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Question : 36 [SSC CGL 2015]

To whom the line ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is attributed ?

a) John Keats

b) Dr. Jonathan Swift

c) William Wordsworth

d) Dr. Charles Dickens

Answer: (a)

‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is the opening line of ‘Endymion,’ a poem by John Keats that was first published in 1818. Endymion is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets). Keats based the poem on the Greek myth of Endymion, the shepherd beloved by the moon goddess Selene.

Question : 37 [SSC Investigator 2010]

The author of the book titled ‘The Future of India’ is

a) Deepak Chopra

b) Amitav Ghosh

c) Bimal Jalan

d) Anurag Mathur

Answer: (c)

The Future of India Politics, Economics and Governance (Penguin, 2005). Bimal Jalan (born August 17, 1941) is a former Governor of India’s Reserve Bank and a nominated member of the Upper House of India’s Parliament, the Rajya Sabha during 2003- 2009. Jalan graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta, and later was at Cambridge and Oxford.

A leading economic bureaucrat, Jalan held several administrative and advisory positions in the Government of India. He was the Chief Economic Adviser in the 1980s, Banking Secretary between 1985 and 1989 and Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance.

Question : 38 [UPPCS (Pre) 2003]

Poet Iqbal who wrote ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha’ was related to which State?

a) Punjab

b) Delhi

c) Hyderabad

d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (a)

Question : 39 [UP Lower Sub. (Spl)(Pre) 2003, 02]

Arrange the poems of Late Harivansh Rai Bachchan in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below.

  1. Madhukalash
  2. Madhubala
  3. Madhushala
Code

a) 3, 2, 1

b) 1, 2, 3

c) 2, 1, 3

d) 2, 3, 1

Answer: (a)

Question : 40 [MPPCS (Pre) 2015]

The writer of ‘Bikhre Moti’ is

a) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

b) Muktibodh

c) Dinkar Sonwalkar

d) Agyeya

Answer: (a)

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