Books and Authors

41.	What is unique about the film ‘Adi Shankaracharya’?
a.	It has won the National Award.
b.	It is the first Bengal film.
c.	It is the first Sanskrit film.
d.	It has no female actress. Option “C” is correct. Adi Shankaracharya is a 1983 Indian film in Sanskrit language directed by G. V. Iyer. The film depicts the life and times of 8^th century Hindu philosopher, Adi Shankaracharya, who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta (Non – dualism) in Hindu philosophy. It was the first film in India to be made in Sanskrit.

42.	‘Crime and Punishment’ was written by –
a.	Fyodor Dostoevsky
b.	Vladimir Nabakov
c.	Lewis Carrol
d.	Alexander Solzhenitsyn Option “A” is correct. Crime and Punishment’ was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

43.	Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book –
a.	India Divided
b.	Unhappy India
c.	Mother India
d.	Hind Swaraj Option “B” is correct. Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book ‘Unhappy India’

44.	Who has written the book entitled ‘Hind Swaraj’ ?
a.	Lala Lajpat Rai
b.	Mahatma Gandhi
c.	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
d.	Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Option “B” is correct. Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1909.

45.	The book ‘Springing Tiger’ was written by –
a.	Hugh Toye
b.	Louis Fisher
c.	Webb Miller
d.	None of the above Option “A” is correct. The book ‘Springing Tiger’ was written by Hugh Toye.

46.	Who is the author of the book “Book at Noon”?
a.	V. S. Naipaul
b.	Chetan Bhagat
c.	Vikram Seth
d.	None of these Option “D” is correct.None of these is correct.

47.	Who has written the book ‘Two Lives’?
a.	Salman Rushdie
b.	Arundhati Roy
c.	Vikram Seth
d.	Shiv Khera Option “C” is correct. Vikram Seth has written the book ‘Two Lives’.

48.	The book ‘The Audacity of Hope’ has been written by –
a.	Nayantara Sehgal
b.	Aravind Adiga
c.	Vikram Seth
d.	Barack Obama Option “D” is correct. The book ‘The Audacity of Hope’ has been written by Barack Obama.

49.	The book ‘The Man who knew Infinity’ by Robert Kanigel is the biography of –
a.	Sir C. V. Raman
b.	Srinivasa Ramanujan
c.	Vikram Sarabhai
d.	Homi Bhabha Option “B” is correct. The Man Who Knew Infinity : A Life of the Genius Ramanujan is a biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, written in 1991 by Robert Kanigel and published by Washington Square Press.

50.	Which of the following books is called the ‘Bible of Socialism’?
a.	Economics of Welfare
b.	Das Capital
c.	Value and Capital
d.	Asian Drama Option “B” is correct. Das Capital which is written by Karl Marx is called as the ‘Bible of Socialism.’

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