925. ‘In Custody’, an English novel is written by which one of the following?

A. Anita Desai
B. Vikram Seth
C. Shoba De
D. V. S. Naipaul
✅ The correct answer is option A.
‘In Custody’ by Anita Desai is woven around the yearnings and calamities of a small town scholar in the north of India. Anita Desai is an Indian novelist known for works on adult novels, children’s books and short stories.

926. The book “Born Again on the Mountain” is authored by which of the following Indian mountaineer?

A. Santhosh Yadav
B. Bachendri Pal
C. Arunima Sinha
D. Praveen Agarwal
✅ The correct answer is option C.
“Born Again on the Mountain” is a book authored by Arunima Sinha, a mountaineer and sportswoman. The book is an autobiographical account of a girl who beats all odds to become the world’s first female amputee and India’s first amputee to climb Mount Everest.

929. The book ‘Midnight’s Children’ has been written by –

A. Arundhati Roy
B. Tasleema Nasreen
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Kiran Desai
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Midnight’s Children, allegorical novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 1981. It is a historical chronicle of modern India centering on the inextricably linked fates of two children who were born within the first hour of independence from Great Britain.