books & authors section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Answer: (d)

Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. The book was republished outside India in 1982. The book includes 19 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi.

The God of Small Things (1997) is the debut novel of Indian author Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the “Love Laws” that lay down “who should be loved, and how. Khushwant Singh is an Indian novelist and journalist. Singh’s weekly column, “With Malice towards One and All”, carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country.

"What Went Wrong?", a collection of The fortnightly column written by Kiran Bedi. Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is an Indian social activist and a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. Bedi joined the police service in 1972 and became the first woman officer in the IPS.

Answer: (b)

Brahmabandhav Upadhyaya was the founder editor of Sandhya. He was an Indian freedom fighter, journalist, theologian, and mystic.

Answer: (a)

Kabuliwala is a short story by Rabindranath Tagore. It is about the friendship between small Bengali girl called Mini and Abdur Rehman Khan, a middle-aged dry fruit seller from Kabul (Afghanistan), who comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

The history of the Kings of Kashmir written by Kalahan, one of the most famous Sanskrit scholars of Kashmir in the 12th Century AD, is the book “Rajatarangini”.

The Rajatarangini also traces the political history of Queen Didda’s reign and adds to our interest as it also includes Kalhan’s views on the morality and modality of events and personalities.