha (C) Patras Bokhari (D) Shafiq-ur-Rehman 5. Who was the first female Urdu novelist? (A) Qurat-ul-Ain Haider (B) Ismat Chughtai (C) Hajra Masroor (D) Rashid Jahan 6. The ghazal “Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi” is penned by: (A) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (B) Mirza Ghalib (C) Josh Malihabadi (D) Dagh Dehlvi 7. Which poet is called “Shayar-e-Mashriq” (Poet of the East)? (A) Mir Taqi Mir (B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (C) Allama Iqbal (D) Mirza Ghalib 8. The book Aag Ka Darya was written by: (A) Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi (B) Ismat Chughtai (C) Shaukat Siddiqui (D) Qurat-ul-Ain Haider 9. Saadat Hasan Manto’s writings are primarily focused on: (A) Romance and love stories (B) Historical epics (C) Partition of India (D) Satirical poetry 10. Who is considered the greatest Urdu poet of the 20th century, after Ghalib? (A) Faiz Ahmed Faiz (B) Mir Taqi Mir (C) Josh Malihabadi (D) Dagh Dehlvi 11. The famous Urdu humorist who wrote Khoya Hua Ufaq is: (A) Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi (B) Ibn-e-Insha (C) Shafiq-ur-Rehman (D) Patras Bokhari 12. Who wrote the Urdu short story Lihaaf that sparked significant controversy? (A) Ismat Chughtai (B) Saadat Hasan Manto (C) Hajra Masroor (D) Premchand 13. The epic Urdu poem Shah Nama-e-Islam was written by: (A) Allama Iqbal (B) Altaf Hussain Hali (C) Josh Malihabadi (D) Hafeez Jalandhari 14. Altaf Hussain Hali is best known for his: (A) Ghazals (B) Novels (C) Musaddas (D) Satirical writings 15. Which writer is known as the “Father of Urdu Prose”? (A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (B) Maulana Azad (C) Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali (D) Mirza Ghalib