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Question 1711. George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was -
  1.    a Welsh
  2.    a Indonesian
  3.    an Englishman
  4.    an Irishman
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> an Irishman
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
Question 1712. Who is the author of the book named 'Pinjar'?
  1.    Laxmi Sehgal
  2.    Vijay Darda
  3.    Amrita Pritam
  4.    Tarun Khanna
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Amrita Pritam
'Pinjar' is a novel by Amrita Pritam.
Question 1713. The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by :
  1.    Charles Lamb
  2.    Charles Dickens
  3.    Alexander Dumas
  4.    Jonathan Swift
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Jonathan Swift
The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by Jonathan Swift.
Question 1714. 'The Old Man and the Sea' was a short novel written by
  1.    Graham Greene
  2.    Ernest Hemingway
  3.    Albert Camus
  4.    Saul Bellow
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Ernest Hemingway
'The Old Man and the Sea' is a short heroic novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1952 and awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Question 1715. Who wrote the book 'Why Socialism'?
  1.    Jayaprakash Narayan
  2.    Mahatma Gandhi
  3.    Acharya Narendra Dev
  4.    M. N. Roy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan wrote the book 'Why Socialism'.
Question 1716. Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of the novel 'Dodgers' is Bill Beverly.
2. The author of the novel 'Forty Thieves' is Thomas Perry.
3. Author of 'The Corrections' is Jonathan Franzen.
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3
All the given statements are correct.
Question 1717. Who is the author of the book named "Not Just an Accountant"?
  1.    Raghuram Rajan
  2.    Vinod Rai
  3.    Achal Kumar Jyoti
  4.    C. S. Karnan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Vinod Rai
Vinod Rai is the author of the book named "Not Just an Accountant".
Question 1718. Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of the novel 'Gilead' is Don Wirslo.
2. The author of the novel 'Wolf Hall' is Stephen Dobyns.
3. The author of the novel 'To Kill a Mocking bird' is Harper Lee.
  1.    3
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 3
Gilead is a novel written by Marilynne Robinson published in 2004.
Wolf Hall (2009) is a historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel.
Question 1719. Who has written the book 'The Famished Road'?
  1.    Zola Emile
  2.    V. S. Naipaul
  3.    Ben Okri
  4.    Din Mani
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ben Okri
'The Famished Road' is a novel by Nigerian author Ben Okri, the first book in a trilogy that continues with 'Songs of Enchantment' (1993) and 'Infinite Riches' (1998).
Question 1720. Travelling Through Conflict is a book written by -
  1.    Hamid Ansari
  2.    Cherie Blair
  3.    Balraj Krishna
  4.    Salman Rushdie
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Hamid Ansari
Travelling Through Conflict is a book written by Hamid Ansari.

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