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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 176 of 200

Q176
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeArt, Culture, Literature & Cinema
Who is the author of the book 'Argumentative Indian Writing on Indian History, Culture and Identity'?
  1. a.Nirad C. Chaudhuri
  2. b.Amit Chaudhuri
  3. c.Amartya Sen
  4. d.Arundhati Roy

Answer: (C) Amartya Sen

'The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity' (2005) is by Amartya Sen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1998) and the Bharat Ratna (1999); his other books include 'Development as Freedom', 'The Idea of Justice' and 'Poverty and Famines'. Nirad C. Chaudhuri wrote 'The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian', and Arundhati Roy wrote 'The God of Small Things' (Booker Prize, 1997).

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