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Question

Which of the following combinations of author and book is incorrect?

The correct answer is
Elias Lonnrot's Fingal

Identify Incorrect Author Book Match

The question requires identifying the pairing where the listed author is NOT associated with the specified book.

Option Analysis

  • Option 1: Elias Lonnrot's Fingal - Elias Lönnrot is famous for compiling the epic poem Kalevala. Fingal is an epic poem by James Macpherson. Therefore, this is an incorrect combination.
  • Option 2: Percy's Reliques of Ancient English Poetry - Thomas Percy compiled and published Reliques of Ancient English Poetry in 1765. This is a correct association.
  • Option 3: Herder's Stimmen der Volker in Lieder - Johann Gottfried Herder's work includes collections and essays on folk literature, with his influential collection Stimmen der Völker in Liedern (Voices of the Peoples in Songs) being a significant contribution. This is a correct association.
  • Option 4: Wilhelm Grimm's Fairy Tales - Wilhelm Grimm, along with his brother Jacob Grimm, collected and published Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), commonly known as Grimm's Fairy Tales. This is a correct association.

Conclusion on Incorrect Combination

Based on the analysis, the incorrect combination of author and book is Elias Lonnrot's Fingal.

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Important Questions from Literature

  1. Match List-I with List-II:

    List-IList-II
    (A) Meghe Dhaka Tara(I) Govind Nihalani
    (B) Garam Hawa(II) Habib Tanvir
    (C) Tamas(III) Ritvik Ghatak
    (D) Jis Lahore Nahin Vekhya O Jamya-e-nai(IV) M.S. Sathyu

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 

  2. Which of the following statements are correct?

    (A) Mahabharata has over 1,00,000 verses. 

    (B) Mahabharata was written by Valmiki. 

    (C) V.S. Sukthankar is associated with the critical edition of Mahabharata. 

    (D) The critical edition of Mahabharata took 47 years to complete. 

    (E) The critical edition of Mahabharata ran into over 13,000 pages. 

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  3. Who wrote the essay "Naipaul's India and Mine" (1984) as a reply to V.S. Naipaul's An Area of Darkness ?

  4. Identify the one that has not been paired correctly.

  5. Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution made the provision for use of English, alongside Hindi, for official purposes, for fifteen years?

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