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A
Leo Tolstoy
B
Mark Twain
C
William Shakespeare
D
John Ruskin

Explanation

'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' is an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.

A
Fyodor Dostoevsky
B
Vladimir Nabakov
C
Alexander Solzhenitysn
D
Lewis Carroll

Explanation

'Crime and Punishment' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It focuses on the moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov.

A
Green
B
Bentham
C
Plato
D
Hegel

Explanation

Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, argued that the goal of the state is the 'greatest happiness of the greatest number'.

A
Juan Benet
B
Sidney Sheldon
C
Dominique Lapierre
D
Larry Collins

Explanation

'The Naked Face' was the first novel written by Sidney Sheldon. It is a thriller involving a psychoanalyst accused of murder.

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

Explanation

Balwant Gargi was a renowned Punjabi playwright and novelist. 'The Naked Triangle' is one of his well-known autobiographical novels.

A
Leo Tolstoy
B
Saul Bellow
C
Adam Smith
D
Mikhail Solokhov

Explanation

'War and Peace' is a literary work by Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era.

A
1 lakh
B
1 thousand
C
1 billion
D
1 millon

Explanation

Mandarin Chinese is spoken by over 1 billion people worldwide, making it the language with the highest number of native speakers.

A
English
B
German
C
Hindi
D
French

Explanation

English is generally considered to have the largest vocabulary due to its history of absorbing words from many other languages.

A
Tamil
B
Punjabi
C
Telugu
D
Hindu

Explanation

Tamil is widely considered the oldest living Indian language, with a recorded history and literature dating back over two millennia.

A
The supar book
B
Al-Quran
C
The Bible
D
Hiraka Sutra

Explanation

The Bible is the most translated and printed book in history, available in thousands of languages and dialects globally.