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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 43

SSC MTS - 15 July 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q43

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Who among the following authors wrote 'Train to Pakistan'?

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Khushwant Singh.

  • The book is based during the summer of 1947 while the whole country was shaken with the woes of partition & the riots between the Sikhs and Muslims residing at Manoj Majra, a simple village where peace used to prevail amongst the said communities.
  • Khushwant Singh was India’s best-known writer and columnist. He was founder-editor of Yojana and editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and Hindustan Times.
  • He was a member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986.
  • He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 19984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army. In 2007 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan.