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  1. Who is the author of the book titled ‘The Crisis Within Knowledge and Education in India’  ?
    1.Ganesh Devy
    2.Shatavadhani Ganesh
    3.Karan Mahajan
    4.Aravind Adiga
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Ganesh Devy
    Explanation :
    A book titled ‘The Crisis Within Knowledge and Education in India’ authored by Ganesh Devy was released in June 2017.

  2. The book “Indira Gandhi – A life in Nature” has been authored by whom ?
    1.Karan Singh
    2.Manmohan Singh
    3.Jairam Ramesh
    4.Sonia Gandhi
    5.None of these
    Answer –  3.Jairam Ramesh
    Explanation :
    Ramesh’s book on the naturalist in Indira Gandhi launched by Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the Indira Gandhi Memorial .Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh, who has authored the book published by Simon & Schuster.

  3. ‘Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji’ is the book about which personality ?
    1.Rajiv Gandhi
    2.Narendra Modi
    3.Pranab Mukherjee
    4.Vajpayee
    5.None of these
    Answer –  4.Vajpayee
    Explanation :
    Former Uttarakhand chief minister Pokhriyal, who credited Vajpayee for his debut in politics, said the 450-page book titled -‘Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji’ – will be officially unveiled soon

  4. The book ‘The Emergency – Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour’ penned by ______________
    1.Shashi Shekhar Vempati
    2.Jawhar Sircar
    3.Venkaiah Naidu
    4.Surya Prakash
    5.None of these
    Answer –  4.Surya Prakash
    Explanation :
    Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu launched the book which titled ‘The Emergency – Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour’.A book is written by Surya Prakash who is a chairman of Prasar Bharati.

  5. The book “President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” has been published by which of the following ?
    1.Time of India
    2.The Statesman
    3.Penguin India
    4.The Telegraph
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.The Statesman
    Explanation :
    The book “President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” has been published by The Statesman, one of India’s oldest English-language newspapers. This book, a comprehensive photographic record of India’s 13th President, covers Shri Mukherjee’s Presidency and documents his various roles including those as a humane first citizen, as a thought-leader , as a patron of educational institutions & the arts and as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces etc.

  6. ‘Advice & Dissent: My Life In Public Service’ is an autobiography of who among the following ?
    1.Y.V.Reddy
    2.Urjit Patel
    3.Raguram Rajan
    4.Chidambaram
    5.None of these
    Answer –  1.Y.V.Reddy
    Explanation :
    An autobiography of former RBI Governor Y.V. Reddy, ‘Advice & Dissent: My Life In Public Service’ will be released soon .

  7. The novel ‘A Horse Walks into a Bar’ has been written by whom ?
    1.David Foster Wallace
    2.Jonathan Cape
    3.Alfred A. Knopf
    4.David Grossman
    5.None of these
    Answer –  4.David Grossman
    Explanation :
    ‘A Horse Walks into a Bar’ is a novel by Israeli author David Grossman. First published in Hebrew in 2014 by Ha’kibbutz Ha’meuchad as Sus echad nichnas lebar, the book was translated into English by Jessica Cohen, and published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in November 2016 and in the US by Alfred A. Knopf in February 2017

  8. The Girl on the Train is the novel penned by ____________________
    1.Paula Hawkins
    2.Carlos Ruiz Zafon
    3.Gillian Flynn
    4.Daniel Goleman
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Paula Hawkins. 
    Explanation :
    The Girl on the Train is a psychological thriller novel by British author Paula Hawkins.

  9. An autobiography ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ is authored by
    1.Aditi Khorana
    2.Diksha Basu
    3.Ruskin Bond
    4.Chetan Bhagat
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Ruskin Bond
    Explanation :
    Ruskin Bond’s autobiography ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ allows a glimpse into the mind of a writer deeply observant and open to life

  10. The book ‘Sita: Warrior of Mithila’ has been written by which author ?
    1.Balli Kaur Jaswal
    2.Rahul Mehta
    3.Amish Tripathi
    4.Sandhya Menon
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Amish Tripathi
    Explanation :
    Amish Tripathi’s latest and second book in the Ramachandra series, Sita: Warrior of Mithila’s cover has been released in May 2017





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