31. Who wrote the book The White Tiger?
[A] Aravind Adiga
[B] Salman Rushdie
[C] Vikram Seth
[D] Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: A [Aravind Adiga]
Notes:
Aravind Adiga wrote the book The White Tiger, for which he also received the Booker Prize.
32. Who wrote the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice?
[A] Anita Desai
[B] Kiran Desai
[C] Arundhati Roy
[D] Ashapurna Devi
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Correct Answer: C [Arundhati Roy]
Notes:
Arundhati Roy, who is also a Booker Prize winner, wrote the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice.
33. Who wrote the book Plague?
[A] Samuel Beckett
[B] V. S. Naipaul
[C] Albert Camus
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Albert Camus]
Notes:
French author Albert Camus wrote the book Plague in 1947.
34. Who wrote the book Rangbhoomi?
[A] Mahashweta Devi
[B] Harishankar Parsai
[C] Prem Chand
[D] Gulzar
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Correct Answer: C [Prem Chand]
Notes:
Prem Chand wrote the book Rangbhoomi, which talks about the caste system and the marginalized status of women in society.
35. Who wrote the book Annihilation of Caste?
[A] B. R. Ambedkar
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [B. R. Ambedkar]
Notes:
B. R. Ambedkar wrote the book Annihilation of Caste, which was published in 1936 and talked about casteism and untouchability in India.
36. Who wrote the book Tamas?
[A] Prem Chand
[B] Amrita Pritam
[C] Bhishm Sahni
[D] Vikram Seth
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Correct Answer: C [Bhishm Sahni]
Notes:
Bhishm Sahni wrote the book Tamas which talks about Partition of India. He also received Padma Bhushan for literature in 1998.
37. Who wrote the book Saheb Bibi Golam?
[A] Bhishm Sahni
[B] Prem Chand
[C] Amrita Pritam
[D] Bimal Mitra
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Correct Answer: D [Bimal Mitra]
Notes:
Bimal Mitra wrote the book Saheb Bibi Golam. He wrote in Bengali as well as Hindi.
38. Who wrote the book A Tale of Two Cities?
[A] Charles Dickens
[B] Charles Darwin
[C] Cervantes
[D] Albert Camus
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Correct Answer: A [Charles Dickens]
Notes:
Charles Dickens wrote the book A Tale of Two Cities in 1859, based on French Revolution.
39. Who wrote the book Origin of Species?
[A] Charles Dickens
[B] Shakespeare
[C] Charles Darwin
[D] Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Correct Answer: C [Charles Darwin]
Notes:
Charles Darwin wrote the book Origin of Species, which laid the foundation of the Theory of Survival of the Fittest.
40. Who wrote the book One Night at the Call Centre?
[A] V. S. Naipaul
[B] Chetan Bhagat
[C] Vikram Seth
[D] Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: B [Chetan Bhagat]
Notes:
Chetan Bhagat wrote the book One Night at the Call Centre in 2005.
