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1Who 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

2Who 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

3Who 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

4Who 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

5Who 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

6Who 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

7Who 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

8Who 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

9Who 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

10Who 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

11Who 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

12Which 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

13Who 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

14Who 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

15Which 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

16Who 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

17Who 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

18Who 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

19Who 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

20Who 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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