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Questions : Who created the unforgettable literary character Swami?

(a) R. K. Narayan

(b) Hari vansh Rai Bachchan

(c) Vikram Seth

(d) Mulk Raj Anand

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

R. K. Narayan was an Indian author whose works of fiction include a series of books about people and their interactions in an imagined town in India called Malgudi.

He is one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English, along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. Malgudi is a fictitious town in India created by R.K. Narayan in his novels and short stories.

It forms the setting for most of Narayan’s works. Starting with his first novel, Swami and Friends, all but one of his fifteen novels and most of his short stories take place here. Narayan has successfully portrayed Malgudi as a microcosm of India.

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Question : 1

Who has written ‘An Equal Music’?

a) Khushwant Singh

b) Shobha De

c) Anita Desai

d) Vikram Seth

Answer: (d)

Question : 2

Who wrote the book named ‘Baiga’?

a) Verrier Elwin

b) S.C. Roy

c) H. Rizle

d) D.N. Majumdar

Answer: (a)

Question : 3

Which of the following books was not written by a Nobel Laureate?

a) Beyond Belief

b) Midnight’s Children

c) Miguel Street

d) Half a Life

Answer: (b)

Midnight's Children is a 1980 book by Salman Rushdie that deals with India's transition from British colonialism to independence and the partition of British India. Rushdie has not won the Nobel Prize. Midnight's Children won both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981.

It was awarded the "Booker of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary.

Question : 4

The book ‘The Audacity of Hope’ is written by

a) Vikram Seth

b) Barrack Obama

c) Nayantara Sehgal

d) Aravind Adiga

Answer: (b)

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream is the second book written by Barack Obama. In the fall of 2006 it became number one on both the New York Times and Amazon.com.

Question : 5

The ‘‘Mein Kampf’’ was written by

a) Mussolini

b) Mazzinit

c) Hitler

d) Bismarck

Answer: (c)

Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited by Rudolf Hess.

Question : 6

‘‘Life Divine’’ is a book written by

a) Rabrindranath Tagore

b) Shri Aurobindo

c) M. K. Gandhi

d) S. Radhakrishnan

Answer: (b)

‘The Life Divine’ is a metaphysical treatise authored by Sri Aurobindo. It is called the most profound book ever written on the nature of spirit, creation, life, and human evolution.

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