Books & Authors Section 9 Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Ashtadhyayi is Sanskrit treatise on grammar written in the 6th to 5th century BCE by the grammarian Panini.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

Business @ the Speed of Thought is a book written by Bill Gates and Collins Hemingway in 1999. It discusses how business and technology are integrated, and shows how digital infrastructures and information networks can help getting an edge on the competition.

Gates asserts cyberspace and industry can no longer be separate entities, and that businesses must change to succeed in the Information Age. Though the book is not a technology handbook it gives interesting insights as to how to integrate business process with technology.

Answer: (a)

Meghdootam is written by Kalidasa. The meghaduta is a poem describing the message of departed Yaksha to his wife, to be conveyed through a cloud. Yaksha, a servant of lord, Kubera, made some mistake in his duty; Kubera punished him with a curse, banishing him from Alaka into exile for a period of one year.

Therefore, Yaksha sent his message to his wife through a cloud.

Answer: (a)

Mother India, was a polemical book by the American author Katherine Mayo. It was published in 1927. In her book, Mayo attacked society, religion and culture of the country of India.