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Question 1771. Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'A bend in the River'?
  1.    Chetan Bhagat
  2.    V. S. Naipaul
  3.    Kiran Desai
  4.    Anita Desai
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> V. S. Naipaul
A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. The novel, telling the story of Salim, a merchant in post - colonial mid 20th century Africa, is one of Naipaul's best known works and was widely praised. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1979.
Question 1772. Who is the author of 'A Suitable Boy'?
  1.    Vikram Seth
  2.    Arundhati Roy
  3.    Khushwant Singh
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth has written acclaimed books in several genres: verse novel, The Golden Gate; travel book, From Heaven Lake; animal fables, Beastly Tales; epic fiction, A Suitable Boy.
Question 1773. Who among the following has directed the film 'Sardar'?
  1.    Tapan Sinha
  2.    Shyam Benegal
  3.    Ketan Mehta
  4.    Buddhadeb Das Gupta
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Ketan Mehta
Sardar is a 1994 Indian biographical drama film on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of India's greatest freedom fighters, directed by Ketan Mehta and written by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar.
Question 1774. Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. Author of the novel 'Missile Gap' is Charles Stross.
2. The author of the novel 'Bird Box' is Victor Valle.
3. Author of 'The City and the city' is China Mieville.
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 3
'Bird Box' is a 2014 post - apocalyptic novel and the debut novel by American writer and singer Josh Malerman.
Question 1775. Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. The author of 'Forty Thieves' is Jonathan Franzen.
2. Author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun' is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
3. Author of 'Middlesex' is Jeffrey Eugenides.
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 2 and 3
The author of the novel 'Forty Thieves' is Thomas Perry.
Question 1776. 1. Author of 'Darkness at Noon' is Victor La Valle.
2. Author of 'The Great Gatsby' is F. Scott Fitzgerald.
3. Author of 'The Sound and the Fury' is Hubbard.
Which of the statements given above are not correct?
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1 and 3
Darkness at Noon is a novel by Hungarian born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940.
The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner.
Question 1777. Which of the following statements given below are correct?
1. Author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
2. Author of the novel 'Middlesex' is Jeffrey Eugenides.
3. Author of 'Missile Gap' is China Mieville.
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 2
"Missile Gap" is a 2006 English language science fiction novel by British author Charles Stross.
Question 1778. Which of the statements given below are correct?
1. Author of 'Brave New World' is Aldous Huxley.
2. Author of 'An Affair Downstairs' is Sherri Browning.
3. Author of 'Darkness at Noon' is Victor La Valle.
  1.    1 and 2
  2.    2 and 3
  3.    1 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 2
'Darkness at Noon' is a novel by Hungarian born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940.
Question 1779. Which one of the following books was written by Tilak?
  1.    India in Transition
  2.    Geeta Rahasya
  3.    Gokhale - My Political Guru
  4.    Discovery of India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Geeta Rahasya
Geeta Rahasya was written by Tilak.
Question 1780. The famous character Pickwick was created by -
  1.    Leo Tolstoy
  2.    Charles Dickens
  3.    George Washington
  4.    Steven Spielberg
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Charles Dickens
Samuel Pickwick is a fictional character and the main protagonist in The Pickwick Papers (1836), the first novel by author Charles Dickens.

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