Books and Authors GK Questions with Answers

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Question – 1: ‘Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine’ is written by which writer?

1. Kavitha Rao
2. Ashok Chakravarti
3. Yalamanchili Sivaji
4. Dr Beena Budki

Answer: (Kavitha Rao)

Question – 2: Who wrote‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’?

1. Venu Madhav Govindu and Srinath Raghavan
2. Dhaval Kulkarni
3. Bimal Jalan
4. Jairam Ramesh

Answer: (Venu Madhav Govindu and Srinath Raghavan)

Question – 3: Who wrote ‘Nathuram Godse: The True Story of Gandhi’s Assassin’?

1. Dhaval Kulkarni
2. Amitav Ghosh
3. Dr Vipin Gupta
4. Kajal Suri

Answer:  (Dhaval Kulkarni)

Question – 4: “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020” is written by which author?

1. Supriya Paul
2. Vinod Kapri
3. Salman Rushdie
4. Amartya Sen

Answer:  (Salman Rushdie)

Question – 5: ‘Believe-What Life and Cricket Taught Me’ is the biography of which cricketer?

1. MS Dhoni
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Suresh Raina
4. Saurav Ganguly

Answer: (Suresh Raina)

Question – 6: ‘The 7 Sins of Being a Mother’ is written by whom?

1. Kajal Suri
2. Neena Gupta
3. Sunita Dwivedi
4. Tahira Kashyap Khurrana

Answer: (Tahira Kashyap Khurrana)

Question – 7: Who is the writer of the book ‘All Time Favorites for Children’?

1. Ruskin Bond
2. William Sheakspear
3. Shakoor Rather
4. Rudyard Kipling

Answer:  (Ruskin Bond)

Question – 8: Who written the ‘Monk in a Merc’ book?

1. Ashok Pangariya
2. Amish Raj Mulmi
3. Sundeep Mishra
4. Kaushik Basu

Answer: Ashok Pangariya

Question – 9: ‘My Joys and Sorrows- as a Mother of a Special Child’ is written by which author?

1. Kareena Kapoor Khan
2. Krishna Saksena
3. Supriya Paul
4. Reena Gupta

Answer:  (Krishna Saksena)

Question – 10: who wrote “Wisdom for Start-ups from Grownups: Discovering Corporate Ayurveda’?

1. R Gopalakrishnan and R Narayanan
2. Prachand Praveer
3. Nitin Gokhale
4. Dr Achyuta Samanta

Answer:   (R Gopalakrishnan and R Narayanan)

Question – 11: ‘Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life’ is written by which author?

1. Utkal Keshari Harekrushna Mahtab
2. Prachand Praveer
3. Nitin Gokhale
4. Dr Achyuta Samanta

Answer: (Nitin Gokhale)

Question – 12: Who wrote ‘Agriculture in India: Contemporary Challenges- in the context of doubling farmers income’?

1. Yatindra Mishra
2. Dr Shailendra Joshi
3. Prachand Praveer
4. Dr. Mohan Kanda

Answer: Dr. Mohan Kanda

Question – 13: India’s Power Elite: Class, Caste and a Cultural revolution’ is written by which author

1. Sanjay Baru
2. Peggy Mohan
3. Jeet Thayil
4. Dr. Shailendra Joshi

Answer: Sanjay Baru

Question – 14: Who of the following is the author of the book “Imaging India Ideas for the New Century”?

1. Nandan Nilekani
2. M J Akbar
3. Arvind Adiga
4. Shashi Tharoor

Answer: A (Nandan Nilekani)

Question – 15: Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Katha Kaho Urvashi’?

1. R.K. Karanjia
2. Michael Hammer
3. Pupul Jaykar
4. Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana

Answer:  (Dr. Dalip Kaur Tiwana)

Question – 16: The ‘Arthashastra’ is a treatise book on which one of the following?

1. Religion in Administration
2. Political Philosophy
3. Environmental
4. Economics

Answer: B (Political Philosophy)

Question – 17: Who is the author of the book ‘Mother India’?

1. Katherine Frank
2. Katherine Mayo
3. Sister Nivedita
4. Annie Besant

Answer: (Kaherine Mayo)

Question – 18: Which scripture was called his Mother by Gandhiji?

1. Bhagwat Gita
2. The New Testament
3. Ramayana
4. The Holy Quran

Answer:  (Bhagwat Gita)

Question – 19: Who is the author of the book India a Million Multinies Now?

1. Amitav Ghosh
2. Nirad C Choudhari
3. Mulk Raj Anand
4. V S Naipaul

Answer: (VS Naipaul)

Question – 20: Who among the following is not a Dada Saheb Phalke Awardee?

1. JP Dutta
2. Adoor Gopalakrishnan
3. Mrinal Sen
4. Shyam Benegal

Answer: (JP Dutta)

Question – 21: Who is the author of the book ‘The Last Mughal – The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857’?

1. William Dalrymple
2. Thomas Wilson
3. Simon Digby
4. John Kirkland

Answer: (William Dalrymple)

Question – 22: Who wrote the book “Bye Bye Corona”?

1. Suman Dubey
2. Dr. Pradeep Srivastava
3. Chinmay Tumbe
4. Tamal Badyopadhyay

Answer: (Dr. Pradeep Srivastava)

Question – 23: ‘On the Trails of Buddha: A Journey to the East’ is the book written by which author?

1. Suman Dubey
2. Dr. Pradeep Srivastava
3. Chinmay Tumbe
4. Deepankar Aron

Answer: (Deepankar Aron)

Question – 24: Who is the author of the book “The age of pandemic (1817-1920): How they shaped India and the World”?

