Books (Traditional General Knowledge) (Part-II)

11. Who is the author of "Midnight's Children"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 24.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Jhumpa Lahiri
(b) Amish Tripathi
(c) Ravinder Singh
(d) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: (d) Salman Rushdie

Solution:Salman Rushdie is the author of "Midnight's Children".

12. Who is the author of "The Twentieth Wife"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 30.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Aparna Sinha
(b) Bapsi Sidhwa
(c) R. K. Narayan
(d) Indu Sundaresan

Correct Answer: (d) Indu Sundaresan

Solution:Indu Sundaresan is the author of "The Twentieth Wife".

13. Who is the author of "Gently Falls: The Bakula"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 8.02.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Mitali Meelan
(c) Ravinder Singh
(d) Sudha Murty

Correct Answer: (d) Sudha Murty

Solution:Sudha Murty is the author of "Gently Falls: The Bakula".

14. Who among the following has written the book 'Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives'? [S.S.C. Online CPO S.I. (T-I) 11.11.2022 (Shift-III)]

(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Shashi Deshpande
(c) Sudha Murty
(d) Anita Nair

Correct Answer: (c) Sudha Murty

Solution:Sudha Murty has written the book Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives'.

Some Other books written by Sudha Murty are Three thousand stitches, Mahashweta, Astitva, The Mother I never knew, etc.

15. Who wrote Panchatantra? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 10.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Vyas
(b) Vishnu Sharma
(c) Valmiki
(d) Yagyavalkya

Correct Answer: (b) Vishnu Sharma

Solution:Vishnu Sharma is the author of 'Panchatantra'.

16. Who among the following is the author of the book "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"? [S.S.C. Online Stenographer 13.09.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Marshal
(b) Pigou
(c) Gresham
(d) Adam Smith

Correct Answer: (d) Adam Smith

Solution:'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' is a famous work by Scottish economist Adam Smith. Its first publication was in 1776. It is the fundamental treatise of classical economics.

17. Who is the author of the book 'A Suitable Boy'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 8.02.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Vikram Seth
(b) Arun Shourie
(c) Amrita Pritam
(d) Mahasweta Devi

Correct Answer: (a) Vikram Seth

Solution:The book 'A Suitable Boy' is authored by Vikram Seth. This book was published in 1993.

18. Who is the author of 'Life is what you make it'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 27.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Durjoy Dutta
(b) Savi Sharma
(c) Ajay K Pandey
(d) Preeti Shenoy

Correct Answer: (d) Preeti Shenoy

Solution:'Life is what you make it' is written by Preeti Shenoy.

This book was published in 2011.

19. Who is the author of the book "A Life Less Ordinary: A Memoir"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 9.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Salman Rushdie
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Baby Halder
(d) Rohinton Mistry

Correct Answer: (c) Baby Halder

Solution:Baby Halder is the author of "A Life Less Ordinary : A Memoir".

20. Who is the author of "Life of Pi"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 30.01.2017 (Shift-l)]

(a) Eleanor Catton
(b) Aravind Adiga
(c) Yann Martel
(d) Kiran Desai

Correct Answer: (c) Yann Martel

Solution:'Life of Pi' is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel. It was published in the year 2001.