31. Who wrote the book Kora Kagaz?
[A] Anita Desai
[B] Amrita Pritam
[C] Arundhati Roy
[D] Kiran Desai
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Correct Answer: B [Amrita Pritam]
Notes:
Amrita Pritam wrote the book Kora Kagaz. She belonged to the Romantic-Progressivism literary movement and wrote Hindi and Punjabi.
32. Who wrote the book Meghdoot?
[A] Kalidas
[B] Tulsidas
[C] Kautilya
[D] Abul Fazal
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Correct Answer: A [Kalidas]
Notes:
Kalidas wrote the book Meghdoot, which included verses in Sanskrit.
33. Who wrote the book My Experiment with Truth?
[A] Bal Gangadhar Tilak
[B] Lala Lajpat Rai
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] Mahatma Gandhi
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Correct Answer: D [Mahatma Gandhi]
Notes:
Mahatma Gandhi wrote the book My Experiment with Truth, which is also his autobiography.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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.
38. Who wrote the book Life of Pi?
[A] Yann Martel
[B] George Saunders
[C] Salman Rushdie
[D] Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: A [Yann Martel]
Notes:
Life of Pi is written by Yann Martel for which he got the Booker Prize in 2001.
39. Who is the author of the book “Escape from Freedom”?
[A] Herbert Marcuse
[B] Erich Fromm
[C] Jurgen Habermas
[D] Thomas Friedman
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Correct Answer: B [Erich Fromm]
Notes:
Erich Fromm in 1941 wrote the book, “Escape from freedom” in which he analysed the totalitarian regime while keeping freedom as the central concept.
40. Who is the author of “The Audacity of Hope”?
[A] Nayantara Sehgal
[B] Aravind Adiga
[C] Vikram Seth
[D] Barack Obama
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Correct Answer: D [Barack Obama]
Notes:
“The Audacity of Hope” is a book written by Barack Obama, who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. This book was published in 2006 and played a significant role in shaping Obama’s political image and ideas during his rise to the presidency. In the book, Obama discusses his vision for America, his policy proposals, and his thoughts on various issues, offering readers insight into his political philosophy and aspirations for the future of the United States. It became a bestseller and is considered an important work in the realm of political literature.
