Author of the book ‘The City of Joy’ is :

Jawaharlal Nehru
Dominique Lapierre
Salman Rushdie
H. G. Wells

The correct answer is: B. Dominique Lapierre.

Dominique Lapierre is a French journalist and author. He is best known for his non-fiction books, including “The City of Joy” (1985), which won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The book is about the lives of the poor in Calcutta, India.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. He was a leader of the Indian independence movement and a founding member of the Indian National Congress.

Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist. He is best known for his novels “Midnight’s Children” (1981), which won the 1981 Booker Prize, and “The Satanic Verses” (1988), which was the subject of a fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini.

H. G. Wells was a British author, historian, scientist, socialist, futurist, and critic. He is best known for his science fiction novels, including “The Time Machine” (1895), “The War of the Worlds” (1898), and “The Invisible Man” (1897).