Q1 . He is a philosopher, historian and mathematician and was a recipient of the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature. Who is he?

John Napier
Paul Dirac
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Bertrand Russell

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Q2. He is an author of science fiction novels and stories who is credited with coining the term "worm" and predicting the emergence of computer viruses in his 1975 novel "The Shockwave Rider". Who is he?

Ray Bradbury
Arthur C Clarke
John Brunner
John Scalzi

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Q3. He is best known for his 'Essays of Elia' and Elia was the pseudonym used by this English writer. Who was he?

Charles Dickens
Charles Lamb
Clive Hamilton
Daniel Defoe

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Q4. He is the first Australian to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1973). Who is he?

J M Coetzee
Peter C Doherty
John Eccles
Patrick White

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Q5. He was a Persian mathematician and astronomer, but widely known as a poet. Who is he?

Ferdowsi
Omar Khayyam
Nizami Ganjavi
Hafez

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Q6. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but said no to the Nobel Prize. Who is he?

Ernest Hemingway
George Bernardshaw
Jean-Paul Sartre
Pablo Neruda

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Q7. Henrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century playwright who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903 and 1904 and is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. In which language he wrote his plays?

English
German
Danish
Spanish

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Q8. Her autobiographical work is one of the most read books of all time and her words "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same" are famous. Who is she?

Anne Frank
Helen Keller
Sarojini Naidu
Enid Blyton

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Q9. India Wins Freedom is an autobiographical narrative of India's freedom struggle. Who is the author?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Lala Lajpat Rai
Maulan Abul Kalam Azad

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Q10. John Taine was the pen name chosen by a famous mathematicanand science fiction writer to write his works of fiction. He is known for his book of biographical essays titled "Men of Mathematics". Do you know him?

E T Bell
Lewis Carrol
H G Wels
Blaise Pascal

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