Books and Authors General Knowledge Questions
11. Who is the author of the book ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past’?
[A] Romila Thapar
[B] Vikram Sampath
[C] Irfan Habib
[D] Ramachandra Guha
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Correct Answer: B [Vikram Sampath]
Notes:
The book ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past 1883-1924’ has been authored by Bengaluru-based historian Vikram Sampath. It describes the life of freedom fighter and Philosopher Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar) from his birth in 1883 to his conditional release to Ratnagiri in 1924.
12. Who is the author of book ‘New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy’?
[A] A B Vajpayee
[B] Jaswant Singh
[C] P C Alexander
[D] Yashwant Sinha
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Correct Answer: A [A B Vajpayee]
Notes:
A B Vajpayee is the author of book ‘New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy’. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian politician, statesman and a poet who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, and finally, for a full term from 1999 to 2004.
13. Who is the author of Das Kapital?
[A] J S Mill
[B] Adam Smith
[C] Keynes
[D] Karl Marx
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Correct Answer: D [Karl Marx]
Notes:
Das Kapital, a critique of political economy is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy, economics and politics by Karl Marx . It was published in 1867.
14. Who is the author of the book “The Black Swann”?
[A] Nassim Nicholas Taleb
[B] Paul Robin Krugman
[C] Millicent Fawcett
[D] Arthur Pigou
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Correct Answer: A [Nassim Nicholas Taleb]
Notes:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote the book “The Black swann”. This book describes the power of unforeseeable events, and the damage they can wreak on unsuspecting societies.
15. Who is the author of “Poverty and Famines”?
[A] Abhijit Banerjee
[B] J.R.Harris
[C] Amartya Sen
[D] K.N.Raj
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Correct Answer: C [Amartya Sen]
Notes:
Amartya Sen’s “Poverty and Famines”, an essay by Sen on Entitlement and Deprivation (1981) is both theoretical and applied for work. In the essay, several famines have been studied in the working of a general theoretical framework from an original angle. He examined various meanings of poverty and drew attention to the incidence of absolute and relative deprivation.
16. Who wrote the book Discovery of India?
[A] Sardar Patel
[B] Atal Bihari Vajpayee
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer: C [Jawaharlal Nehru]
Notes:
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, wrote the book Discovery of India.
17. Who wrote the book Development as Freedom?
[A] Raghuram Rajan
[B] Abhijeet Banerjee
[C] Amartya Sen
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Amartya Sen]
Notes:
Amartya Sen, the Nobel Laureate in Economics, wrote the book Development as Freedom.
18. Who wrote the book India-From Midnight to the Millennium?
[A] Amartya Sen
[B] Sashi Tharoor
[C] Abhijeet Banerjee
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Sashi Tharoor]
Notes:
Sashi Tharoor, the former United Nations diplomat and the MP of Thiruvananthapuram, wrote the book India-From Midnight to the Millennium.
19. Who wrote the book Gora?
[A] V. S. Naipaul
[B] Vikram Seth
[C] Bankim Chandra Chaterjee
[D] Rabindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer: D [Rabindranath Tagore]
Notes:
Rabindranath Tagore, the first Nobel Laureate in Literature from India in 1913, wrote the book Gora.
20. Who wrote the book Hind Swaraj?
[A] Sardar Patel
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] Sarojini Naidu
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Correct Answer: B [Mahatma Gandhi]
Notes:
Mahatma Gandhi wrote the book Hind Swaraj in 1909, also known as Indian Home Rule.
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