1. Who is the author of ' Swami Vivekananda in the West: New Discoveries' ?

Marie Louise Burke

Romain Rolland

Sister Nivedita

Swami Ranganathananda

Answer: Marie Louise Burke

Explanation:

Swami Vivekananda in the West: New Discoveries is a series of biographical books on Swami Vivekananda written by Marie Louise Burke, who is popularly known as Sister Gargi.


2. The collection of poems titled 'Pakkaki Ottigilite' has been composed by: ?

Kasturi Murali Krishna

K Siva Reddy

Varavara Rao

Suryadevara Rammohan Rao

Answer: K Siva Reddy

Explanation:

K Siva Reddy (born 1943), is a Telugu language poet from India and He won Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu, 1996 for his Poetry work Mohana-O-Mohana and was awarded the Saraswati Samman in 2018 for his poetry collection Pakkaki Ottigilite.


3. Who is the author of the book ‘Arctic Home of the Vedas’ ?

Bipin Chandra Pal

Max Muller

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Explanation:

The Arctic Home in the Vedas is a book on the origin of Aryans by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a mathematician turned astronomer, historian, journalist, philosopher and political leader of India during 1880 to 1920.


4. Who is the author of the book 'Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa' ?

Krishna Sobti

Rita Kothari

Sugathakumari

Mahasweta Devi

Answer: ‘Hazaar Chaurasi Ki

Explanation:

Maa’ is an Indian feature film that deals with the life of a woman who loses her son, a Naxalite, to the violence that is a result of his adopted ideology. Mahasweta Devi's Bengali 1974 novel Hajar Churashir Maa . The screenplay is written by Nihalani and the dialogues by Tripurari Sharma.


5. Who is the author of the book titled ' The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire' ?

VP Menon

William Dalrymple

Shashi Tharoor

Pankaj Mishra

Answer: William Dalrymple

Explanation:

William Dalrymple is the author of the book ' The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire’


6. Which of the following books was translated as ‘The Razmnama’ (Book of Wars) during the reign of Akbar ?

Ramayana

Babur Nama

Mahabharata

Akbar Nama

Answer: Mahabharata

Explanation:

Mahabharata was translated as ‘The Razmnama’ (Book of Wars) during the reign of Akbar.


7. Kamban wrote the Ramayana in which of the following languages ?

Malayalam

Kannada

Tamil

Telugu

Answer: Tamil

Explanation:

Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century. It is Based on Valmiki's Ramayana which is in Sanskrit.


8. ‘The Man-Eater of Malgudi’ is written by: ?

KR Narayanan

RK Laxman

KR Laxman

RK Narayan

Answer: RK Narayan

Explanation:

‘The Man-Eater of Malgudi’ is written by RK Narayan. It was published in 1961. In this he used the historical reference of Bhasmasura.


9. Who is the author of the book ‘Reset: Regaining India's Economic Legacy’ ?

Suketu Mehta

Abhijeet Banerjee

Subramanian Swamy

Raghuram Rajan

Answer: Subramanian Swamy

Explanation:

Subramanian Swamy is the author of the book ‘Reset: Regaining India's Economic Legacy.


10. Who is the author of the book 'Kerala: God's Own Country' ?

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Shashi Tharoor

Sudha Murthy

Jeet Thayil

Answer: Shashi Tharoor

Explanation:

Shashi Tharoor is the author of the book ' Kerala: God's Own Country'.