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Q401.Who wrote "A Tale of Two Cities"?

Easy
A Thomas Hardy
B Charles Dickens
C Oscar Wilde
D William Makepeace Thackeray
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Correct Answer: B

"A Tale of Two Cities" was written by Charles Dickens (1859).

Q402.Who wrote "Paradise Lost"?

Medium
A William Shakespeare
B Geoffrey Chaucer
C John Milton
D Edmund Spenser
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Correct Answer: C

"Paradise Lost" (1667) was written by John Milton.

Q403.Who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea"?

Easy
A F. Scott Fitzgerald
B William Faulkner
C Ernest Hemingway
D John Steinbeck
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Correct Answer: C

"The Old Man and the Sea" (1952) was written by Ernest Hemingway.

Q404.Allama Iqbal's "Shikwa" is written in:

Easy
A English
B Urdu
C Persian
D Punjabi
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Correct Answer: B

"Shikwa" is written in Urdu and is part of "Bang-e-Dra".

Q405.Who wrote "Gitanjali"?

Medium
A Mirza Ghalib
B Rabindranath Tagore
C Faiz Ahmad Faiz
D Muhammad Iqbal
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Correct Answer: B

"Gitanjali" won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) for Rabindranath Tagore.

Q406.Who is known as the "Father of English Poetry"?

Medium
A John Milton
B William Shakespeare
C Geoffrey Chaucer
D Edmund Spenser
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Correct Answer: C

Geoffrey Chaucer is known as the Father of English Poetry.

Q407.Who wrote "Brave New World"?

Medium
A George Orwell
B Aldous Huxley
C Ray Bradbury
D H.G. Wells
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Correct Answer: B

"Brave New World" (1932) was written by Aldous Huxley.

Q408.Which book is authored by Charles Dickens?

Easy
A Wuthering Heights
B Oliver Twist
C Jane Eyre
D Middlemarch
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Correct Answer: B

"Oliver Twist" (1837-39) was written by Charles Dickens.

Q409."Animal Farm" is a political satire by:

Easy
A George Orwell
B Aldous Huxley
C H.G. Wells
D Jonathan Swift
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Correct Answer: A

"Animal Farm" (1945) was written by George Orwell.

Q410."The Great Gatsby" was written by:

Easy
A Ernest Hemingway
B John Steinbeck
C F. Scott Fitzgerald
D William Faulkner
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Correct Answer: C

"The Great Gatsby" (1925) is by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Q411."To Kill a Mockingbird" is by:

Easy
A Harper Lee
B Toni Morrison
C John Steinbeck
D Truman Capote
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Correct Answer: A

Harper Lee wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1960).

Q412."The Alchemist" is written by:

Easy
A Paulo Coelho
B Gabriel Garcia Marquez
C Umberto Eco
D Isabel Allende
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Correct Answer: A

"The Alchemist" (1988) was written by Paulo Coelho.

Q413.Iqbal's "Asrar-e-Khudi" was written in:

Medium
A Urdu
B English
C Arabic
D Persian
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Correct Answer: D

"Asrar-e-Khudi" (Secrets of the Self) was written by Allama Iqbal in Persian.

Q414."Crime and Punishment" is written by:

Medium
A Leo Tolstoy
B Anton Chekhov
C Fyodor Dostoevsky
D Ivan Turgenev
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Correct Answer: C

"Crime and Punishment" (1866) was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Q415."Gulliver's Travels" was written by:

Easy
A Daniel Defoe
B Jonathan Swift
C Henry Fielding
D Samuel Richardson
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Correct Answer: B

"Gulliver's Travels" (1726) was written by Jonathan Swift.

Q416."Romeo and Juliet" belongs to which genre?

Easy
A Comedy
B Tragedy
C History
D Romance
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Correct Answer: B

"Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy by Shakespeare.

Q417."The Scarlet Letter" was written by:

Medium
A Mark Twain
B Nathaniel Hawthorne
C Herman Melville
D Edgar Allan Poe
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Correct Answer: B

"The Scarlet Letter" (1850) was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Q418.Synonym of "Abrupt":

Easy
A Gradual
B Sudden
C Slow
D Calm
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Correct Answer: B

"Abrupt" means sudden and unexpected.

Q419.Synonym of "Adamant":

Medium
A Flexible
B Firm
C Soft
D Yielding
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Correct Answer: B

"Adamant" means unyielding, refusing to be persuaded.

Q420.Synonym of "Aloof":

Medium
A Friendly
B Detached
C Warm
D Sociable
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Correct Answer: B

"Aloof" means not friendly or forthcoming; detached.