Books and Authors General Knowledge Questions
21. Who wrote the book Kora Kagaz?
[A] Anita Desai
[B] Amrita Pritam
[C] Arundhati Roy
[D] Kiran Desai
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Correct Answer: B [Amrita Pritam]
Notes:
Amrita Pritam wrote the book Kora Kagaz. She belonged to the Romantic-Progressivism literary movement and wrote Hindi and Punjabi.
22. Who wrote the book The Immortals of Meluha?
[A] Amish Tripathi
[B] Amit Chaudhuri
[C] Amitav Ghosh
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Amish Tripathi]
Notes:
Amish Tripathi wrote the book The Immortals of Meluha and many others like The Oath of the Vayuputras and The Secret of the Nagas.
23. Who wrote the book Plague?
[A] Samuel Beckett
[B] V. S. Naipaul
[C] Albert Camus
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Albert Camus]
Notes:
French author Albert Camus wrote the book Plague in 1947.
24. Who wrote the book Annihilation of Caste?
[A] B. R. Ambedkar
[B] Mahatma Gandhi
[C] Jawaharlal Nehru
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [B. R. Ambedkar]
Notes:
B. R. Ambedkar wrote the book Annihilation of Caste, which was published in 1936 and talked about casteism and untouchability in India.
25. Who wrote the book A Tale of Two Cities?
[A] Charles Dickens
[B] Charles Darwin
[C] Cervantes
[D] Albert Camus
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Correct Answer: A [Charles Dickens]
Notes:
Charles Dickens wrote the book A Tale of Two Cities in 1859, based on French Revolution.
26. Who was the author of the book “The Presidential Republic”?
[A] Jean Blondel
[B] Dorothy Pickles
[C] Walter Bagehot
[D] E.H. Carr
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Correct Answer: A [Jean Blondel]
Notes:
Jean Blondel wrote the book, ‘The Presidential Republic’ in 2015 in which he provide a historical and comparative study of presidential systems in the world.
27. Who was the author of the Novel “Journey to the West”?
[A] Yijing
[B] Faxian
[C] Wu Cheng’en
[D] Deimachus
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Correct Answer: C [Wu Cheng’en]
Notes:
Wu Cheng’en was the author of the Novel “Journey to the West”. It is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty. It is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature. It has been described as arguably the most popular literary work in East Asia. Wu Cheng’en was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty.
28. Who was the author of “Bapu Ke Kadmon Mein”?
[A] Karpoori Thakur
[B] Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
[C] Dr. Rajendra Prasad
[D] Nagarjun
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Correct Answer: C [Dr. Rajendra Prasad]
Notes:
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the author of “Bapu Ke Kadmon Mein”. He wrote the book in 1954.
29. The author of The Fakeer of Jungheera is–
[A] Derozio
[B] Lord Byron
[C] Madusudhan Dutta
[D] Lord Cornwallis
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Correct Answer: A [Derozio ]
Notes:
The Fakeer of Jungheera is a long poem written by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, first published in 1829. It is notable for being the first long poem written by any Indian in the English language and tells the tragic story of a young woman, who has been brought to her late husband’s funeral pyre to commit sati.
30. Name the author of the book titled “Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond”.
[A] C Rangarajan
[B] Raghuram Rajan
[C] Urjit Patel
[D] D. Subbarao
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Correct Answer: A [C Rangarajan]
Notes:
C Rangarajan authored a book titled “Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond”. It was published by the Penguin Business (Penguin Group). The book is the memoir of Dr. C. Rangarajan, an Indian economist, a former Member of Parliament, and the 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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