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.

Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. The author of ‘Forty Thieves’ is Jonathan Franzen. 2. Author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 3. Author of ‘Middlesex’ is Jeffrey Eugenides.

A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The author of the novel ‘Forty Thieves’ is Thomas Perry.

Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘A bend in the River’?

A. Chetan Bhagat
B. V. S. Naipaul
C. Kiran Desai
D. Anita Desai
✅ The correct answer is option B.
A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. The novel, telling the story of Salim, a merchant in post – colonial mid 20th century Africa, is one of Naipaul’s best known works and was widely praised. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1979.

In which year was the ‘All India Radio’ set up?

A. 1936
B. 1927
C. 1947
D. 1950
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Lionel Fielden was appointed the first Controller of Broadcasting in August 1935. In the following month Akashvani Mysore, a private radio station was set up. On 8 June 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio.