Books and Authors
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
The novel 'The White tiger' which won the Man Booker Prize, 2008 is authored by
- (a)
Arundhati Roy
- (b)
Aravind Adiga
- (c)
Kiran Desai
- (d)
VS Naipaul
The book 'The audacity of Hope' has been written by
- (a)
Nayantara Sehgai
- (b)
Aravind Adiga
- (c)
Vikram Seth
- (d)
Barack Obama
'Neel Darpan' is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860-61. Who authored it?
- (a)
Dinabandhu Mitra
- (b)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
- (c)
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal
- (d)
Madhusudan Dutta
Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das?
- (a)
'Witness the Night'
- (b)
'The Red Devil'
- (c)
'Earth and Ashes'
- (d)
'Tonight This Savage Rite'
Who amongst the following is the author of the Book 'Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance'?
- (a)
Barack Obama
- (b)
John Evans Aatta Mills
- (c)
Nelson Mandela
- (d)
Danny Boyle
'Travelling Through Conflict', is a book written by
- (a)
Hamid Ansari
- (b)
Cherie Blair
- (c)
Balraj Krishna
- (d)
Salman Rushdie
'Long Walk to Freedom' is a book written by
- (a)
Sonia Gandhi
- (b)
LK Advani
- (c)
Nelson Mandela
- (d)
Benazir Bhutto
- (e)
Nawaz Sharif
Who amongst the following is the author of the classic book 'Life Divine'?
- (a)
Ravi Shankar
- (b)
Swami Vivekananda
- (c)
Radha Krishnan
- (d)
Aurobindo Ghosh
Who is the author of the book 'Book at Noon'?
- (a)
VS Naipaul
- (b)
Chetan Bhagat
- (c)
Vikram Seth
- (d)
None of these
Consider the following statement and identify the author of the statement using the codes given below
'I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country, in whose making they have an effective voice, an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people, an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony.'
- (a)
Baba Saheb ambedkar
- (b)
Mahatma Gandhi
- (c)
Gurudev Tagore
- (d)
Pt. Nehru
Who wrote the book, 'Cry the Peacock'?
- (a)
Khushwant Singh
- (b)
Moraeji Desai
- (c)
Anita Desai
- (d)
Arun Gandhi
The book 'Patriots and Partisans' cvers the political, socio-economical and of cultural relevance of India, is authored by
- (a)
S Murari
- (b)
anita B Ptaff
- (c)
Awais Sheikh
- (d)
Ramachandra Guha
' An Inconvenient Truth' is film directed by Al Gore to promote public awarences about
- (a)
terrorism
- (b)
global warning
- (c)
nuclear threats
- (d)
communalism
Match the following
List I (Books) |
List II (Authors) |
A. Prisoner's Scrapbook | 1. Khushwant Singh |
B. My Struggles | 2. A L Basham |
C. Wonder That Was India | 3. EK Nayanar |
D. Women and Men in My Life | 4. LK Advani |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 4 3 - (b)
A B C D 4 3 2 1 - (c)
A B C D 3 1 4 2 - (d)
A B C D 4 1 2 3
"An Inconvenient Truth" is a book on environment written by
- (a)
Barak Obama
- (b)
George Bush
- (c)
Al Gore
- (d)
Bill Clinton
'Global Crisis recession and Uneven Recovery' is written by one of the RBI Governors
- (a)
Subba Rao
- (b)
Bimal Jalan
- (c)
YV Reddy
- (d)
Rangarajan
'Wreck' is written by
- (a)
VS Khandekar
- (b)
Swami Vivekananda
- (c)
VS Naipaul
- (d)
Rabindranath Tagore
Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?
- (a)
'Look Cack in Anger'
- (b)
'Islamic Bomb'
- (c)
'A Suitable Boy'
- (d)
'My God Died Young'
In which language Mahatma Gandhi had written his biography?
- (a)
Gujarati
- (b)
Marathi
- (c)
Hindi
- (d)
English
'Beyond the Lines' is written by
- (a)
Kuldip Nayar
- (b)
K Arumugam
- (c)
Shashi Tharoor
- (d)
Cissy Houston
Which of the following was Daniel Defoe's contribution to English literature?
- (a)
The true-Born Englishman
- (b)
Robinson Crusoe
- (c)
The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
- (d)
All of the above
An author sums up the human condition thus, "Human life is everywhere a state, in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed." Who said this and where?
- (a)
Alexander Pope - Essay on Man
- (b)
Oliver Goldsmith - The Vicar of Wakefield
- (c)
Albert Camus - The Stranger
- (d)
Dr Johnson - Resells
Who of the following is the author of the famous book 'Das Kapital'?
- (a)
Adam Smith
- (b)
Karl Marx
- (c)
Rossaueu
- (d)
Victor Hugo
Who is author of one Night @ the Call Centre?
- (a)
Vikram Seth
- (b)
Chetan Bhagat
- (c)
Anurag Mathur
- (d)
Robin Sharma
' Asian Drama', by Gunnar Kari Myrdal, is a book on which of the following subjects?
- (a)
Theatre Movements in Asia
- (b)
Economics
- (c)
International Politics
- (d)
Look East Policy of India
Kalhana's well-known work 'Rajatarangini' is an important source material for the study of which one of the following?
- (a)
Ancient Kamarupa
- (b)
Post-Mauryan Magadha
- (c)
Medieval Rajasthan
- (d)
Early Medieval Kashmir
Who of the following is the author of the book 'Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century'?
- (a)
Arvind Adiga
- (b)
MJ Akbar
- (c)
Nandan Nilekani
- (d)
Shashi Tharoor
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I (Book) |
List II (Author) |
A. Rahul Dravid Timeless Steel | 1. Steve waugh and Nasser Hussain |
B. An Ashes Summer | 2. Greg Chappell |
C. Sachin Hundreads Now | 3. Mike Atherton |
D. Opening Up My Autobiography | 4. V. Krishnaswamy |
- (a)
A B C D 3 4 1 2 - (b)
A B C D 2 4 1 3 - (c)
A B C D 3 1 4 2 - (d)
A B C D 2 1 4 3
Match the following
List I (Books) |
List II (Author) |
A. Rich Like Us | 1. Nirad C Chaudhari |
B. Reflection on our Time | 2. P N Haksar |
C. Hinduism a religion to live by | 3. Nayantara Sahgal |
D. Bliss was it in that Dawn | 4. Minoo Masani |
- (a)
A B C D 2 1 3 4 - (b)
A B C D 1 3 4 2 - (c)
A B C D 3 2 1 4 - (d)
A B C D 4 1 2 3
Who has written the book 'Still counting the Dead'?
- (a)
Frances Harrison
- (b)
Faisal Devj
- (c)
JK Rowling
- (d)
None of these