Books and authors

21. “Man without society is either a beast or a God”. Who said this?

Plato
Gandhi
Tolstoy
Aristotle

Detailed Solution“Man without society is either a beast or a God”. Who said this?

22. Who amongst the following is the author of the Book “Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance”?

Barack Obama
John Evans Aatta Mills
Nelson Mandela
Danny Boyle

Detailed SolutionWho amongst the following is the author of the Book “Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance”?

23. ‘A China Passage’ book was written by –

M. J. Akbar
Jagmohan
Anees Jung
John Kenneth Galbraith

Detailed Solution‘A China Passage’ book was written by –

24. Who is the author of the famous book ‘The Judgement’?

Janardan Thakur
R. Venkataraman
Anthony Mascarenhas
Kuldip Nayar

Detailed SolutionWho is the author of the famous book ‘The Judgement’?

25. ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ was a short novel written by

Graham Greene
Ernest Hemingway
Albert Camus
Saul Bellow

Detailed Solution‘The Old Man and the Sea’ was a short novel written by

26. The book ‘The Man who knew Infinity’ by Robert Kanigel is the biography of –

Srinivasa Ramanujan
Sir
V. Raman C. Homi Bhabha
Vikram Sarabhai

Detailed SolutionThe book ‘The Man who knew Infinity’ by Robert Kanigel is the biography of –

27. Who wrote the famous line : ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’?

John Keats
V. S. Naipaul
Sir Richard Burton
Larry Collins

Detailed SolutionWho wrote the famous line : ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’?

28. The television serial ‘Charitraheen’ is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors?

Rabindranath Tagore
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Tara Sankar Bandhopadhyay
Bankim Chandra Chatterji

Detailed SolutionThe television serial ‘Charitraheen’ is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors?

29. ‘Man – The Maker of His Own Destiny’ book was written by –

V. S. Naipaul
Mahatma Gandhi
Guenter Grass
Swami Vivekanand

Detailed Solution‘Man – The Maker of His Own Destiny’ book was written by –

30. Which of the following statements given below are correct? 1. Author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 2. Author of the novel ‘Middlesex’ is Jeffrey Eugenides. 3. Author of ‘Missile Gap’ is China Mieville.

1 and 2
2 and 3
1 and 3
1, 2 and 3

Detailed SolutionWhich of the following statements given below are correct? 1. Author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 2. Author of the novel ‘Middlesex’ is Jeffrey Eugenides. 3. Author of ‘Missile Gap’ is China Mieville.

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