Books (Traditional General Knowledge) (Part-II)

41. Who is the author of 'Train to Pakistan'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 16.01.2017 (Shift-l) S.S.C. Online Constable GD 2.03.2019 (Shift-l)]

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

Correct Answer: (d) Khushwant Singh

Solution:The writer of 'Train to Pakistan' is Khushwant Singh.

This book was published in 1956.

42. Which of the following is a work by famous Indian author Khushwant Singh? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 11.07.2022 (Shift-l)]

(a) Train to Pakistan
(b) The Guide
(c) A Suitable Boy
(d) Sacred Games

Correct Answer: (a) Train to Pakistan

Solution:Khushwant Singh was a novelist, politician, journalist, and lawyer from India. He was born in Hadali, Punjab, which is now part of Pakistan, on February 2, 1915. Train to Pakistan is a historical novel by Khushwant Singh, published in 1956. It recounts the Partition of India in August 1947 through the perspective of Mano Majra, a fictional border village.

Instead of depicting the Partition in terms of only the political events surrounding it, Khushwant Singh digs into a deep local focus, providing a human dimension which brings to the event a sense of reality, horror, and believability.

43. The Novel 'Train to Pakistan' dealing with the tragedy of India's Partition is written by whom among the following authors? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 03.06.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) Mulk Raj Anand
(d) ML Malgaonkar

Correct Answer: (a) Khushwant Singh

Solution:The Novel 'Train to Pakistan' dealing with the tragedy of India's Partition, is written by Khushwant Singh.

Other important books written by him are:

The Voice of God and Other Stories, (Short Stoгу) 1957
Shall Not Hear the Nightingale, 1959
The Sikhs Today, 1959
The End of India, 2003
Burial at the Sea, 2004.

44. Who among the following is the author of the novel 'Train to Pakistan'? [S.S.C. Online CPO SI (T-I) 09.11.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) RK Narayan
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Vikram Seth
(d) Chetan Bhagat

Correct Answer: (b) Khushwant Singh

Solution:Train to Pakistan is the book by Khushwant Singh. It is a historical novel, published in 1956, about the partition of India in August 1947.

45. Who is the author of the book 'The Discovery of India'? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 18.02.2019 (Shift-II) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 21.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer: (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

Solution:Jawaharlal Nehru is the author of the book The Discovery of India. He wrote this book in Ahmednagar Jail.

46. Which of the following books is not written by Jawaharlal Nehru? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 19.08.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) An Autobiography
(b) The Broken Wing
(c) A Bunch of Old Letters
(d) The Discovery of India

Correct Answer: (b) The Broken Wing

Solution:Kahlil Gibran is the author of the book The Broken Wing. The other three books were written by Jawaharlal Nehru.

47. Who wrote the book, 'Indian Home Rule'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 10.01.2017 (Shift-I)]

(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Babasaheb Ambedkar

Correct Answer: (a) M.K. Gandhi

Solution:The book 'Indian Home Rule' or 'Hind Swaraj' was authored in the year 1909 by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In this book, thoughts on Swaraj, modern civilization etc. have been expressed.

48. Who is the author of "I Too Had A Love Story"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 15.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

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

Correct Answer: (c) Ravinder Singh

Solution:Ravinder Singh is the author of "I Too Had A Love Story". It was published in 2008.

49. Who wrote the book "The Three Musketeers"? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 22.01.2017 (Shift-II)]

(a) EM Forster
(b) Gunter Grass
(c) Edward Luce
(d) Alexandre Dumas

Correct Answer: (d) Alexandre Dumas

Solution:The novel 'The Three Musketeers' was written by the French writer Alexandre Dumas in 1844.

50. Who published the book 'Method de nomenclature (System of Chemical Nomenclature)' along with Claude Berthollet and others that determined the modern method of naming substances? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 08.06.2022 (Shift-I)]

(a) Jacob Berzelius
(b) Georg Brandt
(c) Antoine Lavoisier
(d) Wilhelm Ostwald

Correct Answer: (c) Antoine Lavoisier

Solution:Antoine Lavoisier published the book 'Method de nomenclature (System of Chemical Nomenclature)' along with Claude Berthollet and others that determined the modern method of naming substances.

Jacob Berzelius was one of the founders of modern chemistry.
Georg Brandt was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt.
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald was a Baltic German chemist and philosopher.