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Literature

    1. Who is known as the father of English poetry
    1. Geoffrey Chaucer
    2. John Milton
    3. John Keats
    4. None of these

    1. Firdausi was-
    1. a poet
    2. well known for his epic Sharnama
    3. both are correct
    4. None of these

    1. Euclid was-
    1. Greek Mathematician
    2. Contributor to the deductive principle of Mathematics
    3. Propounded the geometrical theorems
    4. The first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China

    1. The book “We Indians” was written by-
    1. HG Wells
    2. Khushwant Singh
    3. James Jeans
    4. Thomas Moore

    1. Who is the author of the play/ book “ Yashodhara”
    1. Maithili Sharan Gupta
    2. Khuswant Singh
    3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    4. Sarojini Naidu

    1. The oldest printed work in the world that dates back to 868 AD is-
    1. The Bible
    2. The Hirake Sutra
    3. The Ramayana
    4. The Mahabharata

    1. The only ever religious book printed in a shorthand script-
    1. The Ramayana
    2. The Mahabharata
    3. The Bible
    4. Guru Granth Sahib

    1. Which book has been printed in the maximum number of languages and scripts?
    1. The Bible
    2. Hiraka Sutra
    3. The Super book
    4. None of these

    1. The Oldest Indian language-
    1. Telegu
    2. Hindu
    3. Tamil
    4. Bengali

    1. The language with richest vocabulary is-
    1. Hindi
    2. French
    3. English
    4. German

    1. Super Book- the largest book weights?
    1. 270cm, 300cm, 252 kg
    2. 100cm, 110 cm, 100 kg
    3. 200cm, 100 cm, 60 kg
    4. None of these

    1. Les hommes de bonne volonte
    1. Longest novel ever published
    2. Shortest novel ever published
    3. The oldest novel
    4. None of these

    1. Which of the following is the author of “The Song of India”
    1. Firdausi
    2. Sarojini Naidu
    3. Lala Lajpat Rai
    4. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

    1. Who is the author of the book- “Vrish Vriksha”
    1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
    2. Annie Besant
    3. Tulsidas
    4. Rabindranath Tagore
    16. In the novel "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" what was the name of the captain of the submarine "Nautilus"?
    a. Captain Spark
    b. Captain Bin 
    c. Captain William         
    d. Captain Nemo

    17. In the series of children's "Noddy" books, what is the name of the
    policeman?
    a. Mr. Plod
     b. Mr Lod 
    c. Mr Jones 

    18. Who wrote "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Emperor's New Clothes"?
    a. Charles Dickens
    b. Hans Christian Anderson
    c. Agatha Christie
    d. Salman Rushdie

    19. The artist Leonardo Da Vinci was alive in which two centuries?
    a. 15th and 16th 
    b. 16th and 17th 
    c. 14th and 15th 
    d. 17th and 18th

    20. In what year did Agatha Christie die?
    a. 1966 
    b. 1976 
    c. 1956 
    d. 1977


     Answers

    1. a
    2. a.
    3. c.
    4. d
    5. b.
    6. a.
    7. a.
    8. c.
    9. a.
    10. c.
    11. c
    12. a.
    13. a.
    14. b.
    15. a.
    16. d
    17. a
    18. b
    19. a.
    20. b.