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Question : 41

Which of the following books is written by Kalidasa?

a) Rajtarangini

b) Arthashastra

c) Raghuvansham

d) Mitakshara

Answer: (c)

Raghuvansham is written by Kalidasa. Raghuvansha, a long classical poem of 19 cantos, contains a brilliant account of the illustrious kings of Raghu Dynasty. It is indeed a gallery of brilliant kings - Dilipa, Raghu, Aja, Dasharatha, Rama - painted exquisitely by Kalidasa in which the picture of Rama is undoubtedly the best.

Question : 42 [Uttarakhand PCS (Pre) 2005]

‘Silent Spring’ was written by

a) Richard Wetherald

b) Rachel Carson

c) Joseph Fourier

d) Linnaeus

Answer: (b)

Question : 43 [UPPCS (Mains) 2010]

The book ‘India’s Struggle for Independence’ was authored by

a) R.C. Majumdar

b) Tarachand

c) Bipan Chandra

d) S.N. Sen

Answer: (c)

Question : 44

Ramachandra Guha wrote which of the following books?

  1. ‘Makers of Modern India’
  2. ‘India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy’

a) 1 and 2 only

b) Neither 1 or 2

c) 1 only

d) 2 only

Answer: (a)

Question : 45 [SSC SO 1997]

‘Uttar Ramcharit’ has been written by—

a) Tulsidas

b) Shudrak

c) Harsha

d) Bhavbhuti

Answer: (d)

Bhavabhuti was an 8th-century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit. His plays are considered equivalent to the works of Kalidasa.

Bhavbhuti was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family of Padmapura, Vidarbha, central India, in Gondia district, on Maharashtra and MP border. His real name was Srikantha Nilakantha, and he was the son of Nilakantha and Jatukarni.

He received his education at ‘Padmapawaya’, a place some 42 km South-West of Gwalior. Uttararamacharita (The story of Rama’s later life), depicts Rama’s coronation, the abandonment of Sita, and their reunion

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