GK (Books and Authors)

Thomas Hardy wrote 'Far from the Madding Crowd' (1874). 'Gitanjali' is by Rabindranath Tagore, 'Godan' is by Munshi Premchand, and 'Descent of Man' is by Charles Darwin. Hardy is known for his novels set in rural England.

'The Idiot' was written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, one of his major novels exploring human psychology and morality. Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book', and option D is incorrect because Dostoyevsky did write this novel.

Correct Answer: Paulo Coelho

William Shakespeare wrote the comedy play 'As You Like It' in the late 16th or early 17th century. It is one of his most famous works, featuring characters like Rosalind and Orlando. Charles Dickens wrote Victorian novels (19th century), Thomas Hardy wrote novels like Tess (19th century), and Ernest Hemingway wrote modernist works (20th century).

It is written by Kuldeep Nayar.

Ain-i-Akbari is the third volume of the Akbarnama, which was written by Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, the court historian of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Coolie is a classic novel written by the Indian author Mulk Raj Anand, published in 1936.

Vanity Fair is a famous novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1847.

Correct Answer: The Canterbury Tales

Option 1 is the correct answer.

Devdas is a famous novel written by the Bengali author Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Heat and Dust is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, which won the Booker Prize in 1975.

David Copperfield is a classic novel written by the English author Charles Dickens.

A Farewell to Arms is a novel by the American author Ernest Hemingway, published in 1929.

Munshi Premchand wrote many famous works like Godan and Gaban, but none of the books listed (Gitanjali, Heat and Dust, Nineteen Eighty Four) were written by him.

Jane Eyre is a novel written by the English writer Charlotte Bronte, first published in 1847.

The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling.

Both Macbeth and As You Like It are famous plays written by William Shakespeare.

It is written by Kalidasa.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell.

'Of Human Bondage' (misspelled as 'Bandage' in the question) is a semi-autobiographical novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1915. It follows the life of Philip Carey and is generally considered Maugham's masterpiece. The title is taken from a section of Spinoza's Ethics.

Freedom at Midnight is a historical non-fiction book written by the collaborative team of Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. It chronicles the events surrounding the partition of India and the independence of the country in 1947.

Kore Kagaz (Paper Canvas) is a famous collection of poems written by the renowned Indian poet and novelist Amrita Pritam. It is one of her most celebrated literary works.

Kidnapped is a classic adventure novel written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886.

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man.