Who is the author of the Novel "Les Miserables"
Answer: B
It was Victor Hugo.
Les Miserables, published in 1862, follows Jean Valjean, imprisoned nineteen years for stealing bread, through the Paris of the 1832 uprising. One sentence in it runs to over 800 words.
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Who wrote the novel "Tamas"?
Answer: A
Tamas was written by Bhisham Sahni, published in 1974.
It is set in a town in north-west India in the weeks before partition, and shows how communal violence is manufactured. It won the Sahitya Akademi Award and was filmed by Govind Nihalani in 1988.
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The first feature film produced in India was
Answer: B
It was Raja Harishchandra.
Dadasaheb Phalke's silent film of 1913 was India's first full-length feature. Alam Ara, of 1931, was the first Indian talkie, and Pundalik of 1912 was a filmed stage play shot by a British cameraman, which is why it is not counted.
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What is unique about the film "Adi Shankracharya"?
Answer: A
Adi Shankaracharya was the first film made in Sanskrit.
G.V. Iyer directed it in 1983, and it won four National Film Awards including Best Feature Film. It was made in a language that had not been used for cinema in two thousand years of its literary life.
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Mulk Raj Anand is the author of
Answer: D
It is Coolie.
Mulk Raj Anand's 1936 novel follows the boy Munoo from a hill village through domestic service, a Bombay cotton mill and a circus, to death from tuberculosis at fifteen. The Post Office is Tagore's, Gora also Tagore's, and India Wins Freedom Azad's.
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Who wrote the Book "A Tale of Two Cities"
Answer: D
It was Charles Dickens.
A Tale of Two Cities, published in 1859, is set in London and Paris before and during the Revolution. It opens with the best of times and the worst of times, and is among the best-selling novels ever written.
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Who is the author of the book "Flaming Tresses of Draupadi" ?
Answer: B
It is Veerappa Moily.
The Karnataka politician and former Union minister wrote the Kannada epic poem Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam and this work on Draupadi, retelling the Mahabharata episode from her side.
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"Sonia, a Biography" was written by-
Answer: B
Sonia: A Biography was written by Rasheed Kidwai, published in 2003.
The journalist traced Sonia Gandhi from Italy to her marriage, her reluctance to enter politics and her assumption of the Congress presidency in 1998.
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Who is the author of the book "Prison Diary"?
Answer: B
It is Jayaprakash Narayan.
His Prison Diary covers the months from his arrest in the early hours of 26 June 1975, at the start of the Emergency, until his release on health grounds five months later.
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"In Custody", an English novel, is written by which one of the following?
Answer: C
It is Anita Desai.
In Custody, published in 1984, follows a Hindi lecturer's attempt to record the words of a great Urdu poet, and takes the decline of Urdu in north India as its real subject. It was shortlisted for the Booker.
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