The celebrated Novel "The Godfather" was authored by
Answer: C
It was Mario Puzo.
The Godfather of 1969 created the popular picture of the American Mafia, including much of its vocabulary. Puzo later said he had never met a gangster when he wrote it.
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Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand?
Answer: D
Guide was not written by Premchand - it is R.K. Narayan's, published in 1958.
Gaban, Godan and Nirmala are all Premchand's. Godan, his last completed novel, is generally regarded as the greatest Hindi novel of the twentieth century.
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"Man without society is either a beast or a God". Who said this?
Answer: C
Politics was written by Aristotle (384–322 BC), who is often called the father of political science.
The work classifies constitutions into monarchy, aristocracy and polity, with tyranny, oligarchy and democracy as their corrupt forms. Plato, his teacher, wrote The Republic.
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The book "To Live or Not Live" was written by
Answer: D
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (1951) was written by Nirad C. Chaudhuri.
Its dedication to the British Empire caused lasting controversy in India. Chaudhuri lived in Oxford from 1970 until his death in 1999, aged 101.
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Who is the author of book "We Indians"?
Answer: C
Train to Pakistan (1956) was written by Khushwant Singh.
Set in the fictional border village of Mano Majra during Partition, it won the Grove Press India Fiction Prize. Khushwant Singh later edited The Illustrated Weekly of India and The Hindustan Times.
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The Union Minister of Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhu, released the book "Indian Railways – The Weaving of a National Tapestry", jointly authored by Sanjay Chadha, Vidya Krishnamurthi and ________.
Answer: D
It is Bibek Debroy.
The economist, then a member of the NITI Aayog and later chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, co-authored the volume on the history of Indian Railways. He is also known for his complete English translations of the Mahabharata and the Valmiki Ramayana.
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Author of the book ‘Crime and Punishment’.
Answer: A
It is Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Crime and Punishment, published in 1866, follows Raskolnikov's murder of a pawnbroker and the disintegration that follows it. Dostoevsky wrote it against a deadline set by a ruinous publishing contract.
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Who amongst the following is the author of the book "Nice Guys Finish Second"?
Answer: A
Nice Guys Finish Second was written by B.K. Nehru.
It is his memoir. A cousin of Jawaharlal Nehru, he was ambassador to the United States, high commissioner in London and governor of several states.
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Who is the author of the Book "Social Exclusion and Justice in India"?
Answer: D
It is P. S. Krishnan.
The civil servant spent his career on the rights of Scheduled Castes and Tribes and drafted the 1989 Prevention of Atrocities Act. The book, published in 2018, sets out that record as told to Vasanthi Devi.
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Author of the book Gulliver's Travels.
Answer: D
It is Jonathan Swift.
Gulliver's Travels, published in 1726, is a satire on politics, science and human nature in the form of a travel narrative. Swift published it anonymously and through an intermediary, fearing prosecution.
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