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(a) A. Marshal
(b) A. Smith
(c) J. M. Keynes
(d) D. Patinkin
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money was written by the English economist John Maynard Keynes. The book, generally considered to be his magnum opus, is largely credited with creating the terminology and shape of modern macroeconomics.
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Question : 1
‘Indica’ was written by
a) Megasthenese
b) Strabo
c) Justin
d) Pliny
Answer »Answer: (a)
Lucius Flavius Arrianus ‘Xenophon’, known in English as Arrian, and Arrian of Nicomedia, was a Greek historian, a public servant, a military commander and a philosopher of the Roman period.
Indica is also the name of a similar book by Megasthenes that also describes the history of India and was a major source from which Arrian drew.
Megasthenes (ca. 350 – 290 BCE) was a Greek ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period, author of the work Indica. He was born in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) and became an ambassador of Seleucus I of the Seleucid dynasty possibly to Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra, India.
However, the exact date of his embassy is uncertain. Scholars place it before 298 BC, the date of Chandragupta’s death.
Question : 2
‘Mrichhakatikam’ is written by
a) Kautilya
b) Vishakhadatta
c) Shudrak
d) Kalidasa
Answer »Answer: (c)
Mrichhakatikam is written by Shudrak. Sanskrit dramas like Mrichhakatikam by Shudrak and Shakuntalam by Kalidas give some very vivid pictures of police force at work in the ancient times.
Question : 3
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Common Weal
b) Abul Kalam Azad - Hind Swaraj
c) Mahatma Gandhi - India Wins Freedom
d) Annie Besant - New India
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 4
‘Na Khatam Honewali Kahani’ (The never ending story) is an autobiography of :
a) Amitabh Bachchan
b) V.P. Singh
c) T.N. Seshan
d) Mahesh Bhatt
Answer »Answer: (d)
Na Khatam Hone Wali Kahani is a book by Indian film maker Mahesh Bhatt. The book is his autobiography.
Question : 5
Who has written the book named ‘Gita Rahasya’?
a) Vinoba Bhave
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 6
Consider the following statements :
- Niti-Shatak was written by Bhartrihari.
- Shahnama was written by Firdausi.
- Akabarnama was written by Abul Fazal.
- Sursagar was written by Kabir Das.
a) 1, 2 and 3
b) 1, 2, 3 and 4
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 2 and 3 only
Answer »Answer: (a)
Niti-Shatak was written by Bhartrihari. Bhartrihari is a Sanskrit author who has written two influential Sanskrit texts: the Vakyapadiya, on Sanskrit grammar and linguistic philosophy, and the atakatraya, a work of Sanskrit poetry, comprising three collections of about 100 stanzas each.
Shahnama was written by Firdausi. Hakim Abul-Qasim Firdausi, most commonly known as Ferdausi; also spelt as Firdausi or Firdausi; 940 – 1020 CE, was a highly revered Persian poet. He is the author of the Shahnama, the national epic of Iran and the Persian-speaking world.
Akabarnama was written by Abul Fazal. Shaikh Abual Fazal ibn Mubarak (January 14, 1551 – August 12, 1602) was the wizier of the great Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar’s reign in three volumes, (the third volume is known as the Ain-i-Akbari) and a Persian translation of the Bible.
He was also one of the Nine Jewels (Navaratans) of Akbar’s royal court and the brother of Faizi, the poet laureate of emperor Akbar.
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