GK Questions: Books & Authors – Set 20

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1. Selection Day is the novel written by
   1.Arunima Sinha
   2.Arundhati Roy
   3.Aravind Adiga
   4.Sharat Chandra
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer –3.Aravind Adiga
   Explanation :
   Selection Day is the book by Aravind Adiga.It is the Aravind Adiga’s third novel is ambitious, original and morally serious
   
   
   
2. Who is the author of ‘India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears My Diary Of An Indian Decade’ ?
   1.Ravi Velloor
   2.Anita Nair
   3.Bhavna Chauhan
   4.Indra Sinha
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer –1.Ravi Velloor
   Explanation :
   India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears My Diary Of An Indian Decade by Ravi Velloor. India Rising is a collection of anecdotes and observations of the significant events that marked the decade of Congress Party rule under Manmohan Singh, culminating in the rise of Modi. It is built around the access the writer enjoyed with some of the key decision-makers of the time.
   
   
   
3. Which of the following is the book writing by Chetan Bhagat ?
   1.The Indian Girls
   2.Two Girls in India
   3.One Indian Girl
   4.One Girl
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – 3.One Indian Girl
   Explanation :
   The banker-turned-writer Chetan Bhagat, announced the title of his upcoming fiction One Indian Girl through his twitter handle which was accompanied with a link to a video teaser.
   
   
   
4. The book The Orphanage for Words authored by
   1.Kiran Desai
   2.Shinie Antony
   3.Vikram Seth
   4.Amitav Gosh
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer –2.Shinie Antony
   Explanation :
   The Orphanage for Words by Shinie Antony. The book is about loss and the mechanisms to cope with it.
   
   
   
5. Who is the author of the book “Police and Counter Insurgency — The Untold Story of Tripura’s COIN Campaign” ?
   1.R.K.Narayan
   2.Kuldeep Kumar
   3.Ruskin Bond
   4.Amish Tripati
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – 2.Kuldeep Kumar
   Explanation :
   Police and Counter Insurgency — The Untold Story of Tripura’s COIN Campaign is the book authored by Kuldeep Kumar. This book makes a case for the increased role of local/state police in counterinsurgency (COIN) operations by citing the successful implementation of this strategy in the state of Tripura led by the author himself.
   
   
   
6. ‘Theatres of Democracy’ is authored by
   1.Kiran Nagarkar
   2.Amitav Gosh
   3.Shiv Visvanathan
   4.V.S.Naipaul
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer –3.Shiv Visvanathan
   Explanation :
   Theatres of Democracy: Between the Epic and the Everyday-Selected Essays.These essays by Shiv Visvanathan, one of India’s foremost public intellectuals, chronicle the democratic ferment and political upheavals in contemporary India.
   
   
   
7. A Book of Light: When a Loved One Has A Different Mind by whom ?
   1.Jerry Pinto
   2.Franz Kafka
   3.Manu Joseph
   4.Teresa Norman
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer –1.Jerry Pinto
   Explanation :
   A Book of Light: When a Loved One Has A Different Mind by Jerry Pinto. It is the collection of stories from different people
   
   
   
8. An Intimate History of Killing is the book authored by ……………..
   1.Joanna Bourke
   2.Salman Rushdie
   3.Peter Coyote
   4.Siddhartha Mukherjee
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer – 1.Joanna Bourke
   Explanation :
   An Intimate History of Killing is the book authored by Joanna Bourke. In this study, the author uses the letters, diaries, memoirs, and reports of veterans from three conflicts – the First and Second World Wars and the Vietnam War
   
   
   
9. Which book is related to Sanjeev Sanyal ?
   1.The Deep End of the ocean
   2.The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
   3.East, West
   4.An Obedient Father
   5.None of these
   
   Answer

   Answer –2.The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean
   Shaped Human History
   Explanation :
   A book titled The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History authored by Sanjeev SanyalThe book narrated the history of The Indian Ocean, which stretches across East Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to South East Asia and Australia.
   
   
   
10. The book title ‘The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing’ written by
    1.Dav pilkey
    2.Joseph Heller
    3.Mira Jacob
    4.Amish Tripati
    5.None of these
    
    Answer

    Answer – 3.Mira Jacob
    Explanation :
    Mira Jacob is an Indian American author known for her novel The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, a book about a patriarch who starts talking to ghosts, and how his seeing spirits affects his family