books & authors section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Vetala Panchavimshati, is a collection of tales and legends within a frame story, from India. It was originally written in Sanskrit.

Vasavadatta is a Gupta period romantic akhyayika written in an ornate style of language that was in fashion at the height of Classical Sanskrit literature. Its author is Subandhu, a courtier of Kumaragupta I and his son Skandagupta.

Answer: (d)

Nineteen Eighty-Four, sometimes published as 1984, is a dystopian novel by George Orwell. It was published in 1949 by Secker and Warburg, London. In 2005, the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Answer: (c)

The Freethinker’s Prayer Book is written by Khushwant Singh. In this eclectic and deeply personal collection, India’s grand old man of letters brings together precepts, prayers and practical advice by prophets, poets and philosophers, and his favourite passages from the seminal texts of the world’s major faiths.

Answer: (b)