1)

Name the author of the book 'Ain-i-Akbari' ?

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A)

Dara Shikoh

B)

Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana

C)

Abu'l Fazl

D)

Todar Mal

2)

______ was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and a knighthood in 1915.

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A)

Mahatma Gandhi

B)

Rabindranath Tagore

C)

Sarojini Naidu

D)

Mother Teresa

3)

Which of the following books is NOT authored by RK Narayan?

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A)

The Guide

B)

The Jungle Book

C)

Swami and Friends

D)

Malgudi Days

4)

Christian Barnard is famous for :

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A)

Performing the world's first human heart transplant

B)

Cloning the first mammal ever

C)

First publishing tables of logarithms

D)

Delivering the world's first test-tube baby

5)

The ‘Great Indian Novel’ is authored by:

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A)

Chitra Banerjee

B)

Arvind Adiga

C)

Shashi Tharoor

D)

Vikram Seth

6)

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

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A)

Pankaj Mishra

B)

Shashi Tharoor

C)

William Dalrymple

D)

VP Menon

7)

Who is the author of the book 'Wise and Otherwise: A Salute to Life'?

SSC CGL 2020

A)

Zoya Hasan

B)

Amrita Pritam

C)

Sudha Murthy

D)

Kiran Desai

8)

Who among the following first translated the Bhagvad Gita in to English?

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A)

Sir Alexander Cunningham

B)

William Jones

C)

James Prinsep

D)

Charles Wilkins

9)

Who is the author of the book ‘Dreams From My Father’?

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A)

Olivia Laing

B)

Charles Darwin

C)

Barack Obama

D)

Navin Chawla

10)

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

SSC CGL 2020

A)

Rita Kothari

B)

Sugathakumari

C)

Krishna Sobti

D)

Mahasweta Devi