Books and Authors MCQs and Notes

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Bhagwan Das • 4.44K Points
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Q 41. ‘The Man-Eater of Malgudi’ is written by: ?

(A) KR Narayanan

(B) RK Laxman

(C) KR Laxman

(D) RK Narayan

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Correct Answer: Option (C)
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‘The Man-Eater of Malgudi’ is written by RK Narayan. It was published in 1961. In this he used the historical reference of Bhasmasura.

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Pooja • 4.41K Points
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Q 42. Kamban wrote the Ramayana in which of the following languages ?

(A) Malayalam

(B) Kannada

(C) Tamil

(D) Telugu

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Correct Answer: Option (D)
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Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century. It is Based on Valmiki's Ramayana which is in Sanskrit.

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Neelam Mittal • 4.57K Points
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Q 43. Which of the following books was translated as ‘The Razmnama’ (Book of Wars) during the reign of Akbar ?

(A) Ramayana

(B) Babur Nama

(C) Mahabharata

(D) Akbar Nama

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Rakesh Kumar • 28.44K Points
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Q 44. Who is the author of the book titled ' The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire' ?

(A) VP Menon

(B) William Dalrymple

(C) Shashi Tharoor

(D) Pankaj Mishra

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Correct Answer: Option (C)
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William Dalrymple is the author of the book ' The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire’

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Ritu Nagar • 4.39K Points
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Q 45. Who is the author of the book 'Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa' ?

(A) Krishna Sobti

(B) Rita Kothari

(C) Sugathakumari

(D) Mahasweta Devi

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Correct Answer: Option (B)
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Maa’ is an Indian feature film that deals with the life of a woman who loses her son, a Naxalite, to the violence that is a result of his adopted ideology. Mahasweta Devi's Bengali 1974 novel Hajar Churashir Maa . The screenplay is written by Nihalani and the dialogues by Tripurari Sharma.

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Priyanka Tomar • 35.28K Points
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Q 46. Who is the author of the book ‘Arctic Home of the Vedas’ ?

(A) Bipin Chandra Pal

(B) Max Muller

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

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Correct Answer: Option (C)
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The Arctic Home in the Vedas is a book on the origin of Aryans by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a mathematician turned astronomer, historian, journalist, philosopher and political leader of India during 1880 to 1920.

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Ravi Shankar • 4.19K Points
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Q 47. The collection of poems titled 'Pakkaki Ottigilite' has been composed by: ?

(A) Kasturi Murali Krishna

(B) K Siva Reddy

(C) Varavara Rao

(D) Suryadevara Rammohan Rao

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Correct Answer: Option (B)
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K Siva Reddy (born 1943), is a Telugu language poet from India and He won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 1996 for his Poetry work Mohana-O-Mohana and was awarded the Saraswati Samman in 2018 for his poetry collection Pakkaki Ottigilite.

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Vijay Sangwan • 28.62K Points
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Q 48. Who is the author of ' Swami Vivekananda in the West: New Discoveries' ?

(A) Marie Louise Burke

(B) Romain Rolland

(C) Sister Nivedita

(D) Swami Ranganathananda

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Correct Answer: Option (A)
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Swami Vivekananda in the West: New Discoveries is a series of biographical books on Swami Vivekananda written by Marie Louise Burke, who is popularly known as Sister Gargi.

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Ritu Nagar • 4.39K Points
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Q 49. Who is the writer of the book ‘Anandmath’ ?

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji

(B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(D) Annie Besant

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Correct Answer: Option (A)
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‘Anandmath’ was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. The theme of the Bengali novel 'Anandamath' was set in the backdrop of the Sannyasi Rebellion in the 18t h century.

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Sandhya Thakur • 4.08K Points
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Q 50. Who is the author of the book 'Wise and Otherwise : A Salute to Life ?

(A) Kiran Desai

(B) Sudha Murthy

(C) Zoya Hasan

(D) Amrita Pritam

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Correct Answer: Option (C)
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Sudha Murty's book Wise and otherwise will take you to a journey across the length and breadth of India through narrations of 51 stories inspired by the extensive travels of the author herself.