Who wrote the book " The Prince "
Answer: D
It was Niccolo Machiavelli.
Il Principe, written in 1513 while he was out of office in Florence, holds that a ruler must know how not to be good when circumstances demand. It was placed on the Index and published only after his death.
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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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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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Who among the following has directed the film "Sardar"
Answer: C
It was directed by Ketan Mehta.
Sardar, made in 1993 with Paresh Rawal as Vallabhbhai Patel, covers the years from Quit India to the integration of the princely 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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Who is the author of the autobiography “Wings of Fire” ?
Answer: C
Correct answer: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Wings of Fire, written with Arun Tiwari and published in 1999, covers Kalam’s early life and his work in India’s space and missile programmes. He became President of India in 2002.
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Who is the author of the book "The Prince" ?
Answer: A
It is Niccolo Machiavelli.
The Prince was dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici in the hope of regaining office, which it never won him. It is the founding text of political realism.
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"Asian Drama ", by Gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which of the following subjects
Answer: B
It is a book on economics.
Asian Drama, published in 1968 after a decade of research, argued that South Asian poverty persisted because governments were soft states, unable to enforce the policies they announced. Myrdal shared the Nobel in economics in 1974.
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Who is the author of the book “The Discovery of India” ?
Answer: B
Correct answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru wrote The Discovery of India during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort between 1942 and 1946. It traces Indian history and culture from the Indus valley onward and remains among the best known works by an Indian statesman.
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Who wrote "War and Peace"?
Answer: A
It was Leo Tolstoy.
War and Peace, completed in 1869, has some 580 characters and moves between the drawing rooms of Petersburg and the field of Borodino. Tolstoy's wife is said to have copied the manuscript out several times over.
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