books & authors section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

English, August: An Indian Story is a novel by Indian author Upamanyu Chatterjee written in English, first published in 1988. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1994.

Answer: (c)

1. The Dark Room — R.K. Narayanan
2. Indian Philosophy — Dr S. Radhakrishnan
3. Golden Threshold — Sarojini Naidu
4. Anamika — Nirala

Answer: (c)

1. Gita Govinda: a 12th Century epic by Jaidev;
2. Yogasastra: a treatise on yoga by Hemchandra;
3. Sribhasya: the most famous work of Ramanuja (1017–1137);
4. Siddhanta Siromani: the major treatise of Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya, written in 1150 A.D.

Answer: (b)

The Life Divine is Sri Aurobindo’s major philosophical opus. It combines a synthesis of western thought and eastern spirituality with Sri Aurobindo’s own original insights.

The Life Divine covers topics such as the human aspiration, the emergence of life in the cosmos from out of a Divine Source, the evolution of matter to spirit in the universe, the division and dualities inherent in human consciousness, the way out of man’s ignorance through an evolution of consciousness, and the spiritual destiny of life on earth.

The Life Divine was translated into poetic Bengali in “Divya Jeevan Prasanga” by the scholar saint Sri Anirvan.

Answer: (d)

Natya Shastra was written by Bharata Muni.

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.