Books & Authors PYQs

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1. Prelims 2024Q86Books & Authors

   Who of the following is the author of the books "The India Way" and "Why Bharat Matters" ?

   aBhupender YadavbNalin MehtacShashi TharoordSubrahmanyam Jaishankar
2. Prelims 2009Q23Books & Authors

   Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

   List I (Book)

   A.In Custody

   B.Sea of Poppies

   C.The Argumentative Indian

   D.Unaccustomed Earth

   List II (Author)

   1.Amartya Sen

   2.Amitav Ghosh

   3.Anita Desai

   4.Jhumpa Lahiri

   aA-4 B-1 C-2 D-3bA-4 B-2 C-1 D-3cA-3 B-2 C-1 D-4dA-3 B-1 C-2 D-4
3. Prelims 2009Q122Books & Authors

   Who of the following is the author of the book "The Audacity of Hope" ?

   aAl GorebBarack ObamacBill ClintondHillary Clinton
4. Prelims 2008Q108Books & Authors

   Who among the following translated the Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?

   aAtal Bihari VajpayeebLal Bahadur ShastricChoudhary Charan SinghdGobind Vallabh Pant
5. Prelims 2007Q3Books & Authors

   Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

   List-I (Writer)

   A.V. S. Naipaul

   B.Salman Rushdie

   C.Paul Scott

   D.J. G. Farrell

   List-II (Book)

   1.The Siege of Krishnapur

   2.In a Free State

   3.Midnight's Children

   4.Staying On

   Codes:

   aA-2 B-4 C-1 D-3bA-4 B-3 C-1 D-2cA-3 B-1 C-2 D-4dA-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
6. Prelims 2007Q84Books & Authors

   For which one of the following books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker Prize 2006?

   aThe Secret RiverbIn the Country of MencThe Inheritance of LossdMother's Milk
7. Prelims 2007Q105Books & Authors

   Who among the following wrote the book "Ayodhya : 6 December 1992"?

   aChandra ShekarbP. V. Narasimha RaocJaswant SinghdArun Shourie
8. Prelims 2006Q44Books & Authors

   Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

   List – I ( Author )

   A.Amartya Sen

   B.Bimal Jalan

   C.Arundhati Roy

   D.Mani Shankar Aiyar

   List – II ( Book )

   1.An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire

   2.The Argumentative Indian

   3.The Future of India

   4.Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist

   aA-3, B-2, C-1, D-4bA-3, B-2, C-4, D-1cA-2, B-3, C-1, D-4dA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
9. Prelims 2005Q28Books & Authors

   Whose autobiography is the book “My Music, My Life”?

   aPandit Shiv Kumar SharmabUstad Amjad Ali KhancPandit Ravi ShankardUstad Zakir Hussain
10. Prelims 2004Q37Books & Authors

    Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    List I

    A.My Presidential Years

    B.The Hindu View of Life

    C.Voice of Conscience

    D.Without Fear or Favour

    List II

    1.S. Radhakrishnan

    2.V. V. Giri

    3.N. Sanjiva Reddy

    4.R. Venkataraman

    aA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3bA-4, B-3, C-2, D-1cA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1dA-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
11. Prelims 2004Q114Books & Authors

    Which of the following authors won the Booker Prize twice?

    aMargaret AtwoodbJ. M. CoetzeecGraham SwiftdIan McEwan
12. Prelims 2003Q15Books & Authors

    Who is the author of the book ‘New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy’?

    aA B VajpayeebJaswant SinghcP C AlexanderdYashwant Sinha
13. Prelims 2003Q95Books & Authors

    Dilip Kaur Tiwana is well known as a

    alitterateurbmusiciancscientistdsports person
14. Prelims 2002Q86Books & Authors

    Match List I (Book) with List II (Author) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

    List I (Book)

    A.Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

    B.India: A Wounded Civilization

    C.Confessions of a Lover

    D.The English Teacher

    List II (Author)

    1.Mulk Raj Anand

    2.Nirad C. Chaudhuri

    3.R. K. Narayan

    4.V. S. Naipaul

    aA-1, B-3, C-2, D-4bA-2, B-4, C-1, D-3cA-1, B-4, C-2, D-3dA-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
15. Prelims 2001Q57Books & Authors

    Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

    List I (Books)

    A.The Struggle in My Life

    B.The Struggle and the Triumph

    C.Friends and Foes

    D.Rebirth

    List II (Author)

    1.Lech Walesa

    2.Nelson Mandela

    3.Leonid Brezhnev

    4.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    5.Sheikh Mujibur Rehman

    aA-1, B-2, C-5, D-3bA-2, B-1, C-5, D-3cA-1, B-2, C-3, D-4dA-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
16. Prelims 2000Q31Books & Authors

    Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

    List I

    I.My Music, My Life

    II.Adha Gaon

    III.Radha

    IV.The Pilferer

    List II

    A) Laxman Gaikwad

    B) Rahi Masoom Raza

    C) Ramakanta Rath

    D) Ravi Shankar

    Codes:

    aI-C, II-B, III-D, IV-AbI-D, II-B, III-C, IV-AcI-D, II-A, III-C, IV-BdI-C, II-A, III-D, IV-B
17. Prelims 1999Q90Books & Authors

    Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:

    List I (Writers)

    I.Sashi Tharoor

    II.Amitav Ghosh

    III.Anita Desai

    IV.Vikram Chandra

    List II (Books)

    A) Clear Light of Day

    B) Circle of Reason

    C) Love and Longing in Bombay

    D) Show Business

    aI-D, II-B, III-A, IV-CbI-D, II-B, III-C, IV-AcI-B, II-D, III-A, IV-CdI-B, II-D, III-C, IV-A
18. Prelims 1997Q44Books & Authors

    The film ‘The Making of the Mahatma’ has been directed by

    aPeter UstinovbRichard AttenboroughcShyam BenegaldMira Nair
19. Prelims 1996Q8Books & Authors

    Which one of the following works has recently been made into a full-length feature film?

    aR. K. Narayan’s Malgudi DaysbSalman Rushdie’s Midnight’s ChildrencVikram Seth’s A Suitable BoydUpamanyu Chatterjee’s English August