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1. Which of the following are two works of Kalidasa?
  1. Raghuvamsha and Kiratarjuniya
  2. Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha
  3. Malti Madhava and Kumara Sambhava
  4. Malti Madhav and Kumara Sambhava

Answer: Kumara Sambhav and Raghuvamsha

2. Who among the following is the author of ‘Law in the Scientific Era’?
  1. Justice Markandey Katju
  2. Justice K. K. Mathew
  3. Justice G. T. Nanavati
  4. Justice N. Santosh Hegde

Answer: Justice Markandey Katju

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3. Who is the author of Sahitya Ratna?
  1. Srinath
  2. Mahaviracharya
  3. Surdas
  4. Sujan Rai

Answer: Surdas

4. Who was the author of the Novel “Journey to the West”?
  1. Yijing
  2. Faxian
  3. Wu Cheng’en
  4. Deimachus

Answer: Wu Cheng’en

5. Which famous playwright created the tragic play “Hamlet,” known for its exploration of themes such as betrayal, revenge, and moral corruption?
  1. William Shakespeare
  2. Christopher Marlowe
  3. John Webster
  4. Ben Jonson

Answer: William Shakespeare

6. Who is the author of “The Golden Notebook”?
  1. Doris Lessing
  2. Virginia Woolf
  3. Margaret Atwood
  4. Sylvia Plath

Answer: Doris Lessing

7. Independent People, a novel known for its depiction of rural Icelandic life, was written by which celebrated author?
  1. Halldór Laxness
  2. Snorri Sturluson
  3. Arnaldur Indriðason
  4. Sjón

Answer: Halldór Laxness

8. Which author wrote “The Idiot”?
  1. Leo Tolstoy
  2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
  3. Anton Chekhov
  4. Ivan Turgenev

Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky

9. Who is the author of ‘The Inheritance of Loss’?
  1. Kiran Desai
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Jhumpa Lahiri
  4. Rohinton Mistry

Answer: Kiran Desai

10. Who is the author of the novel “Pride and Prejudice”?
  1. H.G.Wells
  2. Charlotte Brontë
  3. Jane Austen
  4. George Eliot

Answer: Jane Austen

11. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series was written by
  1. Ray Bradbury
  2. Isaac Asimov
  3. Arthur C. Clarke
  4. Douglas Adams

Answer: Douglas Adams

12. Who among the following authors composed “Rajatarangini”?
  1. Jayadeva
  2. Dandin
  3. Kalhana
  4. Bhavabhuti

Answer: Kalhana

13. Which famous poet wrote ‘Laila Majnu’ ?
  1. Amir Khusrau
  2. Hasan Nizami
  3. Mulla Daud
  4. Abul Fazal

Answer: Amir Khusrau

14. The work ‘Mudra Rakshas’ by Vishakhadutta depicts which of the following?
  1. Chandragupta Maurya & Dhruva Devi
  2. Mauryas & Nandas
  3. Campaigns of Chandragupta Maurya
  4. Campaigns of Ashoka

Answer: Mauryas & Nandas

15. Who is recognized as the author of the renowned Sanskrit epic, Kiratarjuniya?
  1. Bharavi
  2. Dandin
  3. Varahmihira
  4. Kalidasa

Answer: Bharavi

16. Who is the author of “Poverty and un-British rule in India”?
  1. Suredranath Banerjee
  2. R.C.Dutt
  3. Rajarammohan Roy
  4. Dadabai Naoroji

Answer: Dadabai Naoroji

17. Who was the author of Ajita-Santi-Stava?
  1. Dharmadasagani
  2. Nandishena
  3. Mahesvarasuri
  4. Uddyotanasuri

Answer: Nandishena

18. Who wrote the book Development as Freedom?
  1. Raghuram Rajan
  2. Abhijeet Banerjee
  3. Amartya Sen
  4. None of the above

Answer: Amartya Sen

19. Who is the author of the book “Escape from Freedom”?
  1. Herbert Marcuse
  2. Erich Fromm
  3. Jurgen Habermas
  4. Thomas Friedman

