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GK Quiz on Books and Authors
GK Quiz on Books and Authors
1. Exam Warriors is an inspiring book for the youth Written by-
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Yogi Adityanath
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) None of these
2. Who is the author of the Book ‘ ‘Across the Bench – Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System’?
(a) Gauri Lankesh
(b) General Bipin Rawat
(c) Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan,
(d) None of these
3. The Book ‘Vedvigyan Alok’ is the scriptural verse written by –
(a) Sri Sri Ravishankar
(b) Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik
(c) Baba Ramdev
(d) None of these
4. Who won the Golden Man Booker International Prize 2018?
(a) Olga Tokarczuk
(b) Jennifer Croft
(c) Michael Ondaatje
(d) None of these
5. Who is the author of the book ‘winning like sourav think & succeed like ganguly’?
(a) Kuldeeep Mishra
(b) Abhirup Bhattacharya
(c) Subodh Bhattacharya
(d) None of these
6. A book titled “Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948)” has been written by-
(a) Romila Thapar
(b) Madhav Gadgil
(c) Ramachandra Guha
(d) None of these
7. The book “No Spin” is the autobiography of ______.
(a) Shane Warne
(b) Ricky Ponting
(c) Michael Clarke
(d) None of these
8. Which cricketer wrote down his autobiography titled ‘281 and beyond’?
(a) Sourav Ganguly
(b) V. V. S. Laxman
(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) None of these
9. A new book on Maharana Pratap named “Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior” authored by historian ________.
(a) Ramachandra Guha
(b) Shashi Tharoor
(c) Rima Hooja
(d) None of these
10. Who honored with the prestigious 39th edition of the Sarala award 2018?
(a) Satrughna Pandav
(b) Umesh Chandra
(c) Govind Mishra
(d) None of these
11. Who is the author of the book “Sea Prayer”?
(a) Dan Brown
(b) Yann Martel
(c) Khaled Hosseini
(d) None of these
12. Who is the author of the book ” The Rule Breakers”?
(a) Nikita Singh
(b) Durjoy Datta
(c) Preeti Shenoy
(d) None of these
13. Who is the author of the book “The Paradoxical Prime Minister”?
(a) Shashi Tharoor
(b) Subramanian Swamy
(c) Arnab Goswami
(d) None of these
14. Which writer won the 2018 Man Booker Prize?
(a) Belinda Bauer
(b) Sally Rooney
(c) Anna Burns
(d) None of these
15. Who won New Academy Prize in Literature?
(a) Édouard Glissant
(b) Maryse Condé
(c) Patrick Chamoiseau
(d) None of these
16. Pm Modi released a book “Timeless Laxman”, based on the life and times of which legendary cartoonist?
(a) R. K. Laxman
(b) K. Shankar Pillai
(c) Abu Abraham
(d) None of these
17. Who has been written a new book, titled ‘We are Displaced’?
(a) Aung San Suu Kyi
(b) Tawakkol Karman
(c) Malala Yousafzai
(d) None of these
18. Who is the author of the book ‘Ambedkar, Gandhi and Patel’?
(a) Pankaj Sharma
(b) Raja Sekhar Vundru
(c) Prashant Jha
(d) None of these
20. “A Century is Not Enough” is the Autobiography of _____
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Sourav Ganguly
(d) None of these
21. Which Indian actress is the author of the book“the diary of a domestic diva”?
(a) Aishwarya Rai
(b) Shilpa Shetty Kundra
(c) Karisma Kapoor
(d) None of these
22. Who is the author of the book ‘The Perils of Being Moderately’?
(a) Kareena Kapoor
(b) Sharmila Tagore
(c) Soha Ali Khan
(d) None of these
23. Who is the writer of the book ‘Indira: India’s most powerful prime minister’?
(a) Sagarika Ghose
(b) Nidhi Razdan
(c) Rana Ayyub
(d) None of these
24. Who is the author of the book “Law, Justice and Judicial Power’– Justice P N Bhagwati’s Approach”?
(a) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
(b) Mool Chand Sharma
(c) Justice P N Bhagwati
(d) None of these
25. Who is the writer of the book “Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India”?
(a) Hasmukh Adhia
(b) Mallikarjun Kharge
(c) P. Chidambaram
(d) None of these
26. Who is the writer of the book “I Do What I Do”?
(a) Gautam Adani
(b) Raghuram Rajan
(c) Urjit Patel
(d) None of these
27. Who is the author of the book ‘Smart Cities Unbundle’?
(a) Sameer Sharma
(b) Pankaj kapoor
(c) Sunil Sharma
(d) None of these
28. “Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life”is the Autobiography _____.
(a) Rajiv Mehrishi
(b) Sheila Dikshit
(c) Pranab Mukherjee
(d) None of these
29. ‘India 2017 Yearbook’ is written by_________.
(a) Pranab Mukherjee
(b) Rajiv Mehrishi
(c) Jairam Ramesh
(d) None of these
30. Who is the author of the book ‘Indian Instincts: Essays on Freedom and Equality in India’?
(a) Rajiv Mehrishi
(b) Sujata Massey
(c) Miniya Chatterji
(d) None of these
31. Who is the writer of ‘The Making of a Legend’?
(a) Jairam Ramesh
(b) C. Raj Kumar
(c) Bindeshawr Pathak
(d) None of these
32. Who is the author of the book ‘Untold Story of Indian Public Sector’?
(a) Kunwar Natwar Singh
(b) U. D. Choubey
(c) Naseeruddin Shah
(d) None of these
33. The book ‘The Emergency – Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour’ is written by _____.
(a) Rajmohan Gandhi
(b) Rajdeep Sardesai
(c) Surya Prakash
(d) None of these
34. Who received Gyanpeeth award in 2018?
(a) Aravind Adiga
(b) Anita Desai
(c) Amitav Ghosh
(d) None of these
35. Who is the author of the book ‘A Murder on Malabar Hill’?
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Sujata Massey
(c) Kiran Desai
(d) None of these
36. Who is the writer of the book ‘Pajamas are forgiving’?
(a) Rinke Khanna
(b) Raveena Tandon
(c) Twinkle Khanna
(d) None of these
37. Who is the writer of the book ‘Why I am a Hindu ‘?
(a) Arnab Goswami
(b) Rahul Gandhi
(c) Shashi Tharoor
(d) None of these
38. Who is the author of the book ‘Raavan: Orphan of Aryavarta ‘?
(a) JS Rajput
(b) Amish Tripathi
(c) Tarun Vijay
(d) None of these
39. ‘A State of Freedom ‘ book is written by___________.
(a) Deepti Kapoor
(b) Ali Smith
(c) Neel Mukherjee
(d) None of these
40. Who is the author of the book ‘The Winds of Winter’?
(a) George R. R. Martin
(b) J. R. R. Tolkien
(c) David Benioff
(d) None of the
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