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1	The book Wings of Fire is a autobiography of __________
	Sarojini Nayudu
	Abdul Kalam
	Jawaharlal Nehru
	L.B. Sastry
	Right Answer: 2 Wings of Fire, an Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India. It was written by Dr. Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari. Question ID: 171

2	In which language bible was first written?
	English
	Urdu
	Greek
	Hibru
	Right Answer: 4 The Old Testament is the original Hebrew Bible, the sacred scriptures of the Jewish faith, written at different times between about 1200 and 165 BC. Question ID: 152

3	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

4	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

5	Who wrote the book Viswambhara which won the Jnana Pith Award in 1988?
	Amritha Pritham
	Maha Devi Varma
	C.Narayana Reddy
	Viswanatha Sathyannaraya
	Right Answer: 3 Viswambhara was written by Dr. Cingireddy Narayana Reddy (born 29 July 1931) is an Indian poet and writer. He won the Jnanpith Award in 1988 for Viswabhara and is considered to be an authority on Telugu literature. He is known as CiNaRe. Question ID: 148

6	Who wrote the book Long walk to Freedom?
	Sonia Gandhi
	L. K. Advani
	Nelson Mandela
	Benazir Bhutto
	Right Answer: 3 Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography written by South African President Nelson Mandela, and first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. Question ID: 172

7	Who among the following is the author of the book My Music, My Life?
	Zakir Hussain
	Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
	Amjad Ali Khan
	Ravi Shankar
	Right Answer: 4 Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury (7 April 1920 -11 December 2012), whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit (Master), was an Indian sitarist and composer. Question ID: 179

8	Who wrote the book "As I See"?
	Kiranbedi
	L.K. Advani
	A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
	Menaka Gandhi
	Right Answer: 2 The book "As I See" is a 2011 Indian book by politician L. K. Advani, who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India and former president of Bharatiya Janata Party. Question ID: 161

9	Who was the author of the book Arms and the Man?
	Aldons Huxley
	George Bernard Shaw
	Nirad C. Chowdary
	Arther Koestler
	Right Answer: 2 The book Arms and the Man is a humorous play by George Bernard Shaw, that shows the futility of war and deals comedically with the hypocrisies of human nature. Question ID: 147

10	Who among the following was the ancient writer belongs to Kashmir?
	Bana
	Kalhana
	Hieun Tsang
	Megasthenes
	Right Answer: 2 Kalhana (12th century) was the author of Rajatarangini (River of Kings), an account of the history of Kashmir. He wrote the work in Sanskrit between 1148 and 1149. Question ID: 150

11	Who is the author of the book Discovery of India?
	Mahatma Gandhi
	Sardar Vallabhai patel
	B.R. Ambedkar
	Jawaharlal Nehru
	Right Answer: 4 The Discovery of India was written by the Indian Independence leader, Jawaharlal Nehru during his incarceration in 1942�1945 at Ahmednagar fort. Question ID: 164

12	Who is author of 1958 novel the Guide?
	K.R. Narayanan
	R.N. Cheterji
	R.K. Narayan
	John Keats
	Right Answer: 3 The Guide is a 1958 novel written in English by the Indian author R. K. Narayan. Like most of his works the novel is based on Malgudi, the fictional town in South India. Question ID: 158

13	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

14	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

15	Who wrote the book the Post Office, a story of an eight-year-old boy?
	K.R. Narayan
	Priya Ranjandas Munshi
	Rabindra Nath Tagore
	R.K. Narayan
	Right Answer: 3 Rabindranath Tagore FRAS was an Indian polymath-poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. The Post office is a story of an eight-year-old boy who is terminally ill and is confined inside his house by the family physician. Question ID: 157

16	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

17	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

18	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

19	Who was author of Mahabasya?
	Vedavyas
	Pathanjali
	Kalidas
	Kalhana
	Right Answer: 2 The Mahabhasya is a great commentary by Patanjali on selected rules of Sanskrit grammar from Patanjali's treatise, the Astadhyayi, as well as Katyayana's varttika-sutra, an elaboration of Panni's grammar during the 2nd century CE. Question ID: 177

20	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

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