Books (Traditional General Knowledge) (Part-III)

21. Who is the author of the book 'The India of My Dreams'? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 1.03.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: (d) Mahatma Gandhi

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi is the author of the book 'The India of My Dreams'.

22. Who is the author of the book 'Republic'? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 2.03.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Plato
(b) Immanuel Kant
(c) Aristotle
(d) Socrates

Correct Answer: (a) Plato

Solution:The author of the book 'Republic' is Plato. In this book, Plato discusses the issues of justice.

23. Which is the first ever known autobiography of an Indian woman? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 3.03.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) City of 2 Gateways
(b) Aamar Jiban
(c) Beyond the Jungle
(d) My Reminiscences

Correct Answer: (b) Aamar Jiban

Solution:Aamar Jiban is the first autobiography written by Rassundari Devi in 1876. It is the first-ever known autobiography of an Indian woman. It tells us about the status of women in 19th-century Indian society.

24. Which book by Kiran Desai is a tale of a young man named Sampath Chawla? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 3.03.2019 (Shift-I)]

(a) An Equal Music
(b) It Happens for a Reason
(c) Selection Day
(d) Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

Correct Answer: (d) Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

Solution:Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a novel by Kiran Desai. It is her first book and won the top prize for the Betty Trask Awards in 1998. The book deals with a fictitious small town called Shahkot in North India. The story tells about Sampath Chawla, who wants to be left alone, and is forced into being a holy man despite himself.

25. Who is the author of the book 'A Flight of Pigeons'? [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 1.03.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) Geeta Piramal
(b) Shobha De
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Sudha Murthy

Correct Answer: (c) Ruskin Bond

Solution:'A Flight of Pigeons' is a novel written by Ruskin Bond. The book was adapted into a film in 1978 called Junoon by Shyam Benegal.

26. 'Lone Fox Dancing: My Autobiography' is the autobiography by _______. [S.S.C. Online Constable GD 3.03.2019 (Shift-II)]

(a) David Davider
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
(d) Ruskin Bond

Correct Answer: (d) Ruskin Bond

Solution:'Lone Fox Dancing: My Autobiography' is an autobiography by Ruskin Bond.

27. Aatish-i-Chinar' (Flames of Chinar) is the autobiography of which politician? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.10.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(b) Benazir Bhutto
(c) Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
(d) M Hidyatullah

Correct Answer: (c) Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah

Solution:Aatish-i-Chinar' (Flames of Chinar) is the autobiography of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, who founded the National Conference, and was appointed as the head of the government thrice in his lifetime.

28. The autobiography 'My Experiments with Truth' was originally written in which language? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 02.06.2022 (Shift-II)]

(a) Bengali
(b) Gujarati
(c) English
(d) Marathi

Correct Answer: (b) Gujarati

Solution:"My Experiments with Truth", an autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, has been written in the Gujarati language. Young India, Harijan, Navjeevan and Hindu Swarajya are some other books of Mahatma Gandhi.

29. Who wrote the book 'My Experiments with Truth'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.10.2020 (Shift-III) S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 10.10.2017 (Shift-II) S.S.C. Online Constable GD 12.02.2019 (Shift-I) S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 27.10.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) M.K. Gandhi
(d) Amitav Ghosh

Correct Answer: (c) M.K. Gandhi

Solution:The book 'My Experiments with Truth' is written by M.K. Gandhi.

30. Who is the author of the book 'Pathway to God'? [S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 12.04.2021 (Shift-I)]

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Sri Aurobindo
(d) Mahatma Gandhi