Answer: Erich Fromm

20. Who is the author of “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology”?
  1. Yuval Noah Harari
  2. Malcolm Gladwell
  3. Chris Miller
  4. Walter Isaacson

Answer: Chris Miller

21. Who was the author of the Hindi novel “Maila Anchal”?
  1. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
  2. Nagarjun
  3. Bhikhari Thakur
  4. Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’

Answer: Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’

22. Who is the author of the book “The Wrong Turn: Love and Betrayal in the Time of Netaji”?
  1. Aalap Roy
  2. Aadishri Roy
  3. Sujata Bose
  4. Namita Roy Ghose

Answer: Namita Roy Ghose

23. Who among the following is the author of “Mahatma Gandhi and His Myths”?
  1. Dominique Lepierre
  2. Mark Shepard
  3. Minoo Masani
  4. None of the above

Answer: Mark Shepard

24. Who among the following authors wrote “Bhanuchandracharita”?
  1. Siddhichandra Upadhayaya
  2. Sujan Rai
  3. Padma Shankar
  4. Jagannatha Pandit

Answer: Siddhichandra Upadhayaya

25. Who is the author of “Commodities and Capabilities”?
  1. Amartya Sen
  2. Dr. Raja Chelliah
  3. Dr. P.C.Mehalonibis
  4. Dr. C. Rangarajan

Answer: Amartya Sen

26. Who wrote the book Area of Darkness?
  1. Amitav Ghosh
  2. V. S. Naipaul
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Khushwant Singh

Answer: V. S. Naipaul

27. Which of the following books have been written on Amitav Ghosh?
  1. The Shadow Lines
  2. The Imam and the Indian
  3. The Hungry Tide
  4. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

28. Who is known as the “Premchand of Bihar” ?
  1. R.K.Sinha
  2. Satyapal Chandra
  3. Anup Lal Mandal
  4. Arun Kamal

Answer: Anup Lal Mandal

29. Who wrote “The Castle”?
  1. Franz Kafka
  2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
  3. Leo Tolstoy
  4. Thomas Mann

Answer: Franz Kafka

30. Which of these is a famous story from “The Arabian Nights”?
  1. Romeo and Juliet
  2. Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
  3. The Odyssey
  4. Beowulf

Answer: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

31. Who is the author of the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
  1. Ernest Hemingway
  2. Harper Lee
  3. J.D. Salinger
  4. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer: Harper Lee

32. Who is the author of “The Great Gatsby”?
  1. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  2. John Steinbeck
  3. J.D. Salinger
  4. Ernest Hemingway

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

33. Who is the author of the book “Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl”?
  1. Pooja Gautam
  2. Ram Kamal Mukherjee
  3. Rakesh Anand Bakshi
  4. Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri

Answer: Ram Kamal Mukherjee

34. “Angels and Demons” is written by
  1. Michael Crichton
  2. John Grisham
  3. Stephen King
  4. Dan Brown

Answer: Dan Brown

35. Who is the author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude"?
  1. Jorge Luis Borges
  2. Gabriel García Márquez
  3. Carlo Fuentes
  4. Mario Vargas Llosa

Answer: Gabriel García Márquez

36. Who among the following is known to compose ‘Veeron Ka Kaisa Ho Basant’?
  1. Subhadra Kumari chauhan
  2. Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi
  3. Harishankar Parsai
  4. Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh

Answer: Subhadra Kumari chauhan

37. Whose autobiography is the book “My music. My Life”?
  1. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
  2. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  3. Pandit Ravi Shankar
  4. Ustad Zakir Hussain

Answer: Pandit Ravi Shankar

38. Who wrote the book Broken Wings?
  1. Meira Kumar
  2. Indira Gandhi
  3. Sushma Swaraj
  4. Sarojini Naidu

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

39. Who of the following is the author of the State anthem of Karnataka – Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate?
  1. K Sivarama Karanth
  2. Gopalakrishna Adiga
  3. Govindaray Nayak
  4. Kuvempu

Answer: Kuvempu

40. Name the author of the book titled “Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond”.
  1. C Rangarajan
  2. Raghuram Rajan
  3. Urjit Patel
  4. D. Subbarao

Answer: C Rangarajan

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