books & authors section 8 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Business @ the Speed of Thought is a book written by Bill Gates and Collins Hemingway in 1999. It discusses how business and technology are integrated, and shows how digital infrastructures and information networks can help to get an edge on the competition.

Gates asserts cyberspace and industry can no longer be separate entities, and that businesses must change to succeed in the Information Age.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (c)

Yashpal (December 3, 1903 – December 26, 1976) was a Hindi language author who wrote in a range of genres, including essays, novels and short stories. He also wrote a play and an autobiography.

Jaishankar Prasad was one of the most famous figures in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre.

Kazi Nazrul Islam, known popularly as Nazrul, was a Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works espousing intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression.

Maithilisharan Gupt was one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He is considered one of the pioneers of Khari Boli poetry and wrote in the Khari Boli dialect, at a time when most Hindi poets favoured the use of the Braj Bhasha dialect.

Answer: (c)

The Natya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. It was written during the period between 200 BCE and 200 CE in classical India and is traditionally attributed to the Sage Bharata.

Answer: (b)

The Argumentative Indian is a book written by Nobel Prize-winning Indian economist Amartya Sen. It is a collection of essays that discuss India’s history and identity, focusing on the traditions of public debate and intellectual pluralism. Martha Nussbaum says the book “demonstrates the importance of public debate in Indian traditions generally.”

The Argumentative Indian has brought together a selection of writings from Sen that outline the need to understand contemporary India in the light of its long argumentative tradition.

The understanding and use of this argumentative tradition are critically important, Sen argues, for the success of India’s democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peace.

Answer: (c)

Kamasutra is written by Vatsyayana.