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Answer: (b)

Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author and political activist who was best known for the 1998 Man Booker Prize for Fiction winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes.

Roy’s novel became the biggest-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. Roy began writing her first novel, The God of Small Things, in 1992, completing it in 1996. The book is semiautobiographical and a major part captures her childhood experiences in Aymanam.

The publication of The God of Small Things catapulted Roy to instant international fame. It received the 1997 Booker Prize for Fiction and was listed as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year for 1997.

It reached the fourth position on the New York Times Bestsellers list for Independent Fiction.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (c)

The writer of “Geet Govind” is Jayadev. He was the poet of the eleventh century who wrote the Sanskrit poem on the mystic love of Radha and Krishna. Jayadev was born in Kudali Sasan a small village near Puri in Orrisa.

In his poem, he describes the eternal love of Krishna and Radha. He was a great devotee of Lord Krishna and considered both Krishna and Radha as divine.

Answer: (c)

Amar Sonar Banglawas written by Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. The melody of the hymn derived from the Baul singer Gagan Harkara’s song “Ami Kothay Pabo Tare” set to Dadra Tala. It is an Ode to Mother Bengal. The song was written in 1905 during the first partition of Bengal.

Answer: (a)