Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das?
Answer: D
Tonight This Savage Rite was written by Kamala Das, with Pritish Nandy, published in 1979.
She wrote poetry in English and fiction in Malayalam as Madhavikutty, and was among the most candid writers of her generation on love and the position of women.
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Who has written the book My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir?
Answer: B
My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir was written by Jagmohan, published in 1991.
He was twice governor of Jammu and Kashmir, including during the outbreak of militancy in 1990, and the book is his account of those years and their causes.
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Who wrote the famous book "We the People"?
Answer: C
Nani Palkhivala wrote We, the People: India, the Largest Democracy. Palkhivala was a constitutional lawyer and jurist, famous for arguing Kesavananda Bharati (1973), the case that established the basic structure doctrine.
The book collects his writings and speeches on the Constitution, the economy and civil liberties. T.N. Kaul was a diplomat and wrote memoirs of foreign service, not this title.
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"Ek Doctor Ki Maut" is film directed by-
Answer: C
Ek Doctor Ki Maut was directed by Tapan Sinha, released in 1990.
Pankaj Kapur plays a doctor who discovers a vaccine for leprosy and is destroyed by professional jealousy and bureaucratic obstruction. It won three National Film Awards.
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The book ‘Vish Vriksha’ was written by:
Answer: A
It was Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Vishabriksha, the poison tree, was published in 1873 and takes as its subject widow remarriage and the destruction that follows a second marriage across social lines - among the first Bengali novels to treat a contemporary social question directly.
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"The Old Man and the Sea" was a short novel written by-
Answer: B
The Old Man and the Sea was written by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1952.
Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, catches a great marlin and loses it to sharks on the way home. It won the Pulitzer Prize and was cited when Hemingway received the Nobel Prize in 1954.
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The author of "A Cabinet Secretary Looks Back"-
Answer: D
A Cabinet Secretary Looks Back was written by B.G. Deshmukh.
He was Cabinet Secretary and later principal secretary to three prime ministers - Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar - and the book records those years from inside the office.
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For which Novel Prominent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail will be awarded the Saraswati Samman for the year 2016 ?
Answer: A
It is Hawthan.
Mahabaleshwar Sail's Konkani novel, on the potters of Goa and the decline of their craft, won the Saraswati Samman for 2016 - the first Konkani work to receive it.
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The book which deals with the love plays of the Dark Lord Krishna and his fair beloved Radha.
Answer: C
It is the Gita Govinda.
Jayadeva's Sanskrit poem of the twelfth century sings of Radha and Krishna in twenty-four ashtapadis, each set to a raga and tala. It is sung daily before the deity at the Jagannath temple in Puri.
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The novel "The White Tiger" which won the Man Booker Prize 2008 is authored by-
Answer: B
The White Tiger was written by Aravind Adiga and won the Man Booker Prize in 2008.
Narrated as a series of letters from Balram Halwai, a driver turned entrepreneur, to the Chinese Premier, it is a satire on class mobility in contemporary India. It was Adiga's debut novel.
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