books & authors section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

The famous novels of Salman Rushdie include: Grimus (1975); Shame (1983); The Moor's Last Sigh (1995); and The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1999). His most recent book is Joseph Anton: A Memoir, an account of his life in the wake of the controversy over The Satanic Verses. It was published in September 2012.

Answer: (a)

A Grammar of Politics is the magnum opus work of Harold Laski, a British political theorist, economist, and author. Published in 1925 by the Oxford University Press, the book discusses such issues as necessity of government; state and society; rights and power; liberty and equality; property as a theory of industrial organisation; the nature of nationalism; etc.

Answer: (a)

India Remembered is a book by Pamela Mountbatten written as a personal account of Mountbattens.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (b)

Meghdoot (literally “cloud messenger”) is a lyric poem written by Kalidasa, considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets. A poem of 111 stanzas, it was first translated into English by Horace Hayman Wilson.