The original name of ‘Mahabharata’ is –

A. Katha Saritsagar
B. Jaya Samhita
C. Vrahat Katha
D. Rajatarangini
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The Mahabharata in its original version was called Jaya Samhita, and it was written down by Ganesha and narrated by Maharishi Ved Vyasa. The original epic had only 8800 shlokas and was called Jaya. Then it was called Vijaya, then Bharata and finally Mahabharata.

1. Author of ‘Darkness at Noon’ is Victor La Valle. 2. Author of ‘The Great Gatsby’ is F. Scott Fitzgerald. 3. Author of ‘The Sound and the Fury’ is Hubbard. Which of the statements given above are not correct?

A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Darkness at Noon is a novel by Hungarian born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940.The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner.

Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. The author of the novel ‘Gilead’ is Don Wirslo. 2. The author of the novel ‘Wolf Hall’ is Stephen Dobyns. 3. The author of the novel ‘To Kill a Mocking bird’ is Harper Lee.

A. 3
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Gilead is a novel written by Marilynne Robinson published in 2004.Wolf Hall (2009) is a historical novel by English author Hilary Mantel.