Who wrote the book “War and Peace”?

Leo Tolstoy
Mahatma Gandhi
Charles Dickens
Kipling

The correct answer is Leo Tolstoy.

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer who is considered one of the greatest novelists of all time. He is best known for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. War and Peace is a historical novel set during the Napoleonic Wars. It tells the story of five Russian families and their lives during the war. Anna Karenina is a novel about love, betrayal, and social conventions.

Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and civil rights activist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific title Mahatma—meaning “high-souled”—was bestowed on him first in 1914 in South Africa, and became widely used in India in the 1920s.

Charles Dickens was an English writer, social critic, and philanthropist. He is best known for his novels, which include classics such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations. His work is characterised by vivid descriptions of people and places, and his novels often explore social problems such as poverty, child labour, and social injustice.

Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book, Kim, and The Man Who Would Be King. He is also known for his poetry, including “If—” and “The Road Not Taken”. Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907.