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Question : 46 [SSC CHSL 2015]

Who is the author of ‘Indica’ ?

a) Fa-Hien

b) Hiuen Tsang

c) Megasthanese

d) Selucas

Answer: (c)

Indica is an account of India that was authored by Megasthenes, an ancient Greek historian and diplomat. He was sent by the Hellenistic king Seleucus I on embassies to the Mauryan emperor Chandragupta. He gave the most complete account of India then known to the Greek world and was the source for work by the later historians.

Question : 47 [41st BPSC (Pre) 1996]

Match the names mentioned in List-I with the names mentioned in List-II and select the right answer using the code given below.

List I List II
(Books) (Authors)
A. History of the Freedom Movement in India 1. Tara Chand
B. History of the Freedom Movement in Bihar 2. W.W. Hunter
C. Anand Math 3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Precepts of Jesus 4. Father Bulke
E. Our Indian Musalmans 5. K.K. Dutta
  6. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Codes: A B C D E

a) 1 5 6 3 2

b) 1 4 6 3 2

c) 1 2 3 4 5

d) 2 4 3 2 1

Answer: (a)

Question : 48 [RAS/RTS (Pre) 1999]

The author of ‘Love and Longing in Bombay’ is

a) Raj Kamal Jha

b) Vikram Chandra

c) Kiran Desai

d) Arundhati Roy

Answer: (b)

Question : 49 [SSC CHSL 2015]

‘Origin of Life by Natural Selection’ is a book written by:

a) Lamarck

b) Charles Dickens

c) Hugo de Veris

d) Charles Darwin

Answer: (d)

‘On the Origin of Species,’ published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.’ It introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection.

Question : 50 [UPPCS (Pre) 2011]

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

a) Frank Moraes - Jawaharlal Nehru-A Biography

b) Durga Das - The Life of Mahatma Gandhi

c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - India Divided

d) Louis Fischer - India From Curzon to Nehru and After

Answer: (a)

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