Books and Authors

11.	The novel “The White Tiger” which won the Man Booker Prize 2008 is authored by –
a.	Arundhati Roy
b.	Aravind Adiga
c.	V. S. Naipaul
d.	Kiran Desai Option “B” is correct. The novel “The White Tiger” which won the Man Booker Prize 2008 is authored by Aravind Adiga.

12.	The Shade of Swords is a book written by –
a.	M. J. Akbar
b.	Manil Suri
c.	Urmila Lamba
d.	Vasant Potdar Option “A” is correct. The Shade of Swords is a book written by M. J. Akbar.

13.	Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book :
a.	India Divided
b.	Hind Swaraj
c.	Unhappy India
d.	Mother India Option “C” is correct. Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book ‘Unhappy India’.

14.	The religious text of the Jews is named as :
a.	Analectus
b.	Torah
c.	Tripitaka
d.	Avesta Option “B” is correct. The basis of Jewish law and tradition (halakha) is the Torah (also known as the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses).

15.	“Man without society is either a beast or a God”. Who said this?
a.	Plato
b.	Gandhi
c.	Tolstoy
d.	Aristotle Option “D” is correct. Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher said that ‘man without society is either a beast or a God’. According to him man can not live without a society and he is thus solely dependent on society.

16.	Who wrote the famous book – ‘We the people’?
a.	V. S. Naipaul
b.	Khushwant Singh
c.	T. N. Kaul
d.	Nani Palkhivala Option “D” is correct. “We The People” was written by the famous jurist Nani Palkhivala. The book is a commentary on the Indian constitution, our political framework, the main political parties and their ideologies and practices.

17.	Who wrote the book ‘Two Fates – The Story of My Divorce’, which is a parody of Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Two States – The Story of My Marriage’?
a.	Namita Gokhale
b.	Judy Balan
c.	Swati Kaushal
d.	Arundhati Roy Option “B” is correct. Two fates a comedy genre book written by Judy Balan is a parody of Two states by Chetan Bhagat.

18.	The latest book ‘Kurukshetra to Kargil’ is written by :
a.	Karan Singh
b.	Kunal Bhardwaj
c.	Suryanath Singh
d.	Kuldip Singh Option “D” is correct. Kuldip Singh is the author of Indian military thought ‘Kurukshetra to Kargil’.

19.	Who is the author of the book ‘My other two daughters’?
a.	Vijneswara
b.	Somadeva
c.	Surjit Singh Barnala
d.	Mulk Raj Anand Option “C” is correct. Surjit Singh Barnala is the author of the book ‘My other two daughters’.

20.	Who among the following has authored the book ‘The Idea of India’?
a.	Khushwant Singh
b.	Shashi Tharoor
c.	Sunil Khilnani
d.	William Dalrymple Option “C” is correct. Sunil Khilnani has authored the book ‘The Idea of India’.

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