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Question #61
'The Village by the Sea' is a children's novel by which Indian author?
A. Sukumar Ray
B. Satyajit Ray
C. Anita Desai
D. Ruskin Bond
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Anita Desai wrote 'The Village by the Sea', which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
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Question #62
Who wrote 'Cry, the Peacock'?
A. Nayantara Sahgal
B. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
C. Anita Desai
D. Kamala Markandaya
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Anita Desai's debut novel 'Cry, the Peacock'.
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Question #63
'The Inheritance of Loss' won which major literary prize?
A. Booker Prize
B. Pulitzer Prize
C. National Book Award
D. Orange Prize
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Kiran Desai won the Booker Prize for 'The Inheritance of Loss' in 2006.
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Question #64
Who wrote 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Salman Rushdie
C. Vikram Chandra
D. Kiran Desai
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Kiran Desai's debut novel 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'.
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Question #65
'The Financial Expert' is a novel by which author?
A. Raja Rao
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. K. S. Venkataramani
D. R.K. Narayan
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
R.K. Narayan wrote 'The Financial Expert', a story about Margayya.
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Question #66
Who wrote 'Waiting for the Mahatma'?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Raja Rao
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Mulk Raj Anand
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
R.K. Narayan wrote 'Waiting for the Mahatma', set during the Quit India movement.
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Question #67
'The Man-Eater of Malgudi' is a novel by which author?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Raja Rao
C. K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar
D. Mulk Raj Anand
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
R.K. Narayan wrote 'The Man-Eater of Malgudi'.
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Question #68
Who wrote 'The Bachelor of Arts'?
A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. Raja Rao
C. R.K. Narayan
D. Premchand
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
R.K. Narayan wrote 'The Bachelor of Arts'.
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Question #69
'Kanthapura' is a novel by which Indian author?
A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. Raja Rao
C. R.K. Narayan
D. K. S. Venkataramani
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Raja Rao wrote 'Kanthapura', one of the first Indian novels in English.
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Question #70
Who wrote 'The Serpent and the Rope'?
A. Anita Desai
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. Raja Rao
D. R.K. Narayan
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Raja Rao wrote 'The Serpent and the Rope', a semi-autobiographical novel.
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Question #71
'The Cat and Shakespeare' is a novel by which author?
A. Raja Rao
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. G.V. Desani
D. R.K. Narayan
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Raja Rao wrote 'The Cat and Shakespeare'.
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Question #72
Who wrote 'All About H. Hatterr'?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. G.V. Desani
D. Raja Rao
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
G.V. Desani wrote the experimental novel 'All About H. Hatterr'.
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Question #73
'Coolie' is a novel by which Indian author?
A. Premchand
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. R.K. Narayan
D. Raja Rao
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Mulk Raj Anand wrote 'Coolie', focusing on the plight of a child laborer.
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Question #74
Who wrote 'Two Leaves and a Bud'?
A. Raja Rao
B. Kamala Markandaya
C. Mulk Raj Anand
D. R.K. Narayan
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Mulk Raj Anand wrote 'Two Leaves and a Bud' about tea plantation workers.
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Question #75
'The Private Life of an Indian Prince' is a novel by whom?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Raja Rao
D. Mulk Raj Anand
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Mulk Raj Anand wrote 'The Private Life of an Indian Prince'.
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Question #76
Who wrote 'The Wonder That Was India'?
A. Romila Thapar
B. R.C. Majumdar
C. D.D. Kosambi
D. A.L. Basham
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
A.L. Basham wrote the classic 'The Wonder That Was India'.
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Question #77
'A History of South India' is a book by which historian?
A. R. Champakalakshmi
B. Burton Stein
C. Noboru Karashima
D. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
K.A. Nilakanta Sastri wrote 'A History of South India'.
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Question #78
Who wrote 'The Discovery of India'?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Sardar Patel
C. B.R. Ambedkar
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru wrote 'The Discovery of India' during his imprisonment.
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Question #79
'Glimpses of World History' is authored by whom?
A. S. Radhakrishnan
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. C. Rajagopalachari
D. Abul Kalam Azad
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru wrote 'Glimpses of World History'.
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Question #80
Who wrote 'An Autobiography' (also known as 'My Experiments with Truth')?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. B.R. Ambedkar
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography is 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth'.
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