Kiran Desai : The Inheritance of Loss || Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
Amrita Pritam : Pinjar || Rasidi Ticket || Revenue Stamp -an autobiography
Anita Desai : Clear Light of Day || In Custody || Fire on the Mountain || The Village by the Sea || The Peacock Garden
Twinkle Khanna : Welcome to Paradise || Mrs Funnybones || The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad || Pyjamas are Forgiving
Rabindranath Tagore : Gitanjali || Kabuliwala || Gora || The Post Office || Chokher Bali || Nationalism
Mulk Raj Anand : Morning Face || Untouchable || Coolie || Two Leaves and a Bud || The Sword and the Sickle || The Private Life of an Indian Prince || Across the Black Waters
Munshi Premchand : Shatranj ke Khiladi || Godan || Idgah || Kaphan || Nirmala || Gaban || Do Bailon Ki Katha || Poos Ki Raat || Namak Ka Daroga || Sevasadan || Rangbhoomi || Karmabhumi
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya : Ananda Math || Durgeshnandini || Rajmohan’s Wife || Devi Chaudhurani || The Poison Tree
Aravind Adiga : The White Tiger || Selection Day || Last Man in Tower || Between the Assassinations || Amnesty
Vikram Seth : A Suitable Boy || The Golden Gate || Two Lives || Riot at Misri Mandi
Raja Rao : Kanthapura || The Serpent and the Rope || The Cat and Shakespeare || On the Ganga Ghat
Khushwant Singh : Train to Pakistan || Delhi : A Novel || Truth , Love & a Little Malice || India: An Introduction || A History of Sikhs
Arundhati Roy : The God of Small Things || The Ministry of Utmost Happiness || The End of Imagination || Walking With the Comrades || The Algebra of Infinite Jusitce || AZADI : Freedom . Fascism .Fiction
Amish Tripathi : The Immortals of Meluha || The Secret of Nagas || The Oath of the Vayuputras || Sita – Warrior of Mithila || The Legend of Suheldev || Raavan – Enemy of Aryavarta
Amitav Ghosh : Sea of Poppies || The Hungry Tide || The Shadow Lines || The Glass Palace || River of Smoke || Flood of Fire
RK Narayan : Malgudi Days || Swami and Friends || The Guide || The English Teacher || The Bachelor of Arts || Waiting for the Mahatma || The Man-Eater of Malgudi || My Dateless Diary
Salman Rushdie : The Satanic Verses || Midnight’s Children || Shame || Quichotte || The Golden House || Grimus || The Moor’s Last Sigh || The Enchantress of Florence
Nirad C Chaudhari : The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian || A Passage to England || The Continent of Cirlce || Scholar Extraordinary
Jhumpa Lahiri : The Namesake || Interpreter of Maladies || Unaccoustomed Earth || The Lowland || Only Goodness : Family Snapshots
VS Naipaul : A House for Mr Biswas || Magic Seeds || The Enigma of Arrival || A Bend in the River || In a Free State || Miguel Street || An Area of Darkness ||| India : A Miliion Mutinies Now
Ruskin Bond : The Blue Umbrella || The Room on the Roof || Angry Riger || A Flight of Pigeons || Delhi Is Not Far || Roads to Mussoorie || Lone fox Dancing || All Roads Lead to Ganga
Shashi Tharoor : Inglorious Empire || The Paradoxical Prime Minister || Why I Am a Hindu || An Era of Darknesss || The Great Indian Novel || Pax Indica || India : From Midnight to the Millennium || Pride , Prejudice and Punditry || India Shastra : Reflections on the Nation in Our Time || Kerala , God’s Own Country || Bookless in Baghdad || The Battle of Belonging
Chetan Bhagat : Five Point Someone || Half Girlfriend || One Indian Girl || Two States || The 3 Mistakes of My Life || The Girl in Room 105 || Revolution 2020 || One Arranged Murder || One Night @ the Call Center || What Young India Wants || Making India Awesome
Sudha Murthy : Wise and Otherwise || Mahashweta || Dollar Bahu || Three Thousand Stitches || How I Taught My Grandmother to Read || Grandma’s Bag of Stories || Gently Falls the Bakula || The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk
Shobhaa De : Sultry Days
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni : The Palace of Illusions || Independence || The Mistress of Spices || Sister of My Heart
Books Written by Presidents , Prime Ministers and Political Leaders
| My Truth | Indira Gandhi |
| My Experiments with Truth || Hind Swaraj | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Wings of Fire || Ignited Minds || My Journey || India 2020 || Indomitable Spirit || Target 3 Billions || You Are Unique || Turning Point : A Journey Through Challenges | APJ Abdul Kalam |
Discovery of India || An Autobiography || Glimpses of World History || A Bunch of Old Letters || Whither India | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| The Republican Ethic | Ram Nath Kovind |
India Wins Freedom || Ghubar-e-Khatir | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| My Times : An Autobiography | JB Kripalani |
| The Life Divine || Essays on the Gita | Sri Aurobindo |
| India Divided | Rajendra Prasad |
| Gita Rahasya | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| Golden Threshold || The Broken Wing || The Bird of Time || The Feather of the Dawn | Sarojini Naidu |
| Satyarth Prakash | Dayananda Saraswati |
| India for Indians | Chittaranjan Das |
| Annihilation of Caste || What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables || Waiting for a Visa | BR Ambedkar |
| The Man Who Divided India | Rafiq Zakaria |
| The Indian Struggle | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| My Unforgettable Memories | Mamata Banerjee |
| A Nation in the Making | Surendranath Banerjee |
| Introduction to Dreamland | Bhagat Singh |
| The Indian War of Independence | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar |
| Poverty and Un-British Rule in India | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Unhappy India || The Story of My Deportation || Young India || Arya Samaj | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| War and Peace || My Confession || Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy |
| Das Capital | Karl Marx |
| Republic | Plato |
| The Red Sari | Javior Moro |
| Changing India | Manmohan Singh |
| Relentless : An Autobiography | Yashwant Sinha |
| I Am My Own Model : An Autobiography | BD Jatti |
| Jyotipunj || Social Harmony || Exam Warriors || Convenient Action || Abode of Love | Narendra Modi |
| The Insider | PV Narasimha Rao |
| My Country My Life | Lal Krishna Advani |
| Matters of Discretion | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| The Hindu View of Life | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| The Accidental Prime Minister | Sanjaya Baru |
| The Arctic Home in the Vedas | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| The Idea of India | Sunil Khilnani |
| The History of British India | James Mill |
| Devil’s Advocate: The Untold Story | Karan Thapar |
| The Economic History | RC Dutta |
| The Brahma Sutra – The Philosophy of Spiritual life || The Hindu View of Life | S Radhakrishnan |
| Freedom from Fear : And Other Writings | Aung San Suu Kyi |
| Nil Darpan | Dinabandhu Mitra |
| Gulamgiri | Jyotirao Phule |
| Barnaparichay | Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar |
| Geet Govinda | Jayadeva |
| Prison Diary | Jayaprakash Narayan |
| Introduction to Dreamland || Why I Am an Atheist | Bhagat Singh |
| I Dare ! It’s Always Possible | Kiran Bedi |
| All From Memory: An Autobiography | BV Acharya |
| One Life Is Not Enough | K. Natwar Singh |
| Justice for the Judge : An Autobiography | Ranjan Gogoi |
Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography || Daughter of the East || Pakistan : The Gathering Storm | Benazir Bhutto |
| Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography | Fali S Nariman |
| Mein Kampf | Adolf Hitler |
| Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela |
| A Promised Land || Dreams From My Father || The Audacity of Hope | Barack Obama |
| My Presidential Years | Ramaswami Venkataraman |
| Courage and Conviction | Vijay Kumar Singh |
| Citizen and Society | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| We Are Displaced | Malala Yousafzai |
| Citizen Delhi : My Times , My Life | Sheila Dixit |
| Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy | Meira Kumar |
| The INDIA Way || Why Bharat Matters | S. Jaishankar |
| Speaking Truth to Power: My Alternative View | P Chidambaram |
| The Red Sari : A Dramatised Biography of Sonia Gandhi | Javier Moro |
Autobiographies of Sports Person
| Playing It My Way | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Unstoppable : My Life So Far | Maria Sharapova |
| Both Feet on the Ground | David Beckham |
| My Side | David Beckham |
| GOAL | Major Dhyan Chand |
| Black & White | Ross Taylor |
| Faster Than Lightening | Usain Bolt |
| The Test of My Life | Yuvraj Singh |
| Touched By God : How We Won The Mexico 86 World Cup | Diego Maradona |
| The Race of My Life | Milkha Singh |
| All In | Billie Jean King |
| Unguarded | Mithali Raj |
| Courage to Soar | Simone Biles |
| No Spin | Shane Warne |
| Behind The Mask | Tyson Fury |
| A Shot At History | Abhinav Bindra |
| Imperfect | Sanjay Manjrekar |
| My Life [ Queen of the Court ] | Serena Williams |
| The Greatest: My Own Story | Muhammad Ali |
| Serve To Win | Novak Djokovic |
| By God’s Decree || Cricket My Style || Straight From the Heart | Kapil Dev |
| Unbreakable | Mary Kom |
| Playing to Win | Saina Nehwal |
| Undisputed Truth | Mike Tyson |
| 281 And Beyond | VVS Laxman |
| One Century Is Not Enough | Sourav Ganguly |
| The Price Paid | Tim Paine |
| Sunny Days || One Day Wonders || Runs ‘n Ruins | Sunil Gavaskar |
| Controversially Yours | Shoaib Akhtar |
| Cricket Crusader | Gary Sobers |
| Mind Master | Viswanathan Anand |
| Blasting for Runs | Rohan Kanhai |
| At the Close of Play | Ricky Ponting |
| True Colours | Adam Gilchrist |
| To The Point | Herchelle Gibbs |
| Star Gazing | Ravi Shastri |
| Line and Strength | Glenn McGrath |
| Wide Angle | Anil Kumble |
| Nice Guy Who Finished First | Rahul Dravid |
| Open | Andre Agassi |
| Out of My Comfort Zone | Steve Waugh |
| Playing With Fire | Nasser Hussain |
| Cutting Edge | Javed Miandad |
| Hitting Across The Line | VIV Richards |
| Wrist Assured | Gundappa Vishwanath |
| Ace against Odds | Sania Mirza |
| Shuttling To The Top | PV Sindhu |
| Golden Girl | PT Usha |
| No Limits : The Will to Succeed | Michael Phelps |
| Gloves Off : The Autobiography | Tyson Fury |
| The Gloves Are Off : My Life in Cricket | Matt Prior |
| Game Changer | Shahid Afridi |
| Standing My Ground | Mathew Hayden |
| Beyond Ten Thousand : My Life Story | Allan Border |
| Sultan : A Memoir | Wasim Akram |
| All Round View | Imran Khan |
| Touch Play | Prakash Padukone |
| No Holding Back | Michael Holding |
| One More Over | Erapally Anantha Rao Prasanna |
| Cricket Delightful | Mushtaq Ali |
| Run Out | Sudhir Kulkarni |
| But Seriously | John McEnroe |
| A Champion’s Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis | Pete Sampras |
Books Written by Bollywood Celebrities
| An UnSuitable Boy | Karan Johar |
| Mrs Funnybones | Twinkle Khanna |
| Welcome to Paradise | Twinkle Khanna |
| The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad | Twinkle Khanna |
| Pyjamas are Forgiving | Twinkle Khanna |
| Cracking the Code | Ayushmann Khurrana |
| And Then One Day : A Memoir | Naseeruddin Shah |
| Unfinished | Priyanka Chopra |
| Khullam Khulla | Rishi Kapoor |
| Romancing With Life | Dev Anand |
| Anusual | Anu Aggarwal |
| I Am No Messiah | Sonu Sood |
| The Substance And the Shadow | Dilip Kumar |
| Your Best Day Is Today ! | Anupam Kher |
| The Best Thing about You Is You | Anupam Kher |
| Lessons Life Taught Me , Unknowingly | Anupam Kher |
| The Kiss of Life | Emraan Hashmi |
| Anything But Khamosh | Shatrughan Sinha |
| Actually … I Met Them | Gulzar |
| Stories I Must Tell | Kabir Bedi |
| Jakhan Choto Chilam | Satyajit Ray |
| The Complete Adventures of Feluda | Satyajit Ray |
| Sach Kahun Toh | Neena Gupta |
| Maun Muskaan Ki Maar | Ashutosh Rana |
| The Elephant In The Womb | Kalki Koechin |
| The Perils of Being Moderately Famous | Soha Ali Khan |
| Bad Man : An Autobiography | Gulshan Grover |
| The 7 Sins of Being a Mother | Tahira Kashyap |
| The Style Diary of a Bollywood Diva | Kareena Kapoor |
| Pregnancy Bible | Kareena Kapoor |
| An Ordinary Lie : A Memoir | Nawazuddin Siddiqui |
| Autobigraphy of An Yogini | Mamta Kulkarn |
| Me and Ma | Divya Dutta |
| My Life in Design | Gauri Khan |
| The Stars in My Sky | Divya Dutta |
| What’s Up with Me | Tisca Chopra |
| The Modern Gurukul : My Experiments With Parenting | Sonali Bendre |
Q Who among the following freedom fighters of India is the author of the book, ‘The Indian Struggle’?
1 Vallabhbhai Patel
2 Motilal Nehru
3 Mahatma Gandhi
4 Subhas Chandra Bose
Q The book ‘All Roads Lead to Ganga’ has been written by which famous author ?
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Amish Tripathi
3 Sudha Murthy
4 Devdutt Pattanaik
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Nectar in a Sieve’?
Ans 1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Kamala Markandaya
3. Rajkumari Kaur
4. Aruna Asaf Ali
Q Who among the following is the author of the autobiography entitled Amar Katha [ 1913 ] ?
1 Rassundari Devi
2 Binodini Dasi
3 Kamala Surayya
4 Rajendra Prasad
Q Which of the following books is written by Sanjiv Sahota, a winner of the European Union Prize for Literature?
Ans 1. The Serpent and the Rope
2. Rich Like Us
3. The Year of the Runaways
4. Scholar Extraordinary
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Figuring : The Joy of Numbers‘ ?
1 Srinivasa Ramanujan
2 Shakuntala Devi
3 PC Mahalanobis
4 Satyendra Nath Bose
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The House of Blue Mangoes’?
Ans 1.David Davidar
2. Durjoy Data
3. Arvind Adiga
4. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Q In which book did Mahatma Gandhi write that the British rule in India was the result of cooperation extended by Indians ?
1 Indian of My Dreams
2 Hind Swaraj
3 Indian Opinion
4 The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Q ‘The Life Divine’, ‘The Synthesis of Yoga’ and ‘Savitri’ are the popular works of which of the following extremist freedom fighters of India?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Aurobindo Ghosh
3 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4 Bipin Chandra Pal
Q ___ , a book written by Chitra Banerjee Divarkaruni , is a reimagining of the Mahabharat -told from the point of view of Panchaali or Draupadi.
1 The Oath of the Vayuputras
2 The Palace of Illusions
3 Durgeshnandini
4 The Immortals of Meluha
Q ‘Letters from a Father to his Daughter’ was authored by whom among the following freedom fighters?
1 Narendra Modi
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Manmohan Singh
4 Lal Bahadur Shastri
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Peacock Garden’ ?
1 Sudha Murty
2 Anita Desai
3 Indu Sundaresan
4 Arundhati Roy
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Guns and Thighs‘ ?
1 Anurag Kashyap
2 Ram Gopal Verma
3 Nawazuddin Siddiqui
3 Kabir Bedi
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Those Pricey Thakur Girls’?
1 Anita Nair
2 Pratibha Ray
3 Anuja Chauhan
4 Preeti Shenoy
Q ‘The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance’ is an autobiography of the famous
entrepreneur _.
1 Ratan Tata
2 Mukesh Ambani
3 Ghanshyam Das Birla
4 Verghese Kurien
Q ‘Ungalil Oruvan’ (One Among You) is the autobiography of which of the following chief ministers?
Ans 1. Pinarayi Vijayan
2. MK Stalin
3. Basavaraj Bommai
4. K Chandrashekhar Rao
Q Which Indian scientist wrote the book ‘The Nervous Mechanism of Plants’ ?
1 Satyendra Nath Bose
2 Jagadish Chandra Bose
3 PC Mahalanobis
4 Peof Birbal Sahni
Q Who of the following is the autobiograpy of Dr Manmohan Singh , the ex-Prime Prime Minister of India ?
1 The Insider
2 Changing India
3 My Country My Life
4 Matters of Discretion
Q ‘Five Play‘ and ‘Hazar Chaurasi Ki Maa’ are the famous book of :
1 Rassundari Devi
2 Mahasweta Devi
3 Tarabai Shinde
4 Pandita Ramabai
Q The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous’ is the autobiography of _.
1 Kalki Koechlin
2 Tanaaz Currim
3 Soha Ali Khan
4 Ayesha Takia
Q ‘Justice for the Judge’ is the autobiographical work of which retired Chief Justice of India?
Ans 1. Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana
2. Ranjan Gogoi
3. Deepak Misra
4. Madam Mohan Punchhi
Q ‘Dollar Bahu‘ , ‘Mahashweta‘ , ‘How I Taught My Grandmother How to Read‘ and ‘Wise & Otherwise‘ are the famous books of :
1 Twinkle Khanna
2 Sudha Murthy
3 Shobhaa De
4 Chitra Banerjee Divarkaruni
Q ‘Sach Kahun Toh : An Autobiography’ is about the extraordinary personal and professional journey of actress _.
1 Deepti Naval
2 Seema Pahwa
3 Neena Gupta
4 Shabana Azmi
Q Who among the following is the author of the famous English classic novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
1 Jane Austen
2 DH Lawrence
3 Mark Twain
4 HG Wells
Q The book ‘The Art of War‘ was written by __
1 JS Mill
2 Thucydides
3 Thomas Hobbes
4 Niccolo Machiavelli
Q ____ is the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar.
1 Touched By God
2 Playing It My Way
3 Believe
4 A Century Is Not Enough
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Complete Adventures of Feluda’?
1 Mrinal Sen
2 Satyajit Ray
3 Ritwik Ghatak
4 Goutam Ghosh
Q Which of the following novels was written by George Orwell?
1 Brave New World
2 Fahrenheit 451
3 Animal Farm
4 Pride and Prejudice
Q Which of the following novels of Shashi Tharoor is a satirical verse on the epic Mahabharata?
1 Why I Am A Hindu
2 The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism
3 The Great Indian Novel
4 An Era of Darkness
Q What is the name of the biography of actor and politician Shatrughan Sinha?
1 Khullam Khulla
2 And Then One Day: A Memoir
3 Anything but Khamosh
4 The Substance and The Shadow
Q Who is the author of ‘My Unforgettable Memories‘?
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Mamata Banerjee
3 Narendra Modi
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Who among the following has written the book ‘Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives’ ?
Ans 1. Arundhati Roy
2. Shashi Deshpande
3. Sudha Murty
4. Anita Nair
Q Choose from the following the novel written by Vikram Seth.
Ans 1. Half Girlfriend
2. A Suitable Boy
3. One Indian Girl
4. One Night at the Call Centre
Q Who published ‘New Lamps for Old‘ in the ‘Indu Prakash’?
1 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
2 Aurobindo Ghosh
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Lala Lajpat Rai
Q Which actor’s autobiography is titled ‘Bad Man’?
1 Amrish Puri
2 Gulshan Grover
3 Ashish Vidyarthi
4 Raza Murad
Q ‘The Godfather of Soul’ is an autobiography of __, who was one of the
greatest singer.
1 Kurt Cobain
2 Tina Turner
3 James Brown
4 Johnny Cash
Q The title of the autobiography of Rassundari Devi is :
1. Amar Jiban
2 Smritichitre: The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife
3 Raseedi Ticket
4 Aalo Aandhar
Q Which of the following books is written by Rabindranath Tagore?
Ans 1. The Essential Writings
2. The Way to God
3. Nationalism
4. Non-Violent Resistance
Q The novel ‘Raavan – Enemy of Aryavarta’ is written by whom among the following writers?
1 Kiran Desai
2 Amish Tripathi
3 Ruskin Bond
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q The book ‘Social Harmony’ was written by which on of the following Indian Prime Ministers ?
1 Indira Gandhi
2 Narendra Modi
3 I K Gujral
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q The book ‘The Immortals of Meluha’ has been written by __.
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Amish Tripathi
3 Salman Rushdie
4 Aravind Adiga
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ [ Q & A ]?
1 Kiran Desai
2 R K Narayan
3 Vikas Swarup
4 APJ Abdul Kalam
Q The autobiography of Nirad C Chaudhari is____________.
1 The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
2 Matters of Discretion
3 The Race of My Life
4 An Autobiography of a Yogi
Q Which of the following is a book by former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi?
1. Discovery of India
2 My Truth
3 My Experiments with Truth
4 Wings of Fire
Q ‘Total Recall : My Unbelievably True Life Story‘ is an autobiography of ___
1 Tom Cruise
2 Arnold Schwarzeneggar
3 Dwayne Johnson
4 Vin Diesel
Q Which of the following books is written by E.M. Forster?
Ans 1. The Hungry Tide
2. A Passage to India
3. Train to Pakistan
4. The Other Side of Silence
Q Among the following, whose autobiography is ‘My Confession’?
1 Leo Tolstoy
2 Nelson Mandela
3 Adolf Hitler
4 Mahatma Gandhi
Q Who is the author of the historical book ‘Delhi: A Novel’ ?
1 Nayantara Sahgal
2 Ahmed Ali
3 Khushwant Singh
4 Anita Desai
Q ‘Revenue Stamp: An Autobiography’ is written by which of the following Indian poets, who was a prominent figure of Punjabi literature?
Ans 1. Amrita Pritam
2. Ajit Sahni
3. Anwar Masood
4. Mahasweta Devi
Q ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ is an autobiography of :
1 Agatha Christie
2 Anne Frank
3 Michelle Obama
4 Helen Keller
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Hit Refresh’ ?
1 Satya Nadella
2 Bill Gates
3 Business @ the Speed of Thought
4 Invent & Wander
Q Which of the following is the autobiography of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad?
1 India Wins Freedom
2 My Times
3 My Truth
4 The Man Who Divided India
Q The Palace of Illusions’ is an award-winning novel that retells the Hindu mythological epic Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi, it’s lead female character. Who among the following is the author of this novel?
1 Arundhati Roy
2 Kamala Markandaya
3 Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
4 Anita Desai
Q Which of the following pairs of authors and autobiographies is CORRECTLY matched?
1 Satyajit Ray – Living Shadows
2 Jahangir – Baburnama
3 JB Kripalani – My Times
4 Aribam Syam Sharma – Jakhan Choto Chilam
Q Which of the following novels is written by Anita Desai?
1 Jaya
2 Clear Light of Day
3 You Can Win
4 Rich Like Us
Q Which of the following novels is NOT written by Amitav Ghosh?
Ans 1. Sea of Poppies
2. Morning Face
3. The Shadow Lines
4. The Circle of Reason
Q ‘The Legend of Laxmi Prasad’ was the title of a book written by which of the following authors ?
1 Shobha De
2 Jhumpa Lahiri
3 Twinkle Khanna
4 Arundhati Roy
Q Which of the following is a CORRECT pair?
Ans 1. LK Advani – Matters of Discretion
2. Vijay Kumar Singh – Courage and Conviction
3. Khushwant Singh − Casting Shadows
4. K Natwar Singh – Straight from the Heart
Q Which of the following is NOT among the writings by Lala Lajpat Rai?
1. The Story of My Deportation
2 Unhappy India
3 India Wins Freedom
4 Arya Samaj
Q Who among the following is the author of the novel ‘Q and A’?
1 JN Dixit
2 Vikas Swarup
3 MK Rasgotra
4 Muchkund Dubey
Q ‘Train to Pakistan’ was written by ___________, who also served as member of Rajya Sabha.
Ans 1. Mulk Raj Anand
2. Anita Desai
3. Khushwant Singh
4. Vikram Seth
Q Among the following famous personalities, whose autobiography is ‘The Road Ahead’?
1. Bill Gates
2 Elon Musk
3 Cristiano Ronaldo
4 Jeff Bezos
Q Which of the following novels is written by Mulk Raj Anand that shows the cruelty of the caste system based on pre-independence era of India?
1 Across the Black Waters
2 Untouchable
3 The Village
4 Coolie
Q ‘Jyotipunj’ is a book written by :
1 Jawahar Lal Nehru
2 Narendra Modi
3 IK Gujral
4 Manmohan Singh
Q Which of the following memoirs was written by the famous classic Indian actor of Hindi movies, Dev Anand?
Ans 1. Cracking The Code: My Journey in Bollywood
2. Autobiography of an Actor
3. Romancing with Life
4. The Substance and The Shadow
Q Select the correct combination of the novel and its respective writer.
Ans 1. Untouchable – RK Narayan
2. The White Tiger – Anita Desai
3. The Blue Umbrella – Ruskin Bond
4. The Guide – Mulk Raj Anand
Q Who is the author of the controversial novel ‘Lajja’?
Ans 1. Arundhati Roy
2. Shobhaa De
3. Taslima Nasrin
4. Kiran Bedi
Q ‘Truth, Love and a Little Malice’ is an autobiography of which of the followingpersonalities?
Ans 1. Sudha Murty
2. Sita Ram Goel
3. Khushwant Singh
4. Nirad C Chaudhuri
Q ‘Akela’ is a fictional character in the children’s story book ____
1 The Jungle Rook
2 Angry River
3 The Blue Umbrella
4 The Room on the Roof
Q Who among the following wrote the novel ‘The Great Gatsby‘?
Chinua Achebe
2 F Scott Fitzgerald
3 Harper Lee
4 Alice Walker
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Sultry Days’?
1 Judy Balan
2 Shobhaa De
3 Anita Nair
4 Nikita Singh
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Fasting, Feasting’?
Ans 1. Namita Gokhale
2. Anita Desai
3. Anuja Chauhan
4. Preeti Shenoy
Q Which of the following Marathi writers was the author of the autobiography ‘Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha’?
1. Sunita Deshpande
2 Kusumagraj
3 Shivaji Sawant
4 Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble
Q Who among the following has written the book ‘Rhythmic Echoes and Reflections : Kathak‘ ?
1 Shovana Narayan
2 Kumidini Lakhia
3 Prerana Shrimali
4 Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal
Q Which of the following books is NOT written by Arundhati Roy?
Ans 1. The Algebra of Infinite Justice
2. Private Life of An Indian Prince
3. Capitalism
4. An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi’?
Ans 1. Yahya Sirhindi
2. Ziauddin Barani
3. Abul Fazl
4. Abdul Malik Isami
Q Who is the author of the book ‘A Life Misspent‘?
1 Dushyant Kumar
2 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
3 Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
4 Maithili Sharan Gupta
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Five Point Someone’?
1 Chetan Bhagat
2 Ravinder Singh
3 Amish Tripathy
4 Durjoy Dutta
”Five Point Someone” is the debut novel Chetan Bhagat for which he received the Society Young Achievers Award and the Publisher’s Recognition award for his work
Q Which is the first ever known autobiography of an Indian woman ?
1 Aman Jiban
2 My Truth
3 Clear Day of Light
4 Fire on the Fountain
Q Who is the first Indian to have authored a published English novel ?
1 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay [ Rajmohan’s Wife ]
2 Amitav Ghosh
3 Rabindranath Tagore
4 Jhumpa Lahiri
Q Who among the following is the author of the novel named ‘Red Earth and Pouring Rain‘ ?
1 Vikram Chandra
2 Arundhati Roy
3 Vikas Swarup
4 Yann Martel
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Indian Struggle‘ ?
1 MN Roy
2 Subhash Chandra Bose
3 Jayprakash Narayan
4 Maulana Abul Kalam
Q Name the author of the book ”Annihilation of Caste‘‘ ?
1 Mulk Raj Anand
2 BR Ambedkar
3 Rohinton Mistry
4 Omprakash Valmiki
Q Who is the author of the book ”Unhappy India” ?
1 Aurbindo Ghosh
2 Lala Lajpat Rai
3 Bipin Chnadra Pal
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q ‘An Autobiography’ is the name of the autobiography of __.
1 Indira Gandhi
2 Mahatma Gandhi
3 Jawaharlal Nehru
4 AJP Abdul Kalam
Q The famous novel ‘Ananda Math’ was originally written in _ ___ language.
1 Hindi
2 Bengali
3 Sanskrit
4 English
Q Surendranath Banerjee’s autobiography is called ____
1 Subhash Chandra Bose
2 A Nation in the Making
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q Who wrote ‘Gita Rahasya’, which is a commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita, in the Mandalay jail of Myanmar?
1 Lala Lajpat Rai
2 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3 Bipin Chandra Pal
4 Aurobindo Ghosh
Q Who among the following writers has written the famous Hindi novel ‘Godan‘ ?
Ans Munshi Premchand
Q Who among the following has written the Hindi novel ‘Kafan’?
Ans Premchand
Q Who among the following has written the Hindi novel ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’?
Ans Premchand
Q ‘Jakhan Choto Chilam’ is an autobiography written in the Bengali language by which of the following Indian Bangla film directors?
1 Satyajit Ray
2 Rabindranath Tagore
3 Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
4 Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhya
Q Among the following freedom fighters of India, whose autobiography is ‘Why am I an Atheist’?
1 BR Ambedkar
2 Bhagat Singh
3 Aurobindo Ghosh
4 Ram Prasad Bismil
Q ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is an autobiographical work of which of the following leaders of India?
1 RK Narayan
2 VS Naipaul
3 Khushwant Singh
4 Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Q Which of the following is an autobiography of the Indian politician Lal Krishna Advani?
1 Changing India
2 Social Harmony
3 The Insiders
4 My Country My Life
Q ‘Matters of Discretion’ is an autobiography of which former Prime Minister of India?
1 Inder Kumar Gujral
2 Lal Krishna Advani
3 PV Narasimha Rao
4 Jawaharlal Nehru
Q What is the name of Pt. Ravi Shankar’s autobiography?
1 Raag Darbari
2 Notes of a Dream
3 My Music My Life
4 Journey with a Hundred Strings
Q Who wrote the book ‘The 7 Sins of Being a Mother‘ ?
Ans Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
Q Who wrote the autobiography entitled ‘I am No Messiah’?
Ans Sonu Sood
Q The title of the autobiography of actor Dilip Kumar is ___
Ans Dilip Kumar
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘And Then One Day: A Memoir’?
Ans Naseeruddin Shah
Q Who is the author of the book “Stories I Must Tell“?
Ans Kabir Bedi
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Actually … I Met Them‘ ?
Ans Gulzar [ Sampooran Singh Kalra ]
Q ‘Khullam Khulla’ is the autobiography of whom among the following persons?
Ans Rishi Kapoor
Q ‘Cracking the Code: My Journey to Bollywood’ is the autobiography of _
Ans Ayushmann Khurrana
Q Q Who is the author of the book ‘An Ordinary Life : A Memoir‘ ?
Ans Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘An Unsuitable Boy’?
Ans Karan Johar
Q Among the following Indian actresses, whose autobiography is ‘Unfinished’?
Ans Priyanka Chopra
Q Who among the following has written the book ‘The Pregnancy Bible‘ ?
Ans Kareena Kapoor Khan
Q ‘The KISS of Life‘ is the autobiography of _____
Ans Emraan Hashmi
Q Among the following, whose autobiography is ‘Daughter of Destiny: An
Autobiography’?
Ans Benazir Bhutto
Q ‘The Stars in My Sky : Those Who Brightened My Film Journey‘ is the second book of ___
1 Emraan Hashmi
2 Divya Dutta
3 Nawazuddin Siddiqui
4 Gulzar [ Sampooran Singh Kalra ]
Q Which of the following autobiographies is written by former English footballer, David Beckham published in 2003 ?
1 My Side
2 A Shot at History
3 Standing my Ground
4 The Greatest: My own Story
Q Who is author of the book All In : An Autobiography ?
1 Maria Sharapova
2 Billie Jean King
3 Serena Williams
4 Steffi Graf
Q Which of the following is the autobiography of the international athlete Maria
Sharapova?
1 All In : An Autobiography
2 Unstoppable : My Life So Far
3 My Life : Queen of the Court
4 Ace Against Odds
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘My Life : Queen of the Court‘ ?
1 Maria Sharapova
2 Billie Jean King
3 Serena Williams
4 Steffi Graf
Q Who among the following Indian Cricketers is the autobiographer of ‘Believe: What Life and Cricket Taught Me’?
1 Rahul Dravid
2 VVS Laxman
3 Suresh Raina
4 Gautam Gambhir
Q Whose autobiography is titled ‘Sunny Days‘?
Ans Sunil Gavaskar
Q Which of the following is the title of the autobiography of Sania Mirza?
1 Ace Against Odds
2 Playing to Win
3 Unbreakable
4 Unguarded
Who among the following Indian Players wrote the Autobiography named ‘Playing to Win’?
1 Saina Nehwal
2 Sania Mirza
3 PT Usha
4 Mithali Raj
Q ‘Straight from the Heart: An Autobiography’ is an autobiography of which of following sportspersons?
1 Sunil Gavaskar
2 Kapil Dev
3 Gundappa Vishwanath
4 Ravi Shastri
Q Which of the following is an autobiography of the Indian boxer, Mary Kom?
1 Unbreakable
2 Unguarded
3 Golden Girl
4 Ace against Odds
Q Who among the following players wrote his autobiography entitled ‘The Race of My Life’?
1 Usain Bolt
2 Milkha Singh
3 Animesh Kuju
4 Amlan Borgohain
Q ‘Golden Girl’ is an autobiography by which of the following Indian athletes?
1 PT Usha
2 Sakshi Malik
3 Saina Nehwal
4 Manu Bhaker
Q Which of the following is an autobiography of the professional boxer Muhammad Ali ?
1 Undisputed Truth
2 Unbreakable
3 Gloves Off
4 The Greatest : My Own Story
Q What is the name of the autobiography written by Mr Abhinav Bindra, the Olympic medallist from India?
1 All From Memory
2 A Shot At History
3 Courage and Conviction
4 Undisputed Truth
Q Which cricket player’s autobiography is titled ‘281 and Beyond’?
1 VVS Laxman
2 Rahul Dravid
3 Sunil Gavaskar
4 Sachin Tendulkar
Q ‘Open‘ is the autobiography of ______
1 Maria Sharapova
2 Andre Agassi
3 Pete Sampras
4 John McEnroe
Q Who among the following has written the book ‘A century Is Not Enough: My Roller coaster ride to success’?
1 Sourav Ganguly
2 Rahul Dravid
3 VVS Laxman
4 Sunil Gavaskar
Q ‘No Spin : An Autobiography’ is a book written by ____
1 Anil Kumble
2 Shane Warne
3 Ravi Shastri
4 Muttiah Muralitharan
Q ‘At the close of play’ is an autobiography of which sportsperson?
1 Ricky Ponting
2 Adam Gilchrist
3 Steve Waugh
4 Glenn McGrath
Q Who is the author of the book named ”True Colours” ?
1 Adam Gilchrist
2 Brett Lee
3 Matthew Hayden
4 Allan Border
Q Which sportsperson’s autobiography is titled ‘Mind Master: Winning Lessons From A Champion’s Life’?
1 Wide Angle
2 Viswanathan Anand
3 The Nice Guy Who Finished First
4 Unguarded : An Autobiography
Q Which among the following books is an autobiography of Mithali Raj ?
1 Ungaurded
2 One More Over
3 All Round View
4 No Holding Back
Q Which of the following books is an autobiography of the professor boxer Mike Tyson ?
1 The Greatest : My Own Story
2 Undisputed Truth : An Autobiography
3 Unbreakable
4 Behind the Mask
Q ‘Imperfect‘ is an autobiography of ______
1 Ravi Shastri
2 Sanjay Manjrekar
3 Vivian Richards
4 Rahul Dravid
Q ‘No Limits : The Will to Succeed‘ is the autobiography of ____
1 Simone Biles
2 Michael Phelps
3 Serene Williams
4 Andre Agassi
Q ‘Faster than Lightning – My Story’ is the autobiography of _____
1 PT Usha
2 Hima Das
3 Usain Bolt
4 Dutee Chand
Q Six Machine [ I Don;t Like Cricket …… I Love It ] is an autobiography of which batsman ?
1 Yuvraj Singh
2 Shahid Afridi
3 Chris Gayle
4 AB De Villiers
Q ‘Wide Angle‘ is an autobiography of which of the followng sportsperon ?
1 Imran Khan
2 Anil Kumble
3 Harbhajan Singh
4 Bishan Singh Bedi
Q ‘Serve To Win‘ is the autobiography of ___
1 Rafael Nadal
2 Roger Federer
3 Novak Dokovic
4 Pete Sampras
Q Who is the author of the book named ‘Born Again on the Mountain‘ ?
1 Santosh Yadav
2 Arunima Sinha
3 Bachendri Pal
4 Sherpa Phu Dorji
Q ‘GOAL‘ is an autobiography of which famous Indian player?
1 Suniel Chhetri
2 Major Dhyan Chand
3 Balbir Singh Sr
4 Bhaichung Bhatia
Q ‘Blasting For Runs‘ is the autobiography of :
1 Gary Sobers
2 Rohan Kanhai
3 Herschelle Gibbs
4 Gary Sobers
Q ‘Game Changer’ is the name of an autobiography of which sportsperson?
1 Shahid Afridi
2 Shoaib Akhtar
3 Wasim Akram
4 Fazal Mahmood
Q For which of the book did Jhumpa Lahiri win ”The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature” in 2015 ?
1 Unaccustomed Earth
2 The Lowland
3 The Namesake
4 The Interpreter of Maladies
Q Which of the following novels was written by the Indian author Anuradha Roy?
1 You Can Win
2 A Fine Balance
3 The Glass Palace
4 Sleeping on Jupiter
Q Who among the following is the author of the book , Tom of Sand ?
1 Anuradha Roy
2 Kiran Desai
3 Anita Nair
4 Geetanjali Shree
First Indian novel to win the International Booker Prize ‘Tom of Sand’ [ Ret Samadhi ] written by Geetanjali Shree and translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell
Q Who among the following was the first author writing in English to be conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award?
1 RK Narayan [ The Guide ]
2 Mulk Raj Anand
3 Nirad C Chaudhuri
4 Amitav Ghosh
Q Which Indian author was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for ‘The Room on the Roof’ in 1957, a book which he wrote at the age of 17?
1 Ruskin Bond
2 RK Narayan
3 VS Naipaul
4 Niraj C Chaudhary
Q ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune , must be in want of a wife’. It is the opening line of the book ____
1 Sense and Sensibility
2 Pride and Prejudice
3 Persuasion
4 Emma
Q ‘Sense and Sensibility’, ‘Mansfield Park’ , ‘Persuasion’ and ‘Emma’ are written by whom among the following authors?
1 Jane Austen
2 Harper Lee
3 Agatha Christie
4 JK Rowling
Q Who among the following is the author of the famous classic ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’?
1 HG Wells
2 Mark Twain
3 Charlotte Bronte
4 Lewis Carrol
Q Which of the following was authored by the great poet Kalidasa?
1 Vikramorvasiyam
2 Amuktamalyada
3 Mattavilasa Prahasana
4 Mrichchhakatika
Q Whose work is ‘Ritusamhara‘ ?
1 Kalidasa
2 Tulsidas
3 Jayadeva
4 Surdas
Q Who is the author of the famous Arabic book ”Kitab-ul-Hind” ?
1 Birbal
2 Al-Biruni
3 Mahmod
4 Mohammad
Q ‘Mrichchhakatika‘ [ the Clay Court ] is a Sanskrit play written by :
1 Shudraka
2 Kalidasa
3 Bhavabhutti
4 Vishakhadatta
Q ‘Mattavilasa Prahasana‘ is a short one act Sanskrit play written by :
1 Bhavabhutti
2 Bhasa
3 Vishakhadatta
4 Mahendravarman I
Q Who wrote the book ‘Pride , Prejudice and Punditry‘ ?
1 Jane Austen
2 VS Naipaul
3 Mulk Raj Anand
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q ‘The Great Indian Novel’, a satirical novel that recreates the Hindu epic Mahabharata within the context of the Indian National Movement, is written by which of the following writers who is a member of the Indian Parliament?
1 Chetan Bhagat
2 VS Naipaul
3 Mulk Raj Anand
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Who is the author of ‘Pax Indica’?
1 Jane Austen
2 VS Naipaul
3 Mulk Raj Anand
4 Shashi Tharoor
Q Who wrote the book ‘A Handful of Nuts’ ?
1 Ruskin Bond
2 Khuswant Singh
3 Amitav Ghosh
4 Rudyard Kipling
Q Who among the following is the author of the novel titled ‘Gun Island’?
1. Amitav Ghosh
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Vikram Seth
4 Arundhati Roy
Q ‘Anna Karenina‘ is a novel by __.
1 Jane Austen
2 Leo Tolstoy
3 Karl Marx
4 Adam Smith
Q With reference to the books and their authors, which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
1. Oliver Twist-Thomas Hardy
2 King Lear-William Shakespeare
3 Things Fall Apart-Chinua Achebe
4 Paradise Lost-John Milton
Q Who is the author of the well known text Kamasutra ?
1 Patanjali
2 Katyayana
3 Varahamir
4 Vatsyayana
Q Who among the following poets wrote under the pen name ‘Nirala’?
1. Maithili Sharan Gupta
2 Suryakant Tripathi
3 Jaishankar Prasad
4 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Q Which of the following pairs is INCORRECTLY matched?
1. Mirza Mohammad Qasim : Shahjahan Nama
2 Gulbadan Begum : Humayun Nama
3 Abul Fazl : Akbarnama
4 Abdul Hamid Lahori : Padshahnama
Q The ‘Kathasaritsagara’ is written by:
1. Somadeva
2 Jayadeva
3 Kalidasa
4 Bhasa
Q Which of the following poems is NOT written by Sarojini Naidu?
1. A Love Song from the North
2 The Banyan Tree
3 My Dead Dream
4 In the Forest
Q Who among the following was the court poet of Alauddin Khilji who wrote the famous poem ‘Hasht-Bihisht’?
1 Chand Bardai
2 Amir Khusrow
3 Harisena
4 Banabhatt
Q Which among the following books was written by BR Ambedkar?
1. Satyarth Prakash
2 The New Economic Menace of India
3 Annihilation of Caste
4 Savitri
Q Which of the following books is NOT authored by Nirad C. Chaudhuri?
1. Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
2 The Continent of Circe: An Essay on People of India
3 A Passage to India
4 Scholar Extraordinary
Q ‘An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations’ is an influential work by economist __
Ans Adam Smith
Q ‘The Man-Eater of Malgudi’ is written by:
An RK Narayan
Q Who is the author of ‘Swami Vivekananda in the West : New Discoveries‘ ?
Ans Sister Gargi [ Marie Louise Burke ]
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Arctic Home of the Vedas‘?
Ans Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q ‘Rajatarangini‘ by Kalhana is a string of biographies of the kings of:
Ans Kashmir
Q By whom was the play ‘Caesar and Cleopatra‘ written ?
Ans George Bernard Shaw
Q Who wrote the book ‘Gulamgiri‘ ?
Ans Jyotiba Phule
Q Who among the following is the author of the famous novel ‘The adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?
Ans Mark Twain
Q Who is the author of ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’?
Ans Jhumpa Lahiri
Q Which Indian cartoonist’s autobiography is titled ‘The Tunnel of Time’?
Ans RK Laxman
Q ‘What I Talk About When I Talk About Running’ is a book written by _
Ans Haruki Murakami
Q Who has written the book ”Capital and Growth” ?
Ans John Hicks
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Audacity of Hope‘ ?
Ans Barack Obama
Q Who was the economist who wrote the book ‘Small is beautiful‘ ?
Ans EF Schumacher
Q Who has written ‘The Time Machine‘?
Ans HG Wells
Q The historical fiction novel ‘The King Within’ is authored by:
Ans Nandini Sengupta
Q ‘The Merchant of Venice‘ is a 16th century play written by :
1 Arthur Miller
2 Ben Jonson
3 William Shakespeare
4 George Bernard Shaw
Q Who among the following has authored the famous novel ‘To kill a mockingbird’?
1 Agatha Christie
2 Harper Lee
3 Jane Austen
4 Margaret Atwood
Q ‘Finding My Way’ is a famous autobiography written by which of the following Gond artists of India with the help of Mukul S Anand?
1 Venkat Raman Singh Shyam
2 Dhavat Singh Uikey
3 Bhajju Shyam
4 Jangrah Singh Shyam
Q ‘The Famous Five‘ is a set of adventure novels written by __.
1. Hans Christian Andersen
2 Enid Blyton
3 Lewis Carroll
4 Rudyard Kipling
Q What is the name of dalit writer who wrote ‘Joothan‘ ?
1 Premchand
2 Sudha Murthy
3 BR Ambedkar
4 Om Prakash Valmiki
Q Which of the following Viceroys of India authored the book ”Problem of the East” ?
1 Lord Dalhousie
2 Lord Curzon
3 Lord Ripon
4 Lord Wellesley
Q ‘Shantaram’ is a novel written by __.
1 VS Naipaul
2 Ruskin Bond
3 Gregory David Roberts
4 George Orwell
Q The book ”The Web of Indian Life” was written by :
1 Annie Besant
2 Kamala Nehru
3 Sister Nivedita
4 Sarojini Naidu
Q The book ‘Man Kautuhal’ was compiled by which of the following kings of Medieval India?
1 Krishna II
2 Rajashekhara Varman
3 Raja Mansingh Tomar
4 Parantaka Viranarayan
Q Which of the following literary works was created by Sandhyakar Nandi ?
1 Buddhacharita
2 Ramacharitam/Rampalcharit
3 Arthashastra
4 Gita Govinda
Q Which of the following books is written by Megasthenes?
1 Harshacharita
2 Indica
3 Mahabhashya
4 Arthashastra
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Why I Am a Hindu’?
Ans Shashi Tharoor
Q James Mill, in his book, ‘The History of British India‘ had divided the Indian History into three periods that does NOT include which among the following?
1. Christian
2 British
3 Muslim
4 Hindu
Q The Emperor’s New Clothes‘ is a children’s story by __.
1 Harper Lee
2 Enid Blyton
3 Agatha Christie
4 Hans Christian Andersen
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Sita – Warrior of Mithila‘?
Ans Amish Tripathi
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Alchemist‘?
Ans Paulo Coelho
Q Which great traveller wrote the book ‘The Great Tang Dynasty Record on the Western Regions‘?
1 Fa Hien
2 Xuanzang
3 Nicolo Conti
4 Al-Biruni
Q Who wrote the book ‘The Golden Boat‘?
Ans Rabindranath Tagore
Q Who is best known for his plays ‘Yayati’ and ‘Tughlaq’?
1 Mohan Rakesh
2 Girish Karnad
3 Vijay Khote
4 Bhisham Sahni
Q ‘The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India’ is a book by __.
1 Sudha Murthy
2 Anita Nair
3 Indu Sundaresan
4 Urvashi Butalia
Q Which journalist’s autobiography is titled the ‘Devil’s Advocate: The untold story’?
Ans Karan Thapar
Q Who among the following is the author of the play ‘Wedding Album’?
Ans Girish Karnad
Q Which of the following novels by Krishna Sobti was originally published as ‘DiloDanish’?
Ans The Heart has its Reason
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk‘ ?
Ans Sudha Murthy
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Maun Muskaan Ki Maar‘?
Ans Ashutosh Rana
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Narcopolis’?
Ans Jeet Thayil
Q Who wrote the book ‘India: An Introduction’?
Ans Khushwant Singh
Q Who is the author of the book ‘A Fine Balance’?
Ans Rohinton Mistry
Q ‘The Economic History of India’ was book written by :
Ans RC Dutta
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise
of the East India Company’?
Ans William Dalrymple
Q Willy Wonka is a fictional character from the children’s story book ‘__‘.
Ans Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Man Who Would be King‘ ?
Ans Rudyard Kipling
Q Which of the following books has been written by Munshi Premchand?
Ans Nirmala
Q Which of the following is a book by Lewis Carroll ?
1. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
2 The Jungle Book
3 The Man Who Would Be King
4 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Q ‘Harshacharita’ (The Deeds of Harsha), which is the biography of Indian Emperor Harsha, was written by :
Ans Banabhatta
Q ‘Boy : Tales of Childhood‘ is an autobiographical book by __.
Ans Roald Dahl
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Tales of Beedle The Bard‘?
Ans JK Rowling
Q ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‘ is a book written by __.
Ans Mark Twain
Q Who wrote the book ‘Kundalini: The Mother of the Universe’, which Includes an English translation of ‘Lalita Sahasranama’?
Ans Rishi Singh Gherwal
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Beyond the Lines’?
Ans Kuldip Nayar
Q Drawing From the City’ is a visual autobiography of which of the following Indian folk
artists?
Ans Teju Behun
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Kanthapura‘?
Ans Raja Rao
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Waiting for the Mahatma‘?
Ans RK Narayan
Q Who was the author of the three-act play, ‘Post Office‘?
Ans Rabindranath Tagore
Q ‘Akbar Nama’ is a __-volume history of Akbar’s reign, written by Abul Fazl.
Ans three
Q Who is the author of ‘Being Gandhi’?
Ans Paro Anand
Q Who is the author of the book ‘The Idea of India‘?
Ans Sunil Khilnani
Q Who is the author of “Principles of Political Economy”?
Ans John Stuart Mill
Q Which eminent novelist and poet of the 20th century is the author of ‘Pinjar‘?
Ans Amrita Pritam
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Set the Boy Free’ ?
Ans Johnny Marr
Q Which Nobel laureate wrote the book ‘India: A Million Mutinies Now’?
Ans Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘The Brahma Sutra – The Philosophy of Spiritual life’ ?
Ans S Radhakrishnan
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri‘ ?
1 Al-Biruni
2 Ziauddin Barani
3 Amir Khusrau
4 Minhaj-us-Siraj
Minhaj-us-Siraj wrote about Raziyya and recognised that she was more able and qualified than all her brothers
Q Who wrote the book ‘A History of Sikhs‘ ?
Ans Khushwant Singh
Q Who is the author of the book ‘India Shastra : Reflections on the Nation in our Time‘ ?
Ans Shashi Tharoor
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Freedom from Fear : And Other Writing‘ ?
Ans Aung San Suu Kyi
Q To which ancient subject of India is the famous book “Lilavati” related to?
Ans Mathematics
Q Which has written “Ashtadhyayi” ?
Ans Panini
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Pakistan : The Gathering Storm‘ ?
Ans Benazir Bhutto
Q Who is the author of the book ‘All From Memory: An Autobiography’?
Ans BV Acharya
Q Whose autobiography is called “Ardhakathanak” [ Half Story]
1 Dayanand Saraswati
2 Banarasi Das Jain
3 Jayadeva
4 Ravi Kriti
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Worshpping False Gods : Ambedkar , and the Facts which have been Erased‘ ?
1 RK Narayan
2 Shashi Tharoor
3 Rasheed Kidwai
4 Arun Shourie
Q Who has written the fiction ‘Noddy and His Car’ ?
1 HG Wells
2 Enid Blyton
3 George Orwell
4 EM Forster
Q ‘Sons and Lovers’ is a famous novel by :
1 Lewis Wallace
2 Chinua Achebe
3 John Milton
4 David Herbert Lawrence
Q Who among the following is the author of the novel “Mrignayani”?
1 Chatursen Shashtri
2 Sumitranandan Pant
3 Rangeya Raghav
4 Vrindavan Lal Verma
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘A Movable Feast’?
1 DH Lawrence
2 Enid Blyton
3 Harper Lee
4 Ernest Hemingway
Q Who is the author of the historical novel ‘Twilight in Delhi’?
1 Amrita Pritam
2 Khushwant Singh
3 Krishna Sobti
4 Ahmed Ali
Q ‘Beyond Ten Thousand : My Life Story’ is the autobiography of :
1 Sunil Gavaskar
2 Steve Waugh
3 Jacques Kallis
4 Allan Border
Q ‘A Passage to England’ is a novel written by :
1 EM Forster
2 VS Naipaul
3 Mulk Raj Anand
4 Nirad C Chaudhuri
Q Who wrote the book ‘I Dare ! It’s Always Possible‘ ?
1 Suda Murty
2 Anita Desai
3 Kiran Bedi
4 Kiran Desai
Q ‘Moon Walk’ is an autobiography of ____.
1. Michael Jackson
2 Anne Frank
3 Oscar Wilde
4 Marlon Brando
Q ‘A Champion’s Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis’ is the autobiography of which of the following tennis players?
1 Andre Agassi
2 John McEnroe
3 Pete Sampras
4 Roger Federer
Q Which of the following novel is written by Bhisham Sahni?
1 Gaban
2 Godaan
3 Tamas
4 Nirmala
Q Who among the following has written the autobiography ‘In the afternoon of time: An autobiography’ ?
1 Gulzar
2 Rassundari Devi
3 Paramanhansa Yogananda
3 Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Q ‘I, Me, Mine’ is the autobiography of which international musician?
1 AR Rahman
2 Eminem
3 Ravi Shankar
4 George Harrison
Q Which of the following books is an autobiography of the Indian constitutional jurist Fali S Nariman?
1 Courage and Conviction
2 Matters of Discretion
3 The Other Side of Silence
4 Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
Q ______’s ‘The Year of the Runaways’ follows the lives of three migrant workers who flee India to look for work in England.
1 VS Naipaul
2 Sunjeev Sahota
3 Mulk Raj Anand
4 Nayantara Sahgal
Q Who is the author of the famous Marathi novel ‘Mrityunjay’?
1 Ranjit Desai
2 Shivaji Sawant
3 Balchandra Nemade
4 Vishnu Khandekar
Q Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ was written by:
1 DH Lawrence
2 Leo Tolstoy
3 Thomas Hardy
4 Charles Dickens
Q Who among the following is the author of ‘Set the Boy Free’?
1. Johnny Marr
2 Paul Kalanithi
3 Bill Browder
4 David Niven
Q Who is the author of the book ‘Gently Falls : The Bakula‘ ?
1 Anita Desai
2 Sudha Murty
3 Jhumpa Lahiri
4 Indu Sundaresan
Q RK Narayan is the author of which pair of novels from the given alternatives?
1 ‘The Cat and Shakespeare’ and ‘On the Ganga Ghat’
2 ‘In Custody’ and ‘Fire on the Mountain
3 ‘The English Teacher‘and ‘Waiting for the Mahatma‘
4 ‘The Poison Tree’ and ‘Ananda Math’
Some Other Books
| Nineteen Eighty Four | George Orwell |
| The Pickwick Paper | Charles Dickens |
| Ben Hur | Lewis Wallace |
| Time Machine | HG Wells |
| Paradise Lost | John Milton |
| A Passage to England | Nirad C Chaudhari |
| A Passage to India | EM Forster |
| Diyasalai | Kailash Satyarthi |
| Every Child Matters | Kailash Satyarthi |
| Azad Bachpan Ki Ore | Kailash Satyarthi |
| We Are Displaced | Malala Yousafzai |
| The Serpent and the Rope | Raja Rao |
| The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens |
| Gulliver’s Travels | Jonathan Swift |
| Hajar Churashir Maa [ Mother of 1084 ] | Mahasweta Devi |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee |
| The Great Gatsby | F Scott Fitzgerald |
| Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy |
| Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe |
| Life of Pi | Yann Martel |
| Noddy and His Car | Enid Blyton |
| Sons and Lovers | DH Lawrence |