General Knowledge - Books and Authors
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Which of the following books is written by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?
1. Ignited Minds
2. Wings of Fire
3. The Luminous Sparks
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
2 and 3
- (d)
All these
The book 'The audacity of Hope' has been written by
- (a)
Nayantara Sehgai
- (b)
Aravind Adiga
- (c)
Vikram Seth
- (d)
Barack Obama
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'
'The Shade of Swords' is a book written by
- (a)
MJ Akbar
- (b)
Manil Suri
- (c)
Urmila Lamba
- (d)
Vasant Potdar
Who is the author of 'Adhe - Adhure'?
- (a)
Mohan Rakesh
- (b)
Prem Chand
- (c)
Nirala
- (d)
Pant
Who has written the book 'Two Lives'?
- (a)
Salman Rushdie
- (b)
Arundhati Roy
- (c)
Vikram Seth
- (d)
Shiv Khera
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 memoir 'The Test of My Life' is written by
- (a)
Yuraj Singh
- (b)
Rahul Dravid
- (c)
Adam Gilchrist
- (d)
Kapil Dev
'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
' 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. 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. 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 Padma awardee French writer of famous book ''Freedom at Midnight''?
- (a)
Dominique Lapierre
- (b)
Isabelle Mornique
- (c)
Bethoven Spartacus
- (d)
Nicholas Sarkozy
"An Inconvenient Truth" is a book on environment written by
- (a)
Barak Obama
- (b)
George Bush
- (c)
Al Gore
- (d)
Bill Clinton
Union Minister Veerappa Moily got the prestigious Mooortidevi Award for this book. Which is that?
- (a)
Shree Ramayana Mahanveshanam
- (b)
Mahabharatham-revised
- (c)
Draupadi
- (d)
None of the above
Ramachandra Guha wrote which of the following book?
1.'Makers of Modern India'
2. 'India after Gandhi : The History of the World's Largest democracy'
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
1 and 2
- (d)
Neither 1 or 2
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
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
The book 'Sonia Gandhi : An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny', an autobiography of Sonia Gandhi is written by
- (a)
Julian Barnes
- (b)
Mohd Hanief
- (c)
Rani Singh
- (d)
Tahmima Anam
Who among the following wrote the book 'Ayodhya : 6 December, 1992'?
- (a)
Chandra Shekhar
- (b)
PV Narasimha Rao
- (c)
Jaswant Singh
- (d)
Arun Shourie
Which one of the following is the central theme of 'The Communist Manifesto' written by Marx and Engels?
- (a)
Tools of Production
- (b)
Theory of state
- (c)
Abolition of state
- (d)
Class Struggle
Who is author of one Night @ the Call Centre?
- (a)
Vikram Seth
- (b)
Chetan Bhagat
- (c)
Anurag Mathur
- (d)
Robin Sharma
Which one of the following political theories advocates the 'Dictatorship of Proletariat'?
- (a)
Democratic socialism
- (b)
Fabin socialism
- (c)
Liberalism
- (d)
Marxism
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
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
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