General Knowledge - Books and Authors
Exam Duration: 60 Mins Total Questions : 30
The book 'The audacity of Hope' has been written by
- (a)
Nayantara Sehgai
- (b)
Aravind Adiga
- (c)
Vikram Seth
- (d)
Barack Obama
Who is the author of 'Adhe - Adhure'?
- (a)
Mohan Rakesh
- (b)
Prem Chand
- (c)
Nirala
- (d)
Pant
'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 has written the book 'Two Lives'?
- (a)
Salman Rushdie
- (b)
Arundhati Roy
- (c)
Vikram Seth
- (d)
Shiv Khera
Who translated the National Song into English?
- (a)
Rabindra Tagore
- (b)
Dr S Radhakrishnam
- (c)
Sarojini Naidu
- (d)
Aurobindo Ghosh
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 amongst the following is the author of the book 'A Bend in the River'?
- (a)
Chetan Bhagat
- (b)
VS Naipaul
- (c)
Kiran Desai
- (d)
Anita Desai
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
'In Custody', an English novel is written by which one of the following?
- (a)
Anita Desai
- (b)
Vikaram Seth
- (c)
Shoba de
- (d)
V S Naipul
Match the following
List I (Books) |
List II (Authors) |
A. A Bend in the River | 1. John Koerner |
B. A Brush with Life | 2. IK Gujral |
C. A Conceptual | 3. VS Naipul |
D. A Foregin Policy for India | 4. SS Kohil |
- (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. 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
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
Who is the author of the book '' a Secular Agenda''?
- (a)
Mahtma Gandhi
- (b)
Graham Greene
- (c)
arun Shourie
- (d)
Dushyant Sharma
Who is the Padma awardee French writer of famous book ''Freedom at Midnight''?
- (a)
Dominique Lapierre
- (b)
Isabelle Mornique
- (c)
Bethoven Spartacus
- (d)
Nicholas Sarkozy
'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
Match the following
List I | List II |
A. Scarlet Pimpernel | 1. Sarojini Naidu |
B. Scenes from a Writers,s Life | 2. Ruskin Bind |
C. Sceptred Flute | 3. Baroness Orczy |
D. Schindlr's List | 4. Thomas Keneally |
- (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 3 2 1 4
In which language Mahatma Gandhi had written his biography?
- (a)
Gujarati
- (b)
Marathi
- (c)
Hindi
- (d)
English
What is common about these novels Parthiban Kanavu, Sivagamiyin Sabatham, Ponniyin selvan
1. It is written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.
2. They are all historic novels.
3. They are written in Tamil.
- (a)
1 and 2 are correct
- (b)
2 and 3 are correct
- (c)
All are correct
- (d)
None of the above
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 among the following wrote the book 'Ayodhya : 6 December, 1992'?
- (a)
Chandra Shekhar
- (b)
PV Narasimha Rao
- (c)
Jaswant Singh
- (d)
Arun Shourie
Who among the following has authored the book 'Hind Swaraj'?
- (a)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- (b)
Mahatma Gandhi
- (c)
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- (d)
MG Ranade
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 one of the following political theories advocates the 'Dictatorship of Proletariat'?
- (a)
Democratic socialism
- (b)
Fabin socialism
- (c)
Liberalism
- (d)
Marxism
Match the following
List I (Books) |
List II (Authors) |
A. The Struggle is My life | 1. Lech Walesa |
B. The struggle and the Triumph | 2. Nelson Mandela |
C. Friends and Foe | 3. Leonid Brezhnev |
D. Rebirth | 4. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
5. Sheikh Mujibur rehman |
- (a)
A B C D 1 2 5 3 - (b)
A B C D 2 1 5 3 - (c)
A B C D 1 2 3 4 - (d)
A B C D 2 1 3 4
What is common about these novels: Celebes in search of a Wife, Evelyn, Simple Story, Emma, and The Old English Byron?
- (a)
They are all gothic novels
- (b)
They are all sentimental novels
- (c)
They are all written by women
- (d)
They are all romantic novels
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
'The Prince' was written by
- (a)
N Machiaveli
- (b)
Boris Paternak
- (c)
Devendranath Tagore
- (d)
Jawaharlal Nehru
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
Consider the following statements
1. Freedom from Fear - Aung San Suu Kyi
2. Decision Points - George W. Bush
3. The IIIusion of Destiny - Prof. Amartya sen
4. The Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Which of the above is/are correctly matched?
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
2,3 and 4
- (d)
All of these