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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The books "My Years With Indira Gandhi" has been written by
Answer: A
My Years with Indira Gandhi was written by P.C. Alexander.
He was her principal secretary from 1981 to 1985 and later governor of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, and the book records the last years of her prime ministership from inside the office.
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The author of book "Guide" is
Answer: C
The Guide is by R.K. Narayan.
R.K. Laxman, the cartoonist who created the Common Man, was his younger brother and illustrated several of his books.
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This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he??
Answer: A
Steve McQueen is credited here with inventing the bucket seat in 1969.
The actor was a serious amateur racing driver who finished second at Sebring in 1970 with a broken foot, and did much of his own driving in Bullitt and Le Mans.
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Who is the author of "India Wins Freedom"?
Answer: B
India Wins Freedom was written by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
It is his account of the years leading to independence and partition. Thirty pages were sealed at his insistence for thirty years, and released only in 1988.
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