GK Questions: Books & Authors – Set 24

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1. ‘The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told’ authored by whom ?
   1.Aruna Deshpande
   2.Arunav Sinha
   3.Amarthiya Sen
   4.Arunava Sinha
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4.Arunava Sinha 
   Explanation :
   The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told is a book Translated by Arunava Sinha from Bengali language
   
   
   
2. The book ‘Half Of What I Say’ written by
   1.David Menon
   2.Anil Kshatriya
   3.Praveen Menon
   4.Anil Menon
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4.Anil Menon
   Explanation :
   The book ‘Half Of What I Say’ written by Anil Menon.It is the fiction about the truth in the midst of personal, political and social upheaval.
   
   
   
3. The book titled ‘Jihad in My Saffron Garden’ is penned by
   1.Anurag Kashyap
   2.Bandita Ghosh
   3.Roxy Arora
   4.Prithviraj Chauhan
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3.Roxy Arora
   Explanation :
   Jihad in My Saffron Garden has been authored by Dr. Roxy Arora.The story of a fearless woman who crusades to restore Kashmiryat to the paradise on earth.
   
   
   
4.  Who is the author of the novel ‘The Story of a New Name’  ?
   1.Akhil Sharma
   2.Elena Ferrante
   3.Anitha Brookner
   4.Elena Gorokhova
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.Elena Ferrante
   Explanation :
   The Story of a New Name is the Neapolitan Novels (Book 2) authored by Elena Ferrante
   .A modern masterpice from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors.
   
   
   
5. ‘ The Adivasi Will Not Dance’ is authored by whom ?
   1.Hansda Sowendra Shekhar
   2.Anil Menon
   3.Kiran Doshi
   4.Pradeep Sebastian
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1.Hansda Sowendra Shekha
   Explanation :
   ‘ The Adivasi Will Not Dance’ is the book  by Hansda Sowendra Shekhar . It is shortlisted for The Hindu Prize.
   
   
   
6. ’Jinnah Often Came To Our House ‘ has been authored by whom ?
   1.Kiran Doshi
   2 K. Satchinandan
   3.Arundhati Roy
   4.Chetan Bhagat
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1.Kiran Doshi
   Explanation :
   Jinnah Often Came To Our House by Kiran Doshi. It is one of the book shortlisted for The Hindu Prize 2016.
   
   
   
7. The book ‘Andhere se Ujale ki Aur’ is written by
   1.Arun Jaitley
   2.Amit Shah
   3.Pranab Mukherjee
   4.Narendra Modi
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1.Arun Jaitley
   Explanation :
   BJP President Amit Shah released the book ‘Andhere se Ujale ki Aur’. The book is a compilation of blogs and articles written by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
   
   
   
8. Kalkatta  is a new novel by 
   1.Sanjiv Goenka
   2.Kunal Basu
   3.Shanu Lahir
   4.Amartya Sen
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.Kunal Basu
   Explanation :
   Kalkatta  is a new novel by Kunal Basu on Kolkata (Calcutta)
   
   
   
9. Who is the author of ‘The Sleepwalker’s Dream ‘ ?
   1.Amitav Gosh
   2.Dhrubajyoti Borah
   3.Vikram Seth
   4.Ruskin Bond
   5.None of these
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2.Dhrubajyoti Borah
   Explanation :
   The book titled The Sleepwalker’s Dream authored by Dhrubajyoti Borah. The book authored by Borah, President of Asam Sahitya Sabha, narrates the journey of a group of militants towards an elusive freedom and an uncertain future.
   
   
   
10. The book titled ‘The Sleepwalkers’ penned by
    1.Arthur Charles
    2.James Arthur
    3.Arthur Machen
    4.Arthur Koestler
    5.None of these
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 4.Arthur Koestler
    Explanation :
    The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man’s Changing Vision of the Universe is a 1959 book by Arthur Koestler.