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(Q1) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who among the following is the author of the novel ‘Train to Pakistan’?

A

Vikram Seth 

B

Khushwant Singh 

C

Chetan Bhagat 

D

RK Narayan 

(Q2) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Novelist Damodar Mauzo, who has won the 57th Jnanpith Award, is a writer in which of the following languages?

A

Odia 

B

Assamese

C

Sanskrit

D

Konkani 

(Q3) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘Matters of Discretion’ is an autobiography of which former Prime Minister of India?

A

 Atal Bihari Vajpayee

B

Manmohan Singh 

C

Inder Kumar Gujral

D

PV Narasimha Rao 

(Q4) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘I Am No Messiah’ is an autobiography of the actor ____________.

A

Amir Khan 

B

Salman Khan 

C

 Sonu Nigam

D

Sonu Sood 

(Q5) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

The title of the autobiography of Rassundari Devi is:

A

Raseedi Ticket

B

 Amar Jiban

C

 Aalo Aandhari

D

Smritichitre: The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife

(Q6) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

The book ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ has been written by ______.

A

Ruskin Bond

B

Aravind Adiga

C

Amish Tripathi

D

Salman Rushdie

(Q7) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘Waiting for a Visa’ is a 20-page autobiography written by _____________.

A

Mahatma Gandhi

B

Jawaharlal Nehru

C

Ram Mohan Roy

D

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

(Q8) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Which of the following books was written by Indian author RK Narayan?

A

The Shadow Lines

B

The White Tiger

C

Think Like a Monk

D

Malgudi Days

(Q9) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who is the author of the book ‘Modi Government: New Surge of Communalism’?

A

Jaswant Singh

B

Pranab Mukherjee

C

M J Akbar

D

Sitaram Yechury

(Q10) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who among the following Indian authors wrote the famous novel 'Gora' during the Nationalist Movement of India?

A

Mahatma Gandhi

B

Bhagat Singh

C

Jawaharlal Nehru

D

Rabindranath Tagore

(Q11) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Which of the following is an autobiography of Barack Obama?

A

The Test of my life

B

Chronicles

C

Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

D

Matters of Discretion

(Q12) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘Mein Kampf’ of Adolf Hitler was originally written in which of the following languages?

A

Japanese

B

German

C

French

D

English

(Q13) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘Dollar Bahu’ is written by whom among the following Indian authors?

A

Sudha Murty

B

Khushwant Singh 

C

Kiran Desai 

D

Arundhati Roy 

(Q14) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Whose autobiography is ‘Playing it my way’?

A

Sachin Tendulkar 

B

Saina Nehwal 

C

Sunil Gavaskar 

D

Yuvraj Singh 

(Q15) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘The Test of My Life’ is an autobiography of which of the following cricketer?

A

Sachin Tendulkar

B

Yuvraj Singh

C

MS Dhoni

D

Mohammad Kaif

(Q16) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘The Godfather of Soul’ is an autobiography of __________, who was one of the greatest singer.

A

James Brown 

B

Johnny Cash 

C

 Kurt Cobain

D

 Tina Turner

(Q17) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

The autobiography of Nirad C Chaudhari is____________.

A

An Autobiography of a Yogi

B

The Race of My Life 

C

The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian 

D

Matters of Discretion 

(Q18) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who is the author of ‘The Inheritance of Loss’?

A

Jhumpa Lahiri

B

Kiran Desai

C

Chetan Bhagat

D

Arundhati Roy

(Q19) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who was the author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi which is a Persian language chronicle of the Delhi Sultanate?

A

Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi

B

Khazain-ul-Futuh

C

Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi

D

Jawahar-fi-Jawahir

(Q20) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Among the following, whose autobiography is ‘Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography’?

A

Urvashi Butalia

B

Malala Yousafzai

C

Kamala Das

D

Benazir Bhutto