1. Arundhati Roy won Man Booker Prize in 1997 for her book: ?

History of Wolves

The God of Small Things

2 States

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Answer: The God of Small Things

Explanation:

Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Things. In 2002, she won the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize.


2. Who is the author of the autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’ ?

Sachin Tendulkar

Mahesh Bhupati

Kapil Dev

Leander Paes

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

Explanation:

The autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar - the highest scoring batsman of all time and cricket legend. His story has been turned into a huge new film: A Billion Dreams.


3. Who is the author of the book 'Changing India' ?

Narendra Modi

Shashi Tharoor

A P J Abdul Kalam

Manmohan Singh

Answer: Manmohan Singh

Explanation:

The former prime minister of India Dr. Manmohan singh has written the book ‘Changing India’. ‘Exam warriors’ is a famous book written by prime minister modi. ‘An era of darkness, why i am a hindu, the paradoxical prime minister ‘ are some famous books written by Shashi tharoor. ‘Wings of fire’ is an autobiography of A.P.J. Kalam.


4. Which Eminent Novelist and Poet of the 20th century is the author of ‘Pinjar’ ?

Amrita Pritam

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Bhawani Prasad MIshra

Prabha Kiran Jain

Answer: Amrita Pritam

Explanation:

Amrita Pritam was an Indian maverick writer and poet. She is considered the first eminent female Punjabi writer, novelist and poet of the 20th century. Her writing is equally loved by the people of India and Pakistan.


5. Who is the author of the book ‘Cricket World Cup : The Indian Challenge’ ?

Harsha Bhogle

Sanjay Manjrekar

Narottam Puri

Ashis Ray

Answer: Ashis Ray

Explanation:

The book ' Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge' has been authored by veteran broadcaster and writer Ashis Ray. It is a book on the history of the tournament from an Indian perspective that has been formally unveiled by the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Tom Harrison.


6. Who wrote the book ' An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India' ?

Sudha Murthy

Shashi Tharoor

Ramchandra Guha

A P J Abdul Kalam

Answer: Shashi Tharoor

Explanation:

Some famous books written by Shashi Tharoor 1.An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India 2.Nehru: The Invention of India 3.Why I am a Hindu 4.Bookless in Baghdad 5.Kerala: God's Own Country 6.India: The Future Is Now 7.The Great Indian Novel 8. The Paradoxical Prime Minister


7. Which of the following Indian authors is one of the four screenplay writers of the movie ‘Kai Po che’ ?

Amish Tripathi

Chetan bhagat

Ravinder singh

Durjoy Datta

Answer: Chetan bhagat

Explanation:

The film Kai Po Che is inspired by Chetan Bhagat's novel The 3 Mistakes of My Life.


8. Who authored ‘A Century is not Enough’ ?

Sourav Ganguly

Sachin Tendulkar

M S Dhoni

Virat Kohli

Answer: Sourav Ganguly

Explanation:

A Century is Not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success (2018) is an English autobiography written by former Indian cricketer and captain Sourav Ganguly. The book was first published by Juggernaut on 24 February 2018.


9. By whom was the play ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ written ?

Joy Adamson

Thomas Powers

George Bernard Shaw

Ernest Hemingway

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Explanation:

Caesar and Cleopatra is a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw that depicts a fictionalized account of the relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. It was first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in Shaw's 1901 collection Three Plays for Puritans.


10. Which among the following books was written by BR Ambedkar ?

Satyarth Prakash

The New Economic Menace of India

Annihilation of Caste

Savitri

Answer: Annihilation of Caste

Explanation:

“Annihilation of Caste” is an undelivered speech in book form written in 1936 by B.R.Ambedkar also known as BabaSaheb. He wrote this book for the 1936 meeting of a group of liberal Hindi caste reformers in Lahore.