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1	Who is author of Gulliver Travels?
	Traveller Gulliver
	Noman Angel
	Jonanthan Swift
	Dom Dorres
	Right Answer: 3 Gullivers Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire by the Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. Question ID: 176

2	Who is author of Das Kapital?
	Karl Marx
	Sivaranjan Das Munshi
	Edwerd Gibbon
	Manekar
	Right Answer: 1 Das Kapital, also known as Capital. A Critique of Political Economy or sometimes simply Capital is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy, critique of political economy and politics by Karl Marx. Karl Heinrich Marx (1818 -83) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. Question ID: 160

3	Who is author of the book Meghadoot?
	Kalidasa
	Bammera Pothana
	Bana
	Hala
	Right Answer: 1 Meghadoota is a lyric poem written by Kalidasa (4th-5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author. It describes how a yaksa, who had been banished by his master to a remote region for a year, asked a cloud to take a message of love to his wife. Question ID: 159

4	Who wrote the book Hindu view of life?
	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
	Dr. Sarvepally Radhakrishnan
	Swamy Vivekananda
	Swamy Dayananda
	Right Answer: 2 Professor S. Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) was a prominent philosopher, author and educationalist. Some of his outstanding works are The Hindu View of Life, An Idealist View of Life and Indian Philosophy, Vols I and II. Question ID: 151

5	Who wrote the book Mother India?
	Mahathma Gandhi
	Sister Nivedhita
	Ketharine Meyo
	C. Rajagopala Chary
	Right Answer: 3 The book Mother India was written by Katherine Mayo (27 January 1867 � 9 October 1940) was an American writer. She attacked the Hindu society, religion and Culture of India. Question ID: 163

6	Who was the author of Living History?
	Mother Theresa
	Arundhati Roy
	Kiran Bedi
	Hillary Clinton
	Right Answer: 4 Living History is a 2003 memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton. It was written when she was a sitting Senator from New York. Question ID: 165

7	Who was the author of Epic Ramayana?
	Valmiki
	Veda Vyas
	Kalidas
	Pothana
	Right Answer: 1 The epic, traditionally ascribed to the Maharishi Valmiki, narrates the life of Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya city in the kingdom of Kosala. Question ID: 180

8	Who is author of Anand Math?
	Swamy Viveka Nanda
	Dayananda Saraswathi
	Bankim Chandra Cheterji
	Ramakrishna Parama Hansa
	Right Answer: 3 Vande Matharam is a poem from the famed novel Anandamath which was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882. It was written in Bengali and Sanskrit. Question ID: 173

9	Who is author of Glimpses of World History?
	K.M Munshi
	S. Radha Krishnan
	Jawahar Lal Nehru
	Abul Kalam Azad
	Right Answer: 3 Glimpses of World History is a book published by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1934. The book is subtitled being further letters to his daughter, written in prison, and containing a rambling account of history for young people. Question ID: 156

10	Who was the author of ritual book called Brihatkatha?
	Gunadhya
	Hala
	Sarvavarma
	Nagarjuna
	Right Answer: 1 Brihatkatha is an ancient Indian epic, said to have been written by Gunadhya in a poorly understood language known as Paisaci Question ID: 154

11	Who wrote the book 'Sunrise over the Ayodhya'?
	Salman Khurshid
	L.K. Advani
	Salman Rushdie
	Vikram Seth
	Right Answer: 1 Sunrise over Ayodhya is a book explores the Spreme court verdict on constitution of Ayodhya Temple. Question ID: 466

12	Which of the following is the book written by Shobha De ?
	Namesake
	My Life
	Speed Post
	Long walk to Freedom
	Right Answer: 3 Shobhaa De (born 7 January 1947) is a renowned Indian columnist and novelist. Her famous writings were Superstar India, Starry Night, Speed Post, Second Thoughts.. Question ID: 166

13	Who wrote the book Humayun Nama on request of emperor Akbar during his reign?
	Gulbadan Begam
	Ahmed Yadgar
	Abbas Sarwani
	Faizis Sarhindi
	Right Answer: 1 Gulbadan Begum ( c. 1523-1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. Humayun Nama was the biography of Emperor Humayun. Question ID: 146

14	Who wrote the book Harshacharitha?
	Bana
	Harsha
	Harichandana
	Ashoka
	Right Answer: 1 The Harshacharita is the biography of Indian emperor Harsha by Banabhatta who was a Sanskrit writer of seventh-century CE India. Question ID: 96

15	Which book was written by Kashmiri Brahman Kalhana in 1148?
	Ramayana
	HarshaCharitha
	Tarangini
	Rajatarangini
	Right Answer: 4 Rajatarangini, (River of Kings) historical chronicle of early India, written in Sanskrit verse by the Kashmiri Brahman Kalhana in 1148. Question ID: 97

16	Who wrote the Book Midnight's Children that was selected for prestigious Booker Award?
	Jampa Lahiri
	Kiran Desai
	Salmond Rashdi
	Madhu Kirthy
	Right Answer: 3 Midnight's Children is a 1981 book by Salman Rushdie about India's transition from British colonialism to independence. It is considered an example of postcolonial literature and magical realism. Question ID: 181

17	Who wrote the book "Abhignana Sakuntala" the story Shakuntala and Dushyanta?
	Kalidasa
	Peddana
	Pothana
	Vishnu Sharma
	Right Answer: 1 Shakuntala is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata. Her story is told in the Mahabharata and dramatized by many writers, the most famous adaption being Kalidasa's play Abhignana Sakuntala. Question ID: 178

18	Who wrote the Book Raghu Vamsha the story of Raghu Dynasty?
	Tenali Rama Krishna
	Bammera Pothana
	Kalidas
	Vishnu Sharma
	Right Answer: 3 Raghuvamsha is a Sanskrit mahakavya (epic poem) by the most celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa. The stories related to the Raghu dynasty, namely the family of Dilipa and his descendants up to Agnivarna, who include Raghu, Dasharatha and Rama. Question ID: 174

19	Who is the author of the classic book Life Divine?
	Ravi Shankar
	Swami vivekananda
	Radha Krishnan
	Aurobindo Ghosh
	Right Answer: 4 Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet. His main literary works are The Life Divine, which deals with theoretical aspects of Integral Yoga. His works also include philosophy, poetry, translations Question ID: 169

20	Who is author of Madhushala the book of poetry?
	Mahadevi Varma
	Harivansh Rai Bachan
	Jai Shankar Prasad
	Sumithra Nandan Pant
	Right Answer: 2 Madhushala is a book of 135 quatrains, verses of four lines by Hindi poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Question ID: 162

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