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List of Popular Books and their Authors Traditional GK
| Sl. No. | Name of the Book | Name of the Author |
|---|---|---|
| 101. | Who is the author of the book 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer'? | Siddhartha Mukherjee (won Pulitzer Prize for it) |
| 102. | Who is the author of the book 'Wide Angle'? | Anil Kumble |
| 103. | Who is the author of the book 'River of Smoke'? | Amitava Ghosh |
| 104. | Who is the author of the book 'Controversially Yours'? | Shoaib Akhtar |
| 105. | Who is the author of the book '1283'? | Pele |
| 106. | Who is the author of the book 'A Leaf Turns Yellow: The Sufis of Awadh'? | Muzaffar Ali |
| 107. | Who is the author of the book 'An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions'? | Amartya Sen & Jean Dreze |
| 108. | Who is the author of the book 'The Casual Vacancy'? | J. K. Rowling |
| 109. | Who is the author of the book 'Dare To Do! For The New Generation'? | Kiran Bedi |
| 110. | Who is the author of the book 'Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey'? | Luis Fernandes |
| 111. | Who is the author of the book 'Gandhi Before India'? | Ramchandra Guha |
| 112. | Who is the author of the book 'Half A Rupee Stories'? | Gulzar |
| 113. | Who is the author of the book 'How Not To Make Money'? | Raj Kundra |
| 114. | Who is the author of the book 'I am Malala'? | Malala Yousafzai |
| 115. | Who is the author of the book 'Maharani'? | Ruskin Bond |
| 116. | 'Who is the author of the book 'My Journey Transforming Dreams Into Actions'? | Abdul Kalam |
| 117. | Who is the author of the book 'Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists'? | Raghuram Rajan |
| 118. | Who is the author of the book 'Satyagraha - The Story Behind Revolution'? | Prakash Jha |
| 119. | Who is the author of the book 'The Lowland'? | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| 120. | Who is the author of the book 'The Race of My Life'? | Milkha Singh |
Objective questions on Books and Authors:
1. Who is the author of the book "India Divided"?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Answer (c)
2. Who is the author of the book "Gathering Storm"?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Earnest Hemingway
(c) Homer
(d) George Bernard Shaw
Answer (a)
3. Who is the author of the book "Wake Up India"?
(a) A P J Abdul Kalam
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
(d) Annie Besant
Answer (d)
4. Who is the author of the book "A Tale of Two Cities"?
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) Charles Dickens
(c) George Bernard Shaw
(d) Oscar Wilde
Answer (b)
5. Who is the author of the book "Mother India"?
(a) Katherine Mayo
(b) Richard Nixon
(c) John Milton
(d) Alexander Dumas
Answer (a)
6. Who is the author of the book "Paradise Lost"?
(a) Daniel Defoe
(b) Akio Morita
(c) John Milton
(d) Vikram Seth
Answer (c)
7. Who is the author of the book "Confessions of a Lover"?
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) V S Naipaul
(c) Margaret Mitchell
(d) Mulk Raj Anand
Answer (d)
8. Who is the author of the book "Hindu View of Life"?
(a) S Radhakrishnan
(b) R K Narayan
(c) Dr Rajendra Prasad
(d) Veer Savarkar
Answer (a)
9. Who is the author of the book "The Lowland"?
(a) Leo Tolstoy
(b) Jhumpa Lahiri
(c) Arvind Adiga
(d) Luis Fernandes
Answer (b)
10. Who is the author of the book "Othello"?
(a) George Bernard Shaw
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) Jonathan Swift
(d) William Shakespeare
Answer (d)