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- Obama – The call of history by: PeterBaker
- We are Displaced by: Malala Yousafzai
- Undaunted – Saving the Idea of India by: P. Chidambaram
- I am Malala by: Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb
- Oliver Twist: Charles Darwin
- Ain-i-Akbari by: Abul Fazl
- Akbarnama by: Abul Fazl
Who is the author of “The Kalam effect: My years with the president”?
A. Amrita Pritam
B. Kushwant Singh
C. Vikram Seth
D. P.M. Nair
APJ Abdul Kalam
The Kalam Effect: My Years With The President. Reminiscences of the author, as secretary of former President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
Que (22):
Who is the author of the book ‘Freedom from Fear’?
A. Lu Xun
B. Mo Yan
C. Cao Xueqin
D. David M. Kennedy.
David M. Kennedy.
Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written in 1999 by historian David M. Kennedy.
Que (23):
Who wrote the book Bahuvivah?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Lokmanya Tilak
C. BR Ambedkar
D. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar wrote the book “Bahuvivah”.
Que (24):
Who wrote “The Communist Manifesto” along with Kari Marx?
A. nan
B. nan
C. nan
D. nan
Friedrich Engels
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. Born in Trier, Germany, Marx studied law and philosophy at university.
Que (25):
By whom were Species Plantarum and Systema Natural written?
A. James watson
B. Charles Darwin
C. Ridely
D. Linneus
Linneus
Species Plantarum (Latin for “The Species of Plants”) is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera.
Que (26):
‘Alice in Wonderland’ the famous TV Serial, is based on a book written by which author?
A. J.R.R. Tolkien
B. George Orwell
C. J.KRowling
D. Lewis Caroll
Lewis Caroll
The author of the novel ‘The Sound and the Fury’ is L. Ron Hubbard.
Que (27):
Who wrote the book ‘A Passage to India’–
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Salman Rushide
C. R.K Narayan
D. E.M Foster
E.M.Foster
A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s.
Que (28):
Who is the author of the book “Superstar India From Incredible to Unstopable”–
A. Arundhati Roy
B. R.K Narayan
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Sobha De
Shobha De
Obsessive-compulsive writer of fifteen books, Shobhaa De has spent the last three years in the pursuit of her first vocation, journalism.
Que (29):
Who has written the book ‘My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir’?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Tavleen Singh
C. Rajni Kothari
D. Jagmohan
Jagmohan
Jagmohan written the book ‘My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir’
Que (30):
Who wrote the book ‘Algebra of Infinite Justice’?
A. RK. Lakshman
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Salman Rushide
D. Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
The Algebra of Infinite Justice (2001) is a collection of essays written by Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy.
Que (31):
The autobiography ‘Living History’ has been authored by author?
A. Barack Obama
B. Bill Clinton
C. Job Steves
D. Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Living History (book) Living History is a 2003 memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton. It was written when she was a sitting Senator from New York.
Que (32):
By whom was the famous book Geet Govind written?
A. Krishnananda
B. Hari Dass
C. Mirabai
D. Jayadev
Mirabai
The the famous book geet govind was written by famous book geet govind was written by mirabai kalidas banabhatta
Que (33):
By whom was the ‘Tahglq-i-Hind’, a famous literary work, written?
A. nan
B. nan
C. nan
D. nan
Alberuni
nan
Que (34):
Which Bhakti saint wrote the commentary on Vedanta sutras in Sanskrit?
A. Dyaneshwar
B. Chaitanya Maha Prabhu
C. Kabir
D. Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya (1479–1531 CE), also known as Vallabha, was an Indian Telugu philosopher who founded the Krishna-centered Pushti sect of Vaishnavism in the Braj region of India, and the philosophy of Shuddha advaita (Pure Nondualism).
Que (35):
Who has written the book ‘The Famished Road’?
A. Charles Dickens
B. Jane Austen
C. George Orwell
D. Ben Okri
Ben Okri
Ben Okri had written this book.he belonged to the United Kingdom and was published by jonathan cape.
Que (36):
Who wrote the book ‘Planned Economy for India’ ?
A. Amartya Sen
B. Kaushik Basu
C. Jagdish Bagwati
D. M. Visvesvaraya
M. Visvesvaraya
The attempt to start economic planning in India was made by M. Visvesvaraya, a noted engineer and politician, in 1934 through his book, ‘Planned Economy for India’
Que (37):
Who wrote the book ‘Reminiscences of the Nehru Age’?
A. Chitra Banerjee
B. VS Naipaul
C. Ramchandra Guha
D. O. P. Mathai
O. P. Mathai
Mathai wrote the book about his experiences as the private secretary to Jawaharlal Nehru, in the brief span when the Janata alliance ousted Indira Gandhi from the Union Government. The book has a total 49 chapters, some on Nehru’s work and personal life and some on the various people that Mathai met.
Que (38):
‘The General happiness is the end of the state’; who said this?
A. Lindsay
B. Richardson
C. Sarah
D. Bentham
Bentham
The general happiness is the end of the state ‘ Who said this Bentham and English philosopher just also the social reformer regarded and become the modern utilitarianism and bentham defined as the fundamental exiom
Que (39):
Who is the author of the book “Termites in the Trading system”?
A. Benjamin Graham
B. Peter Lynch
C. Jagdish Bhagwati
D. Burton Malkiel
Jagdish Bhagwati
Jagdish Bhagwati is University Professor, Economics and Law, at Columbia University and Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Que (40):
Who authored the ‘Gitanjali’, an anthology of poems?
A. Vivekanand
B. Ramakrishna
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Vallabhai Patel
Rabindranath Tagore
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