31. The highest award given by the Government of India is
(A) Sahitya Akademi Award
(B) Bhasha Samman
(C) Bharat Ratna
(D) Padma Bhusan
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32. “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts” is a line from
(A) Shelley’s “To A Skylark”
(B) Wordsworth’s “To A Skylark”
(C) Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale”
(D) Coleridge’s “Christabel”
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33. The novel Crime and Punishment is set in
(A) Siberia
(B) Russia
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Turkmenistan
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34. The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Paulo Coelho who is a ——-
(A) Portuguese national
(B) Spanish national
(C) Cuban national
(D) Brazilian national
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35. The only Indian film director to receive an Oscar is —————-
(A) Shyam Benegal
(B) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
(C) Satyajit Ray
(D) Mrinal Sen
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