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SSC CGL (Prelims) GK: Indian Literature and Authors questions with solutions

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Questions

Q1. Which of the following books is incorrectly paired with its respective author?

  1. Hind Swaraj - Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Gitanjali - Rabindranath Tagore
  3. The Discovery of India - Subhash Chandra Bose
  4. Why I am an Atheist - Bhagat Singh

Answer: The Discovery of India - Subhash Chandra Bose

The Discovery of India was written by Jawaharlal Nehru, so the given pair is incorrect. The other pairs are correctly matched.

Q2. Who among the following was a poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913?

  1. Aurobindo Ghose
  2. Rudyard Kipling
  3. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
  4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his work Gitanjali. He was the first non-European and first Asian Nobel laureate in literature.

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