1. Suman Dubey
2. Dr. Pradeep Srivastava
3. Chinmay Tumbe
4. Deepankar Aron

Answer: (Chinmay Tumbe)

Question – 25: Which of the following is the writer of “‘Night of the Restless Spirits: Stories from 1984’?

1. Sarbpreet Singh
2. NK Singh
3. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Srivastava
4. Suman Dubey

Answer: (Sarbpreet Singh)

Question – 26: Who is the author of the book “The Battle of Belonging”?

1. Sarbpreet Singh
2. Shashi Tharoor
3. Anand Neelakantan
4. GBS Sindhu

Answer:  (Shashi Tharoor)

Question – 27: “Bapu- the Unforgettable” is written by which Indian politician?

1. Arvind Kejriwal
2. Akhilesh Yadav
3. Manish Sisodia
4. Yogendra yadav

Answer: (Manish Sisodia)

Question – 28: ‘My story in my own words’ is written by which author?

1. Sheela Birnstiel
2. Claude Arpi
3. Romila Thapar
4. Dr. Krishna Saksena

Answer (Sheela Birnstiel)

Question – 29: Who is the author of the book “Azadi: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction”?

1. Kanihya Kumar
2. Romil Thapar
3. Anand Vasu
4. Arundhati Roy

Answer: (Arundhati Roy)

Question – 30: Which Indian Army General wrote the book ‘National Security Challenges: Young Scholars Perspective’?

1. V.K Singh
2. Vikram Singh
3. Bipin Rawat
4. M.M Naravane

Answer: D (M.M. Naravane)

Question – 31: ‘Amazing Ayodhya’ book is written by which of the following authors?

1. Nirupma Yadav
2. Neena Rai
3. Arjun Subramaniam
4. Jitendra Singh

Answer: (Neena Rai)

Question – 32: Who wrote “One Arranged Murder” book?

1. Arjun Subramanium
2. Jitendra Singh
3. Chetan Bhagat
4. Sheela Birnstiel

Answer: (Chetan Bhagat)

Question – 33: Which of the following India minister wrote “Best Practices in Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme”?

1. Piyus Goyal
2. Ravishankar Prasad
3. Narendra Singh Tomar
4. Smriti Irani

Answer: (Narendra Singh Tomar)

Question – 34: Who is the author of the book ‘Freedom Behind Bars’ ?

1. Nelson Mandela
2. Sheikh Abdullah
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Kiran Bedi

Answer: (Kiran bedi)

Question – 35: The book “The Vijay Mallya Story” has been written by _____ which author?

1. Siddharth Mallya
2. Gopinath
3. Vijay Mallya
4. Giriprakash

Answer: D (Giriprakash)

Question – 36: Who is the author of the book ‘The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis And What We Can Do To Avoid It’ ?

1. Felipe B. Larrain
2. Robin Hahnel
3. Julian Cribb
4. Jeffrey Sachs

Answer:  (Julian Cribb)

Question – 37: Who is the author of the book ‘Colours of the Rainbow’ ?

1. Anita Nayyar
2. A. V. Kamath
3. Pritish Nandy
4. Ranjit Biswas

Answer:  (Ranjit Biswas)

Question – 38: Who is the author of the book ‘A Passage to England’ ?

1. Vikram Seth
2. Nirad C. Choudhury
3. Eric Segal
4. E. M. Forster

Answer: (Nirad C. Choudhury)

Question – 39: The book “Truth, love and A Little Malice” is written by which of the following authors

1. Vikram Seth
2. Tarun Tejpal
3. Khushwant Singh
4. Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Answer: (Khushwant Singh)

Question – 40: Who is the author of the book “Glimpses of World History” ?

1. H. G. Wells
2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Mark Twain
4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer:  (Jawaharlal Nehru)

Question – 41: The famous novel ‘Post office’ was written by which of the following authors?

1. K. M. Munshil
2. Neeraj
3. R. D. Dinkar
4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer: (Rabindranath Tagore)

Question – 42: Who is the author of the book ‘Prison Dairy’?

1. Amitabh Ghosh
2. Mala Sen
3. Kapil Dev
4. Jay Prakash Narayan

Answer: (Jay Prakash Narayan)

Question – 43: Who is the author of the book ‘Anandmath’ ?

1. Jyotiba Phule
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
4. Rabindranath Tagore

Answer:  (Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay)

Question – 44: Which of the following book is not written by Rabindranath Tagore?

1. Chithrangada
2. Kapala Kundala
3. Chitra
4. The Court Dancer

Answer: (Kapala Kundala)

Question – 45: Which of the following book is written by Panini ?

1. Mahabhashya
2. Madhyamika Karika
3. Mitakshara
4. Ashtadhyayi

Answer:  (Ashtadhyayi)

Question – 46: Who is the author of ‘Death in The Castle’?

1. John Gunther
2. Pearl S. Buck
3. H.P Nanda
4. Thomas Mann

Answer: B (Pearl S. Buck)

Question – 47: Who wrote the book ‘A Journey’ ?

1. Harisen
2. Tony Blair
3. Janardhan Thakur
4. Bikram Seth

Answer: B (Tony Blair)

Question – 48: Who is the author of the book ‘The Prince’ ?

1. Emile Zola
2. Niccolo Machiaveli
3. V.S. Sharma
4. Bernard Shaw

Answer: B (Niccolo Machiaveli)

Question – 49: Who is the author of the book “Death Of President” ?

1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. W. Marchent
3. Amitabha Ghosh
4. William Shakespeare

Answer: B (W. Marchen)

Question – 50:  Who wrote the book “The way of Knife: The CIA, A secret army and a war at the ends of the earth” ?

1. Irika John
2. Mark Mazzetti
3. Mark Twain
4. Mario Pujo

Answer: B (Mark Mazzetti)