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A)
Srinivasa Ramanujan
B)
Sir C. V. Raman
C)
Homi Bhabha
D)
Vikram Sarabhai

Correct Answer :   Srinivasa Ramanujan

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan is a biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, written in 1991 by Robert Kanigel and published by Washington Square Press.

A)
Alexandra Dumas
B)
Charles Lamb
C)
Charles Dickens
D)
Jonathan Swift

Correct Answer :   Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels, original title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, four-part satirical work by Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift, published anonymously in 1726 as Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

A)
R.K.Narayan
B)
Amrita Pritam
C)
Balwant Gargi
D)
Khushwant Singh

Correct Answer :   Balwant Gargi

A)
Shyam Benegal
B)
Ketan Mahta
C)
Bhupen Hazarika
D)
Tapan Sinha

Correct Answer :   Ketan Mahta

A)
Arnold Toynbee
B)
Leo Tolstoy
C)
John Ruskin
D)
Bertrand Russel

Correct Answer :   Arnold Toynbee

A)
Plato
B)
Gandhi
C)
Aristotle
D)
Henry Maine

Correct Answer :   Aristotle

Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher said that 'man without society is either a beast or a God'. According to him man can not live without a society and he is thus solely dependent on society.

A)
Katha Saritsagar
B)
Jai Samhita
C)
Vrahat Katha
D)
Rajatarangini

Correct Answer :   Jai Samhita

The Mahabharata in its original version was called Jaya Samhita, and it was written down by Ganesha and narrated by Maharishi Ved Vyasa. The original epic had only 8800 shlokas and was called Jaya. Then it was called Vijaya, then Bharata and finally Mahabharata.

A)
Simmi Garewal
B)
Satyajit Ray
C)
Shyam Benegal
D)
Mira Nair

Correct Answer :   Simmi Garewal

A)
Fyodor Dostoevsky
B)
Vladimir Nabakov
C)
Lewis Carrol
D)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Correct Answer :   Fyodor Dostoevsky

A)
India Divided
B)
Unhappy India
C)
Mother India
D)
Hind Swaraj

Correct Answer :   Unhappy India