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Question : 16 [SSC LDEO 2011]

Who is the author of the book “The State of the Nation”?

a) Vinod Mehta

b) Fali S. Nariman

c) Mark Tully

d) Kuldip Nayar

Answer: (b)

The State of the Nation is a definitive, analytical and meticulous account of the present state of the nation – from a constitutional perspective – by Fali S. Nariman.

Nariman is a distinguished Indian Constitutional jurist and senior advocate to the Supreme Court of India since 1971 and has remained the President of the Bar Association of India since 1991.

Question : 17 [SSC SO 2008]

Who is the author of the novel ‘DEVDAS’?

a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

b) Munshi Premchand

c) Rabindranath Tagore

d) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Answer: (d)

Devdas (also called Debdas) (1917) is a Bengali Romance novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Essentially, it is a retelling of the Krishna, Radha, and Meera myths, the relationships between its three protagonists - Devdas, Parvati, and Chandramukhi - paralleling the Hindu deities’.

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (15 September 1876 – 16 January 1938) is one of the most popular Bengali novelists and short story writers of the early 20th century.

Question : 18

The autobiography ‘Living History’ has been authored by?

a) Hillary Clinton

b) Monica Lewinsky

c) Margaret Atwood

d) Benazir Bhutoo

Answer: (a)

Question : 19 [SSC CGL 2011]

Which of the following books is not written by Jawaharlal Nehru ?

a) My Experiments with Truth

b) Glimpses of World History

c) Discovery of India

d) An Autobiography

Answer: (a)

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly instalments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929.

Question : 20 [MPPCS (Pre) 2000]

Who wrote the fiction ‘The God of Small Things’ in English?

a) Mulkraj Anand

b) Shobha De

c) Arundhati Roy

d) R.K. Narayanan

Answer: (c)

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