Magazines, Books and Their Authors (Part-III)

11. Whose autobiography is the book ‘My Music, My Life’? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
(b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
(c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
(d) Ustad Zakir Hussain

Correct Answer: (c) Pandit Ravi Shankar

Solution:The correct match of List-I (Books) with List-II (Authors) is as follows:-

Books	Authors
My Music My Life	Pt. Ravi Shankar
Adha Gaon	Rahi Masoom Raza
Shri Radha	Sri Ramakant Rath
The Pilferer	Laxman Gaikwad

12. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]

(a) Baki Itihas - Badal Sarkar
(b) Sita Swayamvar - Vishnu Das Bhave
(c) Yayati - Girish Karnad
(d) Giddha - Jabbar Patel

Correct Answer: (c) Yayati - Girish Karnad

Solution:Yayati’ is a novel written by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar. Other pairs are correctly matched. One of Khandekar's best-known works, it retells the story of the historical Hindu king, Yayati, from the Hindu epic the Mahabharata. The novel has multiple narrators, and poses several questions on the nature of morality.

13. Match List- I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

List- I (Writers)		List- II (Books)
A. Sashi Tharoor		1. Clear light of Day
B. Amitav Ghosh		2. Circle of Reason
C. Anita Desai		3. Love and Longing in Bombay
D. Vikram Chandra		4. Show Business

Code :

	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	2	1	3
(b)	1	2	4	3
(c)	2	3	1	4
(d)	3	4	1	2

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:-

List- 1 (Writers)	List- II (Books)
Shashi Tