Magazines, Books and Their Authors (Part-I)

Total Questions: 50

11. . Who wrote the book "A Nation in the Making"? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) S. C. Bose

Correct Answer: (b) Surendra Nath Banerjee

Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows-
List - I
Surendra Nath Banerjee - A Nation in Making
M. K. Gandhi - Hind Swaraj
Subhas Chandra Bose - The Indian Struggle
Lala Lajpat Rai - Autobiographical Writings

12. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru - Hind Swaraj
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - India Wins Freedom
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose - Indian Struggle
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai - Unhappy India

Correct Answer: (a) Jawahar Lal Nehru - Hind Swaraj

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi wrote "Hind Swaraj", "India Wins Freedom" was written by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. "Unhappy India" was written by Lala Lajpat Rai. Subhas Chandra Bose wrote "The Indian Struggle". Thus option (a) is not correctly matched.

13. The book entitled "Indian Struggle" on Indian National Movement was written by [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2007 U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) None of the above.

Correct Answer: (a) Subhash Chandra Bose

14. In 1929 at which place Mahatma Gandhi completed his translation of Anasakti Yoga? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

(a) Kausani
(b) Ranikhet
(c) Nainital
(d) Almora

Correct Answer: (a) Kausani

Solution:Mahatma Gandhi translated Anasakti Yoga of Bhagavat Gita in English and wrote Anasakti Yoga in 1929 by staying at Kausani (Uttarakhand).

15. Who has written the book, Unhappy India? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) A.O. Hume
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (c) Lala Lajpat Rai

Solution:Lala Lajpat Rai has written the book "Unhappy India". In this book he compared Indian society with contemporary USA and Britain. Lala Lajpat Rai was an Indian author, freedom fighter, and political activist. He was a key figure in the Indian independence movement. He also wrote Young India, an autobiography, and biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji, and Shrikrishna. Unhappy India was written as a response to Mayo's book, which some say was biased and depicted only India's problems. In Unhappy India, Rai discussed Indian culture, civilization, and life.

16. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O (Pre) 2016]

(a) V. D. Savarkar - The Indian War of Independence
(b) R. C. Majumdar - The Sepoy Mutiny and Revolt of 1857
(c) Radha Kamal Mukherjee - Awadh in Revolt (1857-1858)
(d) S.B. Chaudhuri - Civil Rebellions in the Indian Mutinies, 1857-1859

Correct Answer: (c) Radha Kamal Mukherjee - Awadh in Revolt (1857-1858)

Solution:

Awadh in Revolt (1857 - 1858) is a groundbreaking study of popular resistance and peasant rebellion in colonial India written by Rudrangshu Mukherjee and not by Radha Kamal Mukherjee. Rest of the pairs are correctly matched.

17. The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by [I.A.S. (Pre) 2020]

(a) Gopal Baba Walangkar
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Mohandas Karamchand Ghandhi
(d) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Correct Answer: (a) Gopal Baba Walangkar

Solution:Vital-Vidhvansak was first published by Gopal Baba Walangkar in 1888. It was first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience. It was written in Marathi language to bring about social awareness amongst the untouchables.

18. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

(a) Unhappy India - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Durgesh Nandini - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) India Wins Freedom - Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India - Dadabhai Naoroji

Correct Answer: (a) Unhappy India - Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Solution:Option (a) is not correctly matched. The author of "Unhappy India" is Lala Lajpat Rai, not Bal Gangadhar Tilak who (1920). Bal Gangadhar Tilak edited "Kesari" and "The Mahratta". Bankimchandra Chatterjee, was the author of "Durgesh Nandini" who also wrote "Anandmath". "India Wins Freedom" was written by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The Book "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" was written by Dadabhai Naoroji.

19. Who among the following is the author of "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India"? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

(a) R. C. Dutt
(b) Henry Cotton
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Correct Answer: (d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Solution:"Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" was written by Dadabhai Naoroji. He brought attention by his book on draining of Indian wealth into Britain.

20. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Larry Collins and - Freedom at Midnight
(b) Durga Das - India from Curzon to
(c) K.K. Aziz - The Man Who Divided India
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam - India Wins Freedom

Correct Answer: (c) K.K. Aziz - The Man Who Divided India

Solution:The writer of the book 'The Man Who Divided India' was Dr. Rafiq Zakaria. Other three options are correctly matched.

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