The book "Midnight"s Children" has been written by-
Answer: C
The Satanic Verses (1988) was written by Salman Rushdie.
The novel was banned in India and several other countries, and in 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against the author. Rushdie had earlier won the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children (1981).
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Who has authored the book "The Kingdom of God is Within You"?
Answer: A
The Kingdom of God Is Within You was written by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1894.
It sets out his Christian anarchism and doctrine of non-resistance to evil. Gandhi read it in South Africa and called it the book that overwhelmed him and left a lasting impression.
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Who is the author of "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind" ?
Answer: B
It is Deepak Chopra.
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, published in 1993, argues that ageing is influenced by consciousness and expectation. Its sales were driven by a television appearance, and it made him among the best-known writers on alternative medicine.
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Who is the writer of "Swamy and Friends"?
Answer: D
Swami and Friends was written by R.K. Narayan, published in 1935.
It was his first novel and introduced the fictional town of Malgudi, in which he set almost all his later work. Graham Greene helped find a publisher for it.
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The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was instituted in
Answer: D
It was instituted in 1968.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was created by the Swedish central bank on its 300th anniversary and first awarded in 1969. It is not one of the five prizes in Nobel's will.
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Mrichchhakatika was written by
Answer: B
Mrichchhakatika (The Little Clay Cart) was written by Shudraka.
The Sanskrit play, in ten acts, is unusual in taking its plot from ordinary city life - a merchant, a courtesan and a political coup - rather than from myth or epic.
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Who amongst the following is the author of the book " Colours of the Rainbow "
Answer: D
It is Ranjit Biswas.
The Indian Police Service officer and writer published Colours of the Rainbow, a collection of essays. He has also written fiction in English and Assamese.
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Who is the author of the book "Panditharadya Charitham" ?
Answer: D
It is Palkuriki Somanatha.
The thirteenth-century Telugu poet wrote Panditaradhya Charitamu on the Virashaiva teacher Mallikarjuna Panditaradhya, and also the Basava Puranamu. He wrote in the desi metres of ordinary speech rather than classical Sanskritised Telugu.
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Which of the following was not written by Kalidas?
Answer: B
Laghujatakam was not written by Kalidasa - it is an astrological work by Varahamihira.
Kumarasambhavam, Meghadutam and Raghuvamsam are all Kalidasa's, the greatest of the Sanskrit poets, who is usually placed in the Gupta period.
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Who said " Man is a political animal"?
Answer: C
Aristotle said man is a political animal.
The phrase is from the Politics: zoon politikon, an animal of the polis. He meant that human beings realise their nature only in the life of a city-state, and that one who could live outside it would be either a beast or a god.
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