Books and Authors 2024 (MCQ)
Q1) ‘Pitchside: My Life in Indian Cricket’ is the autobiography of which player?
(a) Amrit Mathur
(b) Shikhar Dhawan
(c) Suresh Raina
(d) Yuvraj Singh
Q2)Who is the author of the book titled ‘ Israel War Diary ‘ ?
(a) Aravind Adiga
(b) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
(c) Lakshmi Puri
(d) Vishal Pandey
Q3) Who has announced the launch of his autobiography, ‘Source Code: My Beginnings’?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Elon Musk
(d) Mukesh Ambani
Q4) Who is the author of the book titled ‘Breaking Rocks and Barriers’?
(a) Sudipta Sengupta
(b) Anshuman Roy
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) Deepak Kumar
Q5) Who is the author of the book titled ‘WAR’ ?
(a) Bob Woodward
(b) Tim Walker
(c) Sudipta Sengupta
(d) Nandini Ghosh
Q6) What is the title of Dr. Deepa Malik’s upcoming memoir?
(a) The Journey of Strength
(b) BRING IT ON: The Incredible Story of My Life
(c) Overcoming the Odds
(d) Against All Challenges
Q7) A Book Titled ‘My Beloved Life’ written by whom ?
(a) Amitava Kumar
(b) Anshuman Roy
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) Deepak Kumar
Q8) A book titled ‘Conversations with Aurangzeb’ has been authored by?
(a)Judy Balan
(b) Kanishk Tharoor
(c) Nikita Singh
(d) Charu Nivedita
Q9) Who is the author of the book titled ‘Ek Samandar, Mere Andar’?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Jhumpa Lahiri
(d) Sanjeev Joshi
Q10) What is the title of the novel for which Samantha Harvey won the 2024 Booker Prize?
(a) Earth from Above
(b) Space Bound
(c) Orbital
(d) The Sky’s Edge
Q11) Who launched his new book, ‘Why Bharat Matters’, at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library in Dubai, UAE ?
(a) Virendra Singh
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) S Jaishankar
Q12) Who is the author of the book ‘Beyond the Higgs Boson’ , published by HarperCollins?
(a) Jerry Pinto
(b) Raghunath Mashelkar
(c) Manik Kotwal
(d) Ashutosh Kumar
Q13) Who is the author of the novel titled “The Prisoner of Bhopal ” ?
(a) Safiya Sinclair
(b) Den Mortin
(c) Tim Walker
(d) Amit Shah
Q14) Who has written the book “A Journey from Black Gold to White Gold”?
(a) Kuldeep Gupta
(b) Amitav Ghosh
(c) Naina Singh
(d) RS Singh
Q15) Who released a book titled ‘The Scientist Entrepreneur: Empowering Millions of Women’ ?
(a) Nirmala Sitharaman
(b) Soumya Swaminathan
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) None of these
Q16) Who is the author of the book titled “Knife”?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Aravind Adiga
Q17) Who launched his book ‘Dalai Lama’s Secret to Happiness’ ?
(a) Dinesh Shahra
(b) Sanjeev Joshi
(c) Manorama Mishra
(d) Amitav Ghosh
Q18) Recently, the writer Upamanyu Chatterjee has been awarded which award for his book “Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life”?
(a) JCB Prize
(b) Sahitya Akademi Award
(c) Jnanpith Award
(d) Saraswati Samman
Q19) Recently, Who will be awarded the 34th Vyas Samman?
(a) Surya Bala
(b) Kavita Srivastava
(c) Pushpa Bharti
(d) Krishna Sobti
Q20) A Book Titled “Mountain Mammals of the World” authored by whom?
(a) M.K. Ranjitsinh
(b) Chetan Bhagat
(c) Amitav Ghosh
(d) Nandini Ghosh
Q21) Who is the author of the book ‘Modi’s Governance Triumph: Reshaping India’s Path to Prosperity’?
(a) Tarun Chugh
(b) Amit Shah
(c) J. P. Nadda
(d) Manohar Lal Khattar
Q22) Who is the author of book titled “A Fly on the RBI Wall” ?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Alpana Killawala
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Shashi Tharoor
Q23) Who among the following has won the 2024 Pfizer Prize ?
(a) Projit Bihari Mukherji
(b) Mithun Chakraborty
(c) Alexander Dunn
(d) Rajkumar Hirani
Q24) Who is the author of the book titled “From A Car Shed To The Corner Room & Beyond”?
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) Arvind Subramanian
(c) Raghuram Rajan
(d) S Raman
Q25) Who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 for Hindi ?
(a) Gagan Gill
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Kamla Tripathi
(d) Abhinav Jaykar
Q26) A Book Title “Friends – India’ ” authored by whom?
(a) M.K. Ranjitsinh
(b) Prof. Sreeram Chaulia
(c) Kuldeep Gupta
(d) Tim Walker
Q27) Who released the book titled “Maa – Mother’ in New Delhi?
(a) President Droupadi Murmu
(b) Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal
(c) Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan
(d) West Bengal Governor Dr C.V Anand Bose
Q28) What is the name of Sakshi Malik’s recently unveiled memoir that explores her life as an athlete?
(a) Fighting Spirit
(b) Witness
(c) The Mat of Fear
(d) Fearless on the Mat
Q29) The book titled ‘Bharat ke 75 mahan krantikari’ is written by ?
(a) Bhim Singh
(b) Sanjeev Joshi
(c) Manorama Mishra
(d) Amitav Ghosh
Q30) What is the title of Arundhati Roy’s first memoir, set to be released in 2025 ?
(a) Her childhood experiences
(b) Her relationship with her mother, Mary Roy
(c) The Cost of Living
(d) Mother Mary Comes to Me
Q31) W1o released the book “Sri Rama in Tamilagam – An Inseparable Bond” ?
(a) Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M K Stalin
(b) Union Minister of Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
(c) President of India Droupadi Murmu
(d) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi
Q32) Who is the author of book titled ‘Power Within: The Leadership Legacy of Narendra Modi’?
(a) S. Subramanian
(b) Dr R Balasubramaniam
(c) Amitav Ghosh
(d) Dr S. Jaishankar
Q33) Who is the author of the book ‘ Kargil War: The Turning Point’ ?
(a) Lt General K T Finance
(b) General Bipin kumar
(c) Major General Gaurav Kumar
(d) Colonel M B Ravindranath
Q34) Who is the author of the book titled “Manoj Bajpayee: The Definitive Biography’?
(a) Piyush Pandey
(b) Arup Kumar
(c) Tripti Sharma
(d) Meenakshi Pathak
Q35) ‘Welcome to Paradise’ book is written by which personality?
(a) Ravina Tondon
(b) Twinkle Khanna
(c) Sashi Tharur
(d) Sudha Mutry
Q36) Who is the author of a book titled ‘Monsoon’?
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) Abhay K
(c) Shashi Tharoor
(d) Chetan Bhagat
Q37) Who is the author of the book titled ‘ India’s Nuclear Titans’ ?
(a) Raman Mittal
(b) Seema Singh
(c) Soumya Awasthi
(d) Radha Rao
Q38) Who has unveiled his autobiography titled ‘I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story’ ?
(a) Anand Mahindra
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin
(d) None of the above
Q39) Who is the author of the book titled “The Winner’s Mindset”?
(a) Ricky Pointing
(b) Chetan Sharma
(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) Shane Watson
Q40) Who Translate the First Magahi Novel ‘Phool Bahadur’ into English ?
(a) Sanjay Joshi
(b) Vibha Patil
(c) Karan dev
(d) Abhay K
Q41) Who is the author of the book titled ‘Heavenly Islands of Goa’?
(a) Indra Sena Reddy Nallu
(b) P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
(c) Anandiben Pate
(d) Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose
Q42) German writer Jenny Erpenbach and translator Michael Hoffman have received the International Booker Prize for which story?
(a) Uriege Nameun Dan Hanbeonui
(b) Ije Naenwa
(c) Throne
(d) Kairos
Q43) Who is the author of the book titled “The Law and Spirituality: Reconnecting the Bond”?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Raman Mittal
(d) Aravind Adiga
Q44) Who is the author of the book titled ‘The Idea of Democracy’?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Sam Pitroda
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Aravind Adiga
Q45) Who is the author of the book titled ‘ Maker of Modern Goa ‘ ?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Vijayadevi Rane
(d) Mahima Rao
Q46) Who is the author of the book ‘Nation Calling’ ?
(a) Sonal Goyal
(b) Sonakshi Malik
(c) Tripti Sharma
(d) Meenakshi Pathak
Q47) Who is the author of the book titled ‘You Can Coach’?
(a) Siddharth Rajsekar
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Rahul Dravid
(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Q48) Who is the author of the book titled “The Gems of Indian Art”?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Harish Khullar
Q49) Who is the author of the book titled “The Conspiracy to oust me from the Presidency”?
(a) Emmanuel Macron
(b) Vladimir Putin
(c) Giorgia Meloni
(d) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Q50) Who is the author of the book titled ‘ Sabke Ram ‘ ?
(a) Pravesh Kumar
(b) Shri Rajeev Gupta
(c) Both A and B
(d) PK Singh
Q51) Who is the author of the book titled ‘ A Flat Place’ ?
(a) Noreen Masud
(b) Huma Qureshi
(c) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Katrina Kaif
Q52) Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri launched her book titled “Swallowing the Sun” in which city ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Jaipur
Q53) Famous poet Prabha Varma has been selected for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2023 for his work in Malayalam language for which novel?
(a) Roudra Sathwikam
(b) Pagalkhana
(c) Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri
(d) Surya Vamsam
Q54) Who is the author of this book titled ‘Thread by Thread: The S.Kumar’s Story’ ?
(a) Ashok Tandon
(b) Sathya Saran
(c) R Kaushik
(d) Ranjit Pratap
Q55) Who is the author of book titled “The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Noninvasion”?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Mukund Padmanabhan
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Shashi Tharoor
Q56) Who is the author of the book titled ‘ All That She Carried ‘ ?
(a) Murshad Pal
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Tiya Miles
(d) Sanjay Joshi
Q57) Who is the author of the book titled ‘ Sculpted Stones : Mysteries of Mamallapuram ‘ ?
(a) K Siwan
(b) S Somnath
(c) Kiran Kumar
(d) Ashwin Prabhu
Q58) By whom has the book named ‘12th Fail’ been written?
(a) Anurag Pathak
(b) Mehul Roy
(c) Abhilash Sharma
(d) Chetan Bhagat
Q59) ‘An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy’ book was authored by whom?
(a) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
(b) Sudha Murthy
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Mukesh Agnihotri
Q60) Who has unveiled his autobiography “Four Stars of Destiny”?
(a) General Manoj Pande
(b) General M M Naravane
(c) General Bipin Rawat
(d) General Dalbir Singh Suhag
Q61) Who has launched the book “Naye Bharat ka Samveda” in New Delhi?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) M Venkaiahg Naidu
(c) Ramnath Kovind
(d) Droupadi Murmu
Q62) Who has won the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2024 for “The Book Beautiful”?
(a) Anshika Singh
(b) Vasudha Gupta
(c) Joyeeta Gupta
(d) Bhavi Mehta
Q63) Who is the author of the book ‘Inspiration for Graphic Design from India’?
(a) Jaya Jaitley
(b) Prasoon Joshi
(c) Vivek Agnihotri
(d) Vivek singh
Q64) Who has written the book titled ‘How Prime Ministers Decide’?
(a) Neerja Chaudhary
(b) Isha Lakhani
(c) Avinash Mukand
(d) Abdul Qadir
Q65) Who has written the book ‘Letters to Self’?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Draupadi Murmu
(d) S Jaishankar
Q66) Who is the author of the book titled “Assam’s Braveheart Lachit Barphukan”?
(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Jhumpa Lahiri
(d) Arup Kumar Dutta
Q67) Who is the author of the book titled “Artificial Intelligence and National Security”?
(a) Anil Chauhan
(b) Rajnath Singh
(c) Amit Shah
(d) Ajit Doval
Q68) Who is the author of the book titled ‘ How to Say Babylon ‘ ?
(a) Safiya Sinclair
(b) Den Mortin
(c) Pihul Jain
(d) Amit Shah
Q69) Who has written the book titled ‘Smoke and Ashes: A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories’?
(a) Bal Krishna Madhur
(b) Amitav Ghosh
(c) Gautam Chintamani
(d) Pinarayi Vijayan
Q70) Who has launched the book titled “The Adventures of Ed-a-Mamma: Ed Finds A Home”?
(a) Anushka Sharma
(b) Alia Bhatt
(c) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Katrina Kaif
Q71) What is the name of the autobiography of ‘Brain Lara’ launched ?
(a) Lara: The England Chronicles
(b) Saurch Code
(c) Brain Lara Cricketer
(d) None
Q72) Who is the author of the novel titled ‘Zeba: An Accidental Superhero’?
(a) Anushka Sharma
(b) Huma Qureshi
(c) Priyanka Chopra
(d) Katrina Kaif
