The autobiography titled The Story of My Experiments with Truth was written by
- A.Jawaharlal Nehru
- B.Mahatma Gandhi
- C.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- D.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Mahatma Gandhi. The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, written originally in Gujarati and later translated into English. It covers his childhood, his years as a student in London, his work in South Africa and the shaping of his ideas on truth and non violence, and it stops well before the final phase of the national movement.
Option A, Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote An Autobiography, published in Britain as Toward Freedom, besides The Discovery of India and Glimpses of World History. Option C, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, wrote India Wins Freedom, an account of the last years before independence and of partition. Option D, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, did not write an autobiography; his letters and speeches were published in collected volumes by others after his death.
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- A.Arun Tiwari
- B.Y. S. Rajan
- C.Sanjaya Baru
- D.Robert Kanigel
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- B.Playing It My Way
- C.The Man Who Knew Infinity
- D.Wings of Fire
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- A.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- B.Rajendra Prasad
- C.Jawaharlal Nehru
- D.Subhas Chandra Bose
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- A.Kapil Dev
- B.Sunil Gavaskar
- C.Sachin Tendulkar
- D.Rahul Dravid
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- A.Manmohan Singh
- B.Sanjaya Baru
- C.Daman Singh
- D.Natwar Singh
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