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Questions : Who wrote the book ‘The Prince’?

(a) V.S. Sharma

(b) Emile Zola

(c) Bernard Shaw

(d) Niccolo Machiaveli

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that the aims of princes—such as glory and survival—can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends.

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Question : 1

To whom the line ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is attributed ?

a) John Keats

b) Dr. Jonathan Swift

c) William Wordsworth

d) Dr. Charles Dickens

Answer: (a)

‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is the opening line of ‘Endymion,’ a poem by John Keats that was first published in 1818. Endymion is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets). Keats based the poem on the Greek myth of Endymion, the shepherd beloved by the moon goddess Selene.

Question : 2

The author of the book titled ‘The Future of India’ is

a) Deepak Chopra

b) Amitav Ghosh

c) Bimal Jalan

d) Anurag Mathur

Answer: (c)

The Future of India Politics, Economics and Governance (Penguin, 2005). Bimal Jalan (born August 17, 1941) is a former Governor of India’s Reserve Bank and a nominated member of the Upper House of India’s Parliament, the Rajya Sabha during 2003- 2009. Jalan graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta, and later was at Cambridge and Oxford.

A leading economic bureaucrat, Jalan held several administrative and advisory positions in the Government of India. He was the Chief Economic Adviser in the 1980s, Banking Secretary between 1985 and 1989 and Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance.

Question : 3

Poet Iqbal who wrote ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha’ was related to which State?

a) Punjab

b) Delhi

c) Hyderabad

d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Problems of the Far East’?

a) Churchill

b) Lawrence

c) Lytton

d) Curzon

Answer: (d)

Question : 5

Who has authored the book ‘One Life is Not Enough’?

a) Natwar Singh

b) Khushwant Singh

c) V.S. Naipal

d) K.P.S. Gill

Answer: (a)

‘One Life Is Not Enough’ is an autobiography of K. Natwar Singh, former Minister of External Affairs and senior Indian National Congress politician. Published by Rupa in July 2014, this book gives an account of his career as a politician and bureaucrat.

Question : 6

Consider the following statements

  1. ‘A Voice for Freedom’ is a book written by Nayantara Sahgal.
  2. The father of English Poetry is Chaucer
  3. Neem ka Ped’ was written by Rahi Masoom Raza.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 3 only

b) All of the above

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 2 and 3 only

Answer: (b)

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