"Indian Cotton merchant, banker, Congressman and a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi". This description fits:
Answer: B
In the Shadow of the Mahatma was written by G.D. Birla.
The industrialist recorded his long association with Mahatma Gandhi, who stayed at Birla House in Delhi and was assassinated there in 1948. Birla financed several Congress and Harijan-welfare activities.
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"Crime and Punishment" was written by-
Answer: C
Crime and Punishment was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky, published in 1866.
Raskolnikov murders a pawnbroker to prove himself above ordinary morality, and the novel follows his psychological disintegration. Dostoevsky wrote it under pressure of debt after his own four years in a Siberian prison.
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The owner of Star T.V. is-
Answer: D
Star TV was owned by Rupert Murdoch.
His News Corporation bought it from Richard Li in 1993, and Star Plus and Star Sports became among the most watched channels in India. Disney acquired the business in 2019.
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Who wrote the book "Rama Charita Manas"?
Answer: A
Ramcharitmanas was written by Tulsidas, in the sixteenth century.
He retold the Ramayana in Awadhi rather than Sanskrit, so that ordinary people could hear it in their own speech. It is the basis of the Ramlila performances staged across north India.
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The popular TV serial "Neem ka Ped" was written by
Answer: A
The dialogue of the television serial Mahabharat (1988–90) was written by Rahi Masoom Raza.
His verse-like Hindi–Urdu dialogue, and the narration by Samay (Time), are a large part of why the serial is still remembered.
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"The General Happiness is the end of the state" who said this?
Answer: B
The dictum that the object of government is "the greatest happiness of the greatest number" is associated with Jeremy Bentham.
Bentham founded utilitarianism, judging laws and institutions purely by the happiness they produce. His follower John Stuart Mill later refined the doctrine.
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Which one of the following is not an award given on the National Awards Day
Answer: D
The Vishwamitra Award is not.
The National Sports Awards comprise the Khel Ratna, the Arjuna Award for performance, the Dronacharya Award for coaches and the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime contribution. There is no Vishwamitra Award among them.
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"Freedom from fear" is a book written by-
Answer: C
Freedom from Fear was written by Aung San Suu Kyi, a collection of essays published in 1991.
She was then under house arrest in Burma, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that year. The title essay begins: it is not power that corrupts but fear.
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The book "A Farewell to Arms" was written by-
Answer: C
A Farewell to Arms was written by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1929.
It follows an American ambulance driver on the Italian front in the First World War, drawing on Hemingway's own service and his wounding at Fossalta in 1918.
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Who is the author of the book "The State of the Nation"?
Answer: B
The State of the Nation was written by Fali S. Nariman.
Nariman was one of India's most eminent constitutional lawyers, appeared in many landmark cases, and resigned as Additional Solicitor General in protest at the Emergency in 1975.
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