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Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

Jayadeva was a Sanskrit poet circa 1200 AD. He is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, and his consort, Radha.

This poem, which presents the view that Radha is greater than Hari, is considered an important text in the Bhakti movement of Hinduism. Jayadeva was born to a Hindu Brahmin family.

It describes the relationship between Krishna and the gopis (female cow herders) of Vrindavana, and in particular one gopi named Radha. This work has been of great importance in the development of the bhakti traditions of Hinduism.

Answer: (c)

Jayadeva was a Sanskrit poet circa 1200 AD. He is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of Krishna, and his consort, Radha. B?naBhatta was a Sanskrit prose writer and poet of India.

He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harsha Vardhana, who reigned c. 606–647 CE in north India. Bana’s principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita, and one of the world’s earliest novels, Kadambari.

Bhavabhuti was an 8th-century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit. His plays are considered equivalent to the works of Kalidasa.

Answer: (c)

‘The Kingdom of God Is Within You’ is a non-fiction book written by Leo Tolstoy. A philosophical treatise, the book was first published in Germany in 1894 after being banned in his home country of Russia. Gandhi cited the book as one of the most important modern influences in his life.

Answer: (a)

A House for Mr Biswas has been authored by Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad “V. S.” Naipaul who is a Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Trinidadian heritage of Kanyakubja Brahmin known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism. He has also written works of non-fiction, such as travel writing and essays.

J. M. Coetzee, writing in The New York Review of Books in 2001, described Naipaul as “a master of modern English prose”.

In 2008, The Times ranked Naipaul seventh on their list of “the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

Answer: (b)

Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971) is an Indian author. She is a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States. Her novel ‘The Inheritance of Loss, won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award.

The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. It was first published in 2006. It won a number of awards, including the Man Booker Prize for that year, the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award in 2007, and the 2006 Vodafone Crossword Book Award.

It was written over a period of seven years after her first book, the critically acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Among its main themes are migration, living between two worlds, and between past and present.