General Knowledge - Books and Authors
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
'24 Brand Mantra' is a book written by
- (a)
Bimal Chowdhary
- (b)
shiv Khera
- (c)
Arindam R Chowdary
- (d)
Jagdeep Kapoor
Who is the author of 'Adhe - Adhure'?
- (a)
Mohan Rakesh
- (b)
Prem Chand
- (c)
Nirala
- (d)
Pant
Match List I (Book) and List II (Author) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I | List II |
A. In Custody | 1. Amartya Sen |
B. Sea of Poppies | 2. Amitav Ghosh |
C. The Argument-ative Indian | 3. Anita Desai |
D. Unaccustomed | 4. Jhumpa Lahiri |
- (a)
A B C D 4 1 2 3 - (b)
A B C D 4 2 1 3 - (c)
A B C D 3 2 1 4 - (d)
A B C D 3 1 2 4
'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 formulated the 'Drain of Wealth' theory?
- (a)
Dadabhai Naoroji
- (b)
MG Ranade
- (c)
RC Dutt
- (d)
BC Pal
Who has written the book 'Two Lives'?
- (a)
Salman Rushdie
- (b)
Arundhati Roy
- (c)
Vikram Seth
- (d)
Shiv Khera
Who wrote the book, 'Cry the Peacock'?
- (a)
Khushwant Singh
- (b)
Moraeji Desai
- (c)
Anita Desai
- (d)
Arun Gandhi
Match the following
List I (Books) |
List II (Authors) |
A. Moon and six pence | 1. Salman Rushdie |
B. Moor's Last Sigh | 2. Ved Mehta |
C. Portrait of India | 3. Sydney Sheldon |
D. Rage of Angles | 4. W Somerset Maugham |
- (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
Match the following
List I (Books) |
List II (Authors) |
A. Zulfikar ali Bhutto & Pakistan | 1. Clive Ponting |
B. Winston Churchill | 2. Rafi Raza |
C. Wings of Fire: an Autobiography | 3. Dr Pratibha Ray |
D. Yajnaseni | 4. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam & A Tiwari |
- (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
The Immortals of Meluha is written by
- (a)
Aravind Adiga
- (b)
Arundati Roy
- (c)
Amit Chaudhuri
- (d)
None of these
In which language Mahatma Gandhi had written his biography?
- (a)
Gujarati
- (b)
Marathi
- (c)
Hindi
- (d)
English
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 is the author of the book 'New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy'?
- (a)
AB Vajpayee
- (b)
Jaswant Singh
- (c)
PC Alexander
- (d)
Yashwant Sinha
Who is the author of the book 'Conquest of Self'?
- (a)
Aurobindo Ghosh
- (b)
Rabindranath Tagore
- (c)
Mahatma Gandhi
- (d)
S Radhakrishnan
Who is the author of the book 'The Rights of Man'?
- (a)
Thomas Hardy
- (b)
Thomas Mann
- (c)
Thomas Moore
- (d)
Thomas Paine
The development of which of the following administrative concepts could be attributed to German Sociologist Max Weber?
- (a)
Democracy
- (b)
Bureaucracy
- (c)
Pluralism
- (d)
Corporatism
Which of the following author and his book is incorrectly matched?
1. Kalhana : Rajtarangini
2. Pliny : Natural History
3. Kautilya : Arthashastra
4. Dandin : Avanti Sundari
- (a)
2 and 3
- (b)
Only 1
- (c)
Only 4
- (d)
None of these
' 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
Ghare Baire (The Home and the world) is written by
- (a)
Bakimchandra Chatterjee
- (b)
Devendranath Tagore
- (c)
Rabindranath Tagore
- (d)
Aurobindo Ghosh
The book 'Pax Indica' is written by
- (a)
foreign policy
- (b)
Indian culture
- (c)
Castel system prevent in India
- (d)
None of the above
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
Which famous author wrote the following books: The Darkroom, Malgudi Days, Gudie, My Days, swami and Friends?
- (a)
Khuswant Singh
- (b)
Rk Narayan
- (c)
Rudyard Kipling
- (d)
Kuldip Nayyar
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 'on the Pathway to Development?'
- (a)
Jaswant Singh
- (b)
Harishankar Singhania
- (c)
Mark Owen
- (d)
None of these
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
- (a)
The Impossible : Faisal Devji
- (b)
No Easy Day : Mark Owen
- (c)
The Oath : Rowan Williams
- (d)
The Price of Politics : Bob Woodward
Who has written the book 'Still counting the Dead'?
- (a)
Frances Harrison
- (b)
Faisal Devj
- (c)
JK Rowling
- (d)
None of these