GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote the book ‘The Prince’?
A
Bernard Shaw
B
Niccolo Machiaveli
C
V.S. Sharma
D
Emile Zola
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, just after he was forced to leave Florence as a political exile. Dedicated to Lorenzo de’ Medici, the book is Machiavelli’s advice to the current ruler of Florence on how to stay in power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Niccoló Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, but it wasn’t published until 1532, five years after his death.

Detailed explanation-3: -Machiavelli was a 16th century Florentine philosopher known primarily for his political ideas. His two most famous philosophical books, The Prince and the Discourses on Livy, were published after his death.

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