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Questions : Who is the author of the book ‘The Zigzag Way” ?

(a) Simran Sodhi

(b) Lisa Genova

(c) Anita Desai

(d) Jahnavi Barua

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

The Zigzag Way is a 2004 novel by Anita Desai. The novel is about an American academic and writer who goes with his girlfriend to Mexico and rediscovers his passion for fiction writing.

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Question : 1

The author of ‘Ignited Minds’ is

a) Khushwant Singh

b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c) Nayantara Sahgal

d) Balasaheb Thackeray

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Which of the following Hindi works was written first?

a) Madhumalti

b) Indravati

c) Mrigavati

d) Padmavati

Answer: (c)

Question : 3

Who is the author of the book “Two Lives”?

a) James Patterson

b) Khushwant Singh

c) Vikram Seth

d) Ved Mehta

Answer: (c)

Vikram Seth is an Indian author and poet. Two Lives is a non-fiction family memoir written at the suggestion of his mother and published in October 2005.

It focuses on the lives of his great-uncle (Shanti Behari Seth) and German-Jewish great aunt (Henny Caro) who met in Berlin in the early 1930s while Shanti was a student there and with whom Seth stayed extensively on going to England at age 17 for school.

As with From Heaven Lake, Two Lives contains many autobiographies.

Question : 4

‘The Gathering Storm’ is written by

a) Voltaire

b) Romain Rolland

c) Winston Churchill

d) George Washington

Answer: (c)

The Gathering Storm is the first volume of The Second World War (book series), a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill.

Question : 5

Consider the following statements

  1. Freedom from Fear - Aung San Suu Kyi
  2. Decision Points - George W. Bush
  3. The Illusion of Density - Prof. Amartya Sen
  4. The Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Which of the above is/are correctly matched?

a) 2, 3 and 4

b) All of these

c) 1 and 2

d) 2 and 3

Answer: (b)

Question : 6

The author of ‘Harsha Charita’ was

a) Amara Simha

b) Harisena

c) Banabhatta

d) Kalidasa

Answer: (c)

‘Harsh Charita’ was written by Banabhatta, the court poet of Harshavardhan, the king of Thaneswar. Hiuen Tsang of Yuan Chwang, a Chinese pilgrim, visited India during his reign.

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