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    Who is the Padma awardee French writer of famous book 'Freedom at Midnight'?
    Solution
    'Freedom at Midnight' by Dominique Lapierre is a famous and major work on Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, and the partition of India. Dominique Lapierre is a French author, who's been awarded the Padma Bhushan. 
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    'Beyond the Lines' is written by ______.
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    'Beyond the Lines' by Kuldip is about the history of modern India (1930-2011) as witnessed by a Punjabi Hindu refuge from Sialkot (Pakistan) now based out of Delhi. Kuldip Nayar, a veteran journalist and former member of Parliament is India's most well known and widely syndicated journalist.
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    Union Minister Veerappa Moily got the prestigious Moortidevi Award for this book. Which is that?
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    Union Minister Veerappa Moily got the prestigious Moortidevi Award for Shree Ramayana Mahanveshanam which means great exploration and examination of the Ramayana. Dr.M.Veerappa Moily is the ex-Union Minister of Law and Justice in India.
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    'A Passage to England' was written by _______.
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    'A Passage to England' by Nirad Chaudhuri is the vivid account of the author's  delightful discovery of his visit to England. He has written it with freedom, without any obligation of edifying. Nirad C. Chaudhuri was a Bengali−English writer and cultural commentator. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975.
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    Who of the following is the author of the famous book 'Das Kapital'?
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    Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung the economic and political systems that at one time dominated half the earth and for nearly a century kept the world on the brink of war. Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history. Marx is typically cited as one of the three principal architects of modern social science.
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    The book 'Sonia Gandhi : An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny', a biography of Sonia Gandhi is written by ____________.
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    Sonia Gandhi's story represents the greatest transformational journey made by any world leader in the last four decades. The author Rani Singh's compelling narrative retraces the path of the brave and beautiful Sonia Gandhi, examining what her life and legacy mean for India. 
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    Which of the following was Daniel Defoe's contribution to English literature?
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    English author Daniel Defoe was at times a trader, political activist, criminal, spy and writer, and is considered to be one of England s first journalists. A prolific writer, Defoe is known to have used at least 198 pen names over the course of a career in which he produced more than five hundred written works. Defoe is best-known for his novels detailing the adventures of the castaway Robinson Crusoe, which helped establish and popularize the novel in eighteenth-century England. In addition to Robinson Crusoe, Defoe penned other famous works including Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, Captain Jack, Moll Flanders and Roxana. Defoe died in 1731.
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    Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?
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    A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth is the story of ordinary people caught up in a web of love and ambition, humour and sadness, prejudice and reconciliation, the most delicate social etiquette and the appalling violence. Vikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
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    What is common about the novels Parthiban Kanavu, Sivagamiyin Sabadham, Ponniyin Selvan?
    $$1.$$ They are written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.
    $$2.$$ They are all historic novels.
    $$3.$$ They are written in Tamil.
    Solution
    Kalki Krishnamurthy (September 9, 1899-December 5, 1954) was born in Thanjavur district in an orthodox Brahmin family. He participated in the non-cooperation movement that was launched by Gandhi and later joined the Indian National Congress. For his novel Alai Osai he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award posthumously. In his weekly, he wrote under the pen names of "Kalki", "Ra. Ki", "Tamil Theni", "Karnatakam" and many more. 
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    Who is the author of the novel 'The Hungry Tide'?
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    'The Hungry Tide' is a contemporary story of adventure, history, and identity by acclaimed author Amitav Ghosh. Amitav Ghosh is one of India's best-known writers. His books include The Circle of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land, Dancing in Cambodia, The Calcutta Chromosome, The Glass Palace, etc
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