Books (Traditional General Knowledge) (Part-II)

31. Who wrote the book "Passage to India"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 16.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Anita Desai
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Mark Twain
(d) E. M. Forster

Correct Answer: (d) E. M. Forster

Solution:A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th-century English literature by the Modern Library and won the 1924 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.

32. "Malgudi Days" was written by _______. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.01.2017 (Shift-III) S.S.C. Online Constable GD 19.02.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) Vijay Krishna Acharya
(b) Rajat Arora
(c) Mrinal Jha
(d) RK Narayan

Correct Answer: (d) RK Narayan

Solution:'Malgudi Days' is written by RK Narayan.

33. Which of the following books is NOT authored by RK Narayan? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 9.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Swami and Friends
(b) Malgudi Days
(c) The Jungle Book
(d) The Guide

Correct Answer: (c) The Jungle Book

Solution:The book 'The Jungle Book' was written by Rudyard Kipling in 1894. The other three books are written by RK Narayan.

34. Who wrote 'The Jungle Book'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 19.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) RK Laxman
(b) Roald Dahl
(c) Rudyard Kipling
(d) Paddy Clark

Correct Answer: (c) Rudyard Kipling

Solution:The book 'The Jungle Book' was written by Rudyard Kipling in 1894. The other three books are written by RK Narayan.

35. Who is the author of the book 'Life Divine'? [S.S.C. Online Stenographer 14.09.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Arvind Ghosh
(d) Mulkraj Anand

Correct Answer: (c) Arvind Ghosh

Solution:The author of the book 'Life Divine' is Aravind Ghosh.

36. Who is the author of "The Oath of the Vayuputras (Shiva Trilogy)"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 23.01.2017 (Shift-III)]

(a) Amish Tripathi
(b) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Ashwin Sanghi

Correct Answer: (a) Amish Tripathi

Solution:The author of 'The Oath of the Vayuputras' (Shiva Trilogy) is Amish Tripathi. The book was published in 2013.

37. Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 9.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Shashi Tharoor
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Solution:The book 'Glimpses of World History' is authored by Jawaharlal Nehru.

38. The autobiography of Nirad C Chaudhari is ________. [S.S.C. Online CPO SI (T-I) 10.11.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
(b) Matters of Discretion
(c) The Race of My Life
(d) An Autobiography of a Yogi

Correct Answer: (a) The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

Solution:Nirad C. Chaudhuri, an Indian writer, penned down his autobiography titled "The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian" in 1951 when he was about 50 years old. The book chronicles his life, beginning from his birth in 1897 in Kishoreganj, a small town in present-day Bangladesh. In recognition of his literary contributions, Chaudhuri was honored with an Honorary Degree in Letters by Oxford University in 1990, where he had been residing for a considerable time

39. The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian' is the autobiography of ______. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 07.06.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) UV Swaminathan Iyer
(b) Anna Chandy
(c) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
(d) Inder Kumar Gujral

Correct Answer: (c) Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Solution:The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is the 1951 autobiography of Indian writer Nirad C. Chaudhuri.

40. Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is the collective memoir of _________. [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 03.06.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Amitav Ghosh
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Nirad C Chaudhuri
(d) Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer: (c) Nirad C Chaudhuri

Solution:"The Autobiography of An Unknown Indian" is the most widely known work of famous thinker and writer Nirad C. Chaudhuri, an Indian English literary artist of the 20th century. He had written this autobiographical account when he was around 50.