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Q. Who is the writer of ‘Becoming’ ?
  • (A) Jhumpa Lahiri
  • (B) Sudha Murthy
  • (C) Michelle Obama
  • (D) Hillary Clinton
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Michelle Obama

Explanation: Becoming is the memoir of former United States first lady Michelle Obama published in 2018.

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Q. Who among the following wrote the book ' Wise and Otherwise' ?
  • (A) Gita Piramal
  • (B) Jhumpa Lahiri
  • (C) Arundhati Roy
  • (D) Sudha Murthy
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Sudha Murthy

Explanation: Wise & Otherwise: A Salute to life is a non-fiction book written by Sudha Murthy, chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and the wife of Narayan Murthy.

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Q. Who is the author of the book ‘India Shastra: Reflections on the Nation in our Time’ ?
  • (A) Narendra Modi
  • (B) Shashi Tharoor
  • (C) Manmohan singh
  • (D) A P J Abdul Kalam
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Shashi Tharoor

Explanation: “Reflections on the Nation in Our Time”, by Shashi Tharoor, offers insight into India's transformation, transition, and evolution as one of the most influential countries in the world.

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Q. Who among the following wrote the book ' The Namesake' ?
  • (A) Arundhati Roy
  • (B) Jhumpa Lahiri
  • (C) Amitav Ghosh
  • (D) Siddhartha Mukherjee
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Jhumpa Lahiri

Explanation: The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full-length novel.

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Q. The book ' Target 3 Billion' is written by _____ ?
  • (A) Pranab Mukherjee
  • (B) Shankar Dayal Sharma
  • (C) A.P.J Abdul Kalam
  • (D) Ram Nath Kovind
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) A.P.J Abdul Kalam

Explanation: The book ' Target 3 Billion' is written by A.P.J Abdul Kalam and Srijan Pal Singh.

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Q. “The origin of Species” was written by: ?
  • (A) Charles Darwin
  • (B) Carolus Linnaeus
  • (C) Erasmus Darwin
  • (D) William Paley
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Charles Darwin

Explanation: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (John Murray, London, 1859) by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution.

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Q. ___ is the biography of Sachin Tendulkar. ?
  • (A) The Test of My Life
  • (B) Playing to Win
  • (C) Playing It My Way
  • (D) Ace Against Odds
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) Playing It My Way

Explanation: Playing It My Way is the autobiography of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. It was launched on 5 November 2014 in Mumbai. The book summarises Tendulkar's early days, his 24 years of international career and aspects of his life that have not been shared publicly.

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Q. Who is the author of ‘The Silent Cry’ ?
  • (A) Haruki Murakami
  • (B) Kenzaburo O A
  • (C) John Milton
  • (D) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
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βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Kenzaburo O A

Explanation: The Silent Cry is a novel by Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe, first published in Japanese in 1967 and was awarded the Tanizaki Prize that year.

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Q. Who among the following is the writer of the novel ‘The room on the roof’ ?
  • (A) Ruskin Bond
  • (B) Khushwant Singh
  • (C) Manohar Malgonkar
  • (D) R.K. Narayan
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Ruskin Bond

Explanation: The Room on the Roof is a novel written by Ruskin Bond. It was Bond's first literary venture. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. The novel revolves around Rusty, an orphaned seventeen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy living in Dehradun.

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Q. Who wrote the book ‘An enquiry into the Nature’ ?
  • (A) Benjamin Franklin
  • (B) Charles Darwin
  • (C) Rabindranath Tagore
  • (D) Adam Smith
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Adam Smith

Explanation: Adam Smith's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and he also had published the three-volume third edition of the Wealth of Nations, which incorporated Additions and Corrections and, for the first time, an index.