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Questions : The book ‘Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India’ was in news some time back and was banned in some Indian States including Gujarat. The author of the book is –

(a) Michael Ondaatje

(b) Duncan Green

(c) Joseph Lelyveld

(d) Jack Welch

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

Joseph Lelyveld (born April 5, 1937) was executive editor of the New York Times from 1994 to 2001, and interim executive editor in 2003 after the resignation of Howell Raines.

He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books.

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Question : 1

Who among the following writers wrote the non-fiction book ‘India: A Million Mutinies Now’?

  1. Anita Nair
  2. Faraaz Kazi
  3. V. S. Naipaul
  4. Amitabha Bagchi
Select the answer from the codes given below:

a) 3 only

b) 1 and 2

c) 2 and 3

d) 1 and 4

Answer: (a)

Naipaul expresses serious misgivings about Indian attitudes and the Indian way of life. On the other hand, Naipaul notes the economic growth and its associated emancipation of the various people of India.

Question : 2

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

List I List II
A. Lady Catherine Mayo 1. Freedom at Midnight
B. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre 2. Mother India
C. Ram Manohar Lohia 3. Discovery of India
D. Jawaharlal Nehru 4. Guilty Men of India’s Partition
Codes: A B C D

a) 1 2 4 3

b) 2 1 4 3

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 1 2 3 4

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

"Life Divine" is a book written by

a) Tagore

b) Sri Aurobindo

c) Gandhi

d) Radhakrishnan

Answer: (b)

Life Divine is the philosophical magnum opus of Sri Aurobindo. It combines a synthesis of western thought and eastern spirituality with his 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.

Question : 4

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 : 5

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 : 6

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

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