General Knowledge – Books and Authors in India
Q1. Who wrote the book ‘The White Tiger’?
Correct Answer: C. Aravind Adiga
Q2. Who wrote the book ‘Equality in Liberty and Justice’?
Correct Answer: B. Antony Flew
Q3. Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Gitanjali’, which won the Nobel Prize in 1913, is a collection of what?
Correct Answer: C. Poems
Q4. Who is the author of the book ‘Chhonk on Food, Economics and Society’?
Correct Answer: B. Abhijit Banerjee
Q5. The ancient book ‘Katha Sarit Sagara’ (written by Somadeva) is in which language?
Correct Answer: B. Sanskrit
Q6. Who wrote the Harry Potter series?
Correct Answer: B. J.K. Rowling
Q7. ‘Straight from the Heart: An Autobiography’ is the autobiography of whom?
Correct Answer: C. Kapil Dev
Q8. Who wrote ‘Discovery of India’?
Correct Answer: B. Jawaharlal Nehru
Q9. Who wrote the collection of stories in ‘Malgudi Days’?
Correct Answer: B. R.K. Narayan
Q10. Who is the author of the book ‘Oliver Twist’?
Correct Answer: B. Charles Dickens
Q11. What is the name of Major Dhyan Chand’s autobiography?
Correct Answer: B. Goal
Q12. Who wrote ‘Kerala: God’s Own Country’?
Correct Answer: B. Shashi Tharoor
Q13. Who wrote ‘Unaccustomed Earth’?
Correct Answer: C. Jhumpa Lahiri
Q14. ‘The Edge of Time’ is the biography of which personality?
Correct Answer: B. Kalpana Chawla
Q15. Who penned the novel ‘A Suitable Boy’?
Correct Answer: C. Vikram Seth