Major Poets and Writers in Urdu Literature – MCQs
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
Answer: b) Agha Hashar Kashmiri
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
Answer: b) Lenin Peace Prize
3. The classical marsiya (elegy) poet Mir Anis is primarily associated with which city?
a) Delhi
b) Hyderabad
c) Lucknow
d) Lahore
Answer: c) Lucknow
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) Shafiq-ur-Rehman
d) Patras Bokhari
Answer: d) Patras Bokhari
5. Who was the first female Urdu novelist?
a) Ismat Chughtai
b) Qurat-ul-Ain Haider
c) Hajra Masroor
d) Rashid Jahan
Answer: b) Qurat-ul-Ain Haider
6. The ghazal “Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi” is penned by:
a) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
b) Mirza Ghalib
c) Josh Malihabadi
d) Dagh Dehlvi
Answer: b) Mirza Ghalib
7. Which poet is called “Shayar-e-Mashriq” (Poet of the East)?
a) Mir Taqi Mir
b) Allama Iqbal
c) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
d) Mirza Ghalib
Answer: b) Allama Iqbal
8. The book Aag Ka Darya was written by:
a) Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
b) Ismat Chughtai
c) Qurat-ul-Ain Haider
d) Shaukat Siddiqui
Answer: c) Qurat-ul-Ain Haider
9. Saadat Hasan Manto’s writings are primarily focused on:
a) Romance and love stories
b) Partition of India
c) Historical epics
d) Satirical poetry
Answer: b) Partition of India
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
Answer: a) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
11. The famous Urdu humorist who wrote Khoya Hua Ufaq is:
a) Shafiq-ur-Rehman
b) Ibn-e-Insha
c) Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi
d) Patras Bokhari
Answer: c) Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi
12. Who wrote the Urdu short story Lihaaf that sparked significant controversy?
a) Saadat Hasan Manto
b) Ismat Chughtai
c) Hajra Masroor
d) Premchand
Answer: b) Ismat Chughtai
13. The epic Urdu poem Shah Nama-e-Islam was written by:
a) Allama Iqbal
b) Hafeez Jalandhari
c) Josh Malihabadi
d) Altaf Hussain Hali
Answer: b) Hafeez Jalandhari
14. Altaf Hussain Hali is best known for his:
a) Ghazals
b) Musaddas
c) Novels
d) Satirical writings
Answer: b) Musaddas
15. Which writer is known as the “Father of Urdu Prose”?
a) Mirza Ghalib
b) Maulana Azad
c) Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali
d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Answer: d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan