Books (Traditional General Knowledge) (Part-IV)

31. Who has written the book 'The Blue Umbrella'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 19.06.2019 (Shift-III)]

(a) Arvind Adiga
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) R. K. Narayan
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri

Correct Answer: (b) Ruskin Bond

Solution:The book 'The Blue Umbrella' is written by Ruskin Bond.

32. Which of the following books is NOT written by Salman Rushdie? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 3.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Midnight's Children
(b) An Area of Darkness
(c) Shame
(d) The Satanic Verses

Correct Answer: (b) An Area of Darkness

Solution:The author of the book 'An Area of Darkness' is VS Naipaul. The other three books are written by Salman Rushdie.

33. Who is the author of the delightful and anecdotal history of Indian cricket titled 'A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 4.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Sanjay Singh
(b) Romila Thapar
(c) Bipin Chandra
(d) Ramachandra Guha

Correct Answer: (d) Ramachandra Guha

Solution:Ramachandra Guha is the author of the delightful and anecdotal history of Indian cricket titled -A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport'.

34. Name the author of the 2019 released book - 'The Scent of God'. [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 4.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Nayantara Sehgal
(b) Himanjali Sankar
(c) Githa Hariharan
(d) Saikat Majumdar

Correct Answer: (d) Saikat Majumdar

Solution:Saikat Mazumdar is the author of the book 'The Saint of God' published in 2019.

35. Who is the author of the book 'Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 6.03.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Sugathakumari
(b) Mahasweta Devi
(c) Rita Kothari
(d) Krishna Sobti

Correct Answer: (b) Mahasweta Devi

Solution:Mahasweta Devi is the author of the book "Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa".

36. Who is the author of the book 'Dreams From My Father'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 6.03.2020 (Shift-III)]

(a) Olivia Laing
(b) Barack Obama
(c) Charles Darwin
(d) Navin Chawla

Correct Answer: (b) Barack Obama

Solution:Barack Obama is the author of the book 'Dreams From My Father'.

37. Who is the author of the book 'Wise and Otherwise: A Salute to Life'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 7.03.2020 (Shift-I)]

(a) Kiran Desai
(b) Zoya Hasan
(c) Sudha Murthy
(d) Amrita Pritam

Correct Answer: (c) Sudha Murthy

Solution:Sudha Murthy is the author of 'Wise and Otherwise: A Salute to Life'.

38. Who is the author of the book titled 'The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire'? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 7.03.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Pankaj Mishra
(b) William Dalrymple
(c) V.P. Menon
(d) Shashi Tharoor

Correct Answer: (b) William Dalrymple

Solution:William Dalrymple is the author of the book 'The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire'.

39. Who wrote the play 'Mricchakatika' (The Little Clay Cart), a social drama with touches of grim reality? [S.S.C. Online Graduate Level (T-I) 7.03.2020 (Shift-II)]

(a) Magh
(b) Raidasa
(c) Sudraka
(d) Kalidasa

Correct Answer: (c) Sudraka

Solution:Sudraka wrote the play 'Mricchakatika' (The Little Clay Cart), a social drama with touches of grim reality.

40. Who is the author of the book 'A Bend in the River'? [S.S.C. Online MTS (T-I) 16.09.2017 (Shift-I) S.S.C. Online CHSL (T-I) 16.04.2021 (Shift-II)]

(a) V.S. naipaul
(b) Mark Twain
(c) Bill Gates
(d) G.B. Shaw

Correct Answer: (a) V.S. naipaul

Solution:The novel 'A Bend in the River' is written by VS Naipaul. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1979.