Amrita Pritam Quiz: How well do you know the novelist and her famous works?

Amrita Pritam was a famous Indian author and poet, and fans are celebrating her 101st birth anniversary today. The feminist author was very well known for her writings on the India-Pakistan partition and gained many prestigious awards for her work. Test your knowledge about Amrita Pritam on her birth anniversary with this quiz: 

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Amrita Pritam Quiz -How well do you know the author? 

1. Where was Amrita Pritam born? 

• Amritsar, Punjab
• Lahore, Pakistan
• Islamabad, Pakistan 
• Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab 

2. At what age did Amrita Pritam publish her first book of poems? 

• 11 years 
• 22 years
• 16 years 
• 31 years 

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3. What's the name of the most famous character from her book, Pinjar (1950)?

• Puro
• Nira 
• Katha 
• Ranjha 

4. For which poet did Amrita Pritam have a lot of affection for? 

• Sahir Ludhianvi
• Surjit Patar 
• Vir Singh
• Bawa Balwant 

5. What was Amrita Pritam's father's profession? 

• An editor
• A poet 
• A scholar of Braj Bhasha language
• All of Above 

6. Which male Indian poet recorded an audiobook of Amrita Pritam's work?

• Javed Akhtar 
• Adil Jussawla
• Gulzar 
• None of the above 

7. Amrita was a follower of which of these gurus?

• Sri Sri 
• Sadhguru 
• Osho 
• None of the above

8. In which languages was Amrita’s work translated into?

• English & French 
• Dutch & Japanese 
• Danish & Mandarin 
• All of the above

9. Amrita was a recipient of which of these awards?

• Padma Shri 
• Vasptasarov Award 
• Bhartia Gnanpith Award 
• All of the Above

10. How many kids did Amrita have?

• One son 
• One son and one daughter 
• None 
• Two daughters 

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Amrita Pritam trivia quiz answers

1. Amrita was born in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab. Mandi Bahauddin is in Pakistan now. 
2. Her first book of poems was published when she was 16 years old. The book was called Amrit Lehran ("Immortal Waves") and was published in 1936. 
3. The name of the main character from the book Pinjar (1950) was Puro. The book was also made into a movie called Pinjar (2003). 
4. Amrita Pritam really liked the poet Sahir Ludhianvi. It is also reported she wrote many poems keeping him in mind. 
5. Amrita Pritam's father was an editor, a poet and a scholar of  Braj Bhasha language. So the answer is all of above. 
6. Gulzar recorded an audiobook called Amrita recited by Gulzar in 2007. 
7. Amrita Pritam was devout follower of Osho and also wrote for him time and again. 
8. All of the Above: Her books were translated into English, French, Danish, Japanese, Mandarin and other languages.
9. All of the Above: Amirta is one of the most awarded Indian authors. She bagged the award of Padma Shri (1969), International Vaptsarov Award from the Republic of Bulgaria (1979), D.Litt.honorary degrees and many more. Her first award as reported was Bhartiya Gnanpith Award for Kagaj te Canvas.
10. Amrita has two kids, one daughter and one son. 

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