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Questions : What is the name of the controversial novel written by Taslima Nasrin?

(a) Lajja

(b) Tamas

(c) Fire

(d) Water

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

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Question : 1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

List I List II
A. Devdas 1. Bhagwati Charan
B. Jhansi Ki Rani 2. Jainendra Kumar
C. Tyagpatra 3. Vrindavanlal Verma
D. Chitralekha 4. Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Codes: A B C D

a) 4 3 2 1

b) 4 1 3 2

c) 1 2 3 4

d) 1 3 2 4

Answer: (a)

  • Devdas — Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
  • Jhansi Ki Rani — Vrindavanlal Verma
  • Tyagpatra — Jainendra Kuma
  • Chitralekha — Bhagwati Charan Verma

Question : 2

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Lala Ramsaran Das - Dreamland

b) Bhagat Singh - The Indian Sociologist

c) Bhagwati Charan Vohra - The Philosophy of Bomb

d) Sachindra Nath Sanyal - Bandi Jivan

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I List II
A. Half a Life 1. Arun Shourie
B. Worshipping False Gods 2. Shiv Khera
C. Agni Ki Udaan 3. V.S. Naipaul
D. Jeet Apki 4. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  5. James and Jougeward
Codes: A B C D

a) 3 1 4 2

b) 1 2 3 5

c) 1 3 2 5

d) 2 1 4 3

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Who is the author of the book ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’ ?

a) Walter Scott

b) Thomas Hardy

c) J.M. Barrie

d) George Orwell

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.

Question : 5

Consider the following statements:

  1. Baital Pachisi is written by Somdev.
  2. Vasavdatta is written by Subandhu.
Select the correct answer

a) Both 1 & 2

b) Neither of 2

c) 2 only

d) 1 only

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.

Question : 6

Which of the following Authors and Books is incorrectly matched?

a) Kautilya : Arthashastra

b) Nagarjuna : Dhruvasw-amini

c) Vishakhadatta : Mudrarakshasa

d) Megasthenes : Indica

Answer: (b)

Dhruvaswamini is a famous drama by Jayshankar Prasad, considered one of the Four Pillars (Char Stambh) of Romanticism in Hindi Literature (Chhayavad), along with Sumitranandan Pant, Mahadevi Verma, and Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', which was published in 1933.

Prasad's most famous dramas include Skandagupta, Chandragupta and Dhruvaswamini.

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