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Question 1731. The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by -
  1.    Satyajit Ray
  2.    Mira Nair
  3.    Shyam Benegal
  4.    Simi Garewal
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Simi Garewal
The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by Simi Garewal.
Question 1732. Who wrote the famous line : 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'?
  1.    John Keats
  2.    V. S. Naipaul
  3.    Sir Richard Burton
  4.    Larry Collins
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> John Keats
John Keats dedicated this poem to the late poet Thomas Chatterton. The poem begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever".
Question 1733. Who has written the book 'Courtyards of my childhood - A Memoir'?
  1.    Romola Chatterjee
  2.    Kamala Markandey
  3.    Shobha De
  4.    Tabish Khair
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Romola Chatterjee
Romola Chatterjee has written the book 'Courtyards of my childhood - A Memoir'.
Question 1734. Who is the author of the book 'Akhada : The Authorised Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat'?
  1.    Rabi Thapa
  2.    Saurabh Duggal
  3.    Salman Rushdie
  4.    Tana French
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Saurabh Duggal
Saurabh Duggal is the author of the book 'Akhada : The Authorised Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat'.
Question 1735. 'Life Divine' is a book written by -
  1.    Mahatma Gandhi
  2.    Rabindranath Tagore
  3.    Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  4.    Shri Aurobindo
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Shri Aurobindo
The Life Divine is Sri Aurobindo's principal philosophical work in which he presents a theory of spiritual evolution, which will culminate in the human being and the advent of a divine life on the earth.
Question 1736. Who wrote the book 'Train to Pakistan'?
  1.    Mulk Raj Anand
  2.    Shobha Singh
  3.    Ruskin Bond
  4.    Khuswant Singh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Khuswant Singh
Khuswant Singh wrote the book 'Train to Pakistan'.
Question 1737. A recent movie titled 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' is based on the biography of -
  1.    S. Ramanujan
  2.    S. Chandrasekhar
  3.    S. N. Bose
  4.    C. V. Raman
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> S. Ramanujan
A recent movie titled 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' is based on the biography of S. Ramanujan.
Question 1738. Author of the book 'The City of Joy' is :
  1.    Jawaharlal Nehru
  2.    Dominique Lapierre
  3.    Salman Rushdie
  4.    H. G. Wells
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Dominique Lapierre
'City of Joy' is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffe in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed "the City of Joy" after this novel, although the slum was based on an area in its twin city of Howrah.
Question 1739. What is unique about the film 'Adi Shankaracharya'?
  1.    It has won the National Award.
  2.    It is the first Bengal film.
  3.    It is the first Sanskrit film.
  4.    It has no female actress.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> It is the first Sanskrit film.
Adi Shankaracharya is a 1983 Indian film in Sanskrit language directed by G. V. Iyer. The film depicts the life and times of 8th 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.
Question 1740. 'Crime and Punishment' was written by -
  1.    Fyodor Dostoevsky
  2.    Vladimir Nabakov
  3.    Lewis Carrol
  4.    Alexander Solzhenitsyn
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment' was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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