Books and Authors General Knowledge Questions
41. Who is the author of “The Golden Notebook”?
[A] Doris Lessing
[B] Virginia Woolf
[C] Margaret Atwood
[D] Sylvia Plath
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Correct Answer: A [Doris Lessing]
Notes:
Doris Lessing, a Nobel Prize-winning novelist, authored “The Golden Notebook,” known for its innovative structure and exploration of women’s psychology and social issues.
42. Who is the protagonist of Homer’s “The Odyssey”?
[A] Achilles
[B] Odysseus
[C] Agamemnon
[D] Hector
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Correct Answer: B [Odysseus]
Notes:
The Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer, follows the journey of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he returns home from the Trojan War, facing various mythical challenges along the way.
43. Who is the author of ‘A House for Mr. Biswas’?
[A] V.S. Naipaul
[B] Rohinton Mistry
[C] Jhumpa Lahiri
[D] Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: A [V.S. Naipaul]
Notes:
‘A House for Mr. Biswas’ is written by Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul and published in 1961. It chronicles the attempts by protagonist Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian, trying to own a house symbolizing autonomy after feeling deprived of that all his life.
44. Who is the author of ‘Curfewed Night’?
[A] Basharat Peer
[B] Arundhati Roy
[C] Rohinton Mistry
[D] Vikram Seth
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Correct Answer: A [Basharat Peer]
Notes:
‘Curfewed Night’ is a memoir by Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer, published in 2008. It gives a compelling account of his life growing up in the violence-torn Kashmir Valley during the insurgency of the early 1990s.
45. Who is the author of ‘My Story’?
[A] Indira Gandhi
[B] A.P.J Abdul Kalam
[C] Kamala Das
[D] Pritish Nandy
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Correct Answer: C [Kamala Das]
Notes:
‘My Story’ is an autobiographical book written by Indian author Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Suraiya) and published in 1976. It narrates her life and experiences.
46. Who is the author of ‘Nectar in a Sieve’?
[A] Kamala Markandaya
[B] Anita Desai
[C] Kiran Desai
[D] Arundhati Roy
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Correct Answer: A [Kamala Markandaya]
Notes:
Nectar in a Sieve’ is a 1954 novel by Kamala Markandaya about a peasant woman in a village in India whose attempts to improve her family’s fortunes meet with little success as tradition and exploitation block progress.
47. Who is the author of ‘One Part Woman’?
[A] Perumal Murugan
[B] Vikram Seth
[C] William Dalrymple
[D] Khushwant Singh
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Correct Answer: A [Perumal Murugan]
Notes:
One Part Woman’ is a Tamil novel published in 2010 written by Perumal Murugan. It tells the story of a childless peasant couple and the social pressure they face, set in early 20th century India.
48. Who is the author of ‘The Argumentative Indian’?
[A] Amish Tripathi
[B] Ramachandra Guha
[C] Amitav Ghosh
[D] Arundhati Roy
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Correct Answer: B [Ramachandra Guha]
Notes:
‘The Argumentative Indian’ is a 2005 non-fiction book by scholar and historian Ramachandra Guha containing a collection of essays exploring aspects of history and modern Indian society.
49. Who is the author of ‘The Emperor of All Maladies’?
[A] Siddhartha Mukherjee
[B] Atul Gawande
[C] Sudhir Kakar
[D] Amitav Ghosh
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Correct Answer: A [Siddhartha Mukherjee]
Notes:
‘The Emperor of All Maladies’ is a 2010 nonfiction book by Indian-American oncologist Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. It is a biography of cancer, interweaving science history with personal patient stories, and it won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
50. Who is the author of ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’?
[A] Jhumpa Lahiri
[B] Kiran Desai
[C] Arundhati Roy
[D] Anita Desai
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Correct Answer: A [Jhumpa Lahiri]
Notes:
‘The Interpreter of Maladies’ is a 1999 collection of short stories by American author of Indian origin Jhumpa Lahiri, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this work. The stories address issues of the struggles of Indian immigrants in America to acclimate.
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