11. Who wrote the book By God’s Decree?
[A] Kapil Dev
[B] Sachin Tendulkar
[C] Rahul Dravid
[D] Virat Kohli
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Correct Answer: A [Kapil Dev]
Notes:
Kapil Dev, the former Indian cricketer and the captain of the Indian team, wrote the book By God’s Decree.
12. Who wrote the book Area of Darkness?
[A] Amitav Ghosh
[B] V. S. Naipaul
[C] Vikram Seth
[D] Khushwant Singh
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Correct Answer: B [V. S. Naipaul]
Notes:
V. S. Naipaul wrote the book Area of Darkness and had also won the Booker Prize in 1971 for the book In a Free State.
13. Who wrote the book Broken Wings?
[A] Meira Kumar
[B] Indira Gandhi
[C] Sushma Swaraj
[D] Sarojini Naidu
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Correct Answer: D [Sarojini Naidu]
Notes:
Sarojini Naidu wrote the book Broken Wings. She was a poet and a freedom fighter who was given sobriquet Nightingale of India by Mahatma Gandhi.
14. Who wrote the book Devadas?
[A] Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
[B] Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
[C] Rabindranath Tagore
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]
Notes:
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote the book Devadas. He was a Bengali novelist and wrote other books like Srikanto, Choritrohin, Parineeta and Grihadaha.
15. Who wrote the book Discovery of India?
[A] Sardar Patel
[B] Atal Bihari Vajpayee
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer: C [Jawaharlal Nehru]
Notes:
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, wrote the book Discovery of India.
16. Who wrote the book Development as Freedom?
[A] Raghuram Rajan
[B] Abhijeet Banerjee
[C] Amartya Sen
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Amartya Sen]
Notes:
Amartya Sen, the Nobel Laureate in Economics, wrote the book Development as Freedom.
17. Who wrote the book Gita Rahasya?
[A] Lala Lajpat Rai
[B] Bhagat Singh
[C] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[D] Sarojini Naidu
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Correct Answer: C [Bal Gangadhar Tilak]
Notes:
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, also known as Lokmanya Tilak or “The Maker of Modern India” by Mahatma Gandhi, wrote the book Gita Rahasya.
18. Who wrote the book Eternal India?
[A] Indira Gandhi
[B] Sarojini Naidu
[C] Sushma Swaraj
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
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Correct Answer: A [Indira Gandhi]
Notes:
Indira Gandhi, the first and the only woman Prime Minister in India, wrote the book Eternal India.
19. Who wrote the book India-From Midnight to the Millennium?
[A] Amartya Sen
[B] Sashi Tharoor
[C] Abhijeet Banerjee
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Sashi Tharoor]
Notes:
Sashi Tharoor, the former United Nations diplomat and the MP of Thiruvananthapuram, wrote the book India-From Midnight to the Millennium.
20. Who wrote the book Gora?
[A] V. S. Naipaul
[B] Vikram Seth
[C] Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer: D [Rabindranath Tagore]
Notes:
Rabindranath Tagore, the first Nobel Laureate in Literature from India in 1913, wrote the book Gora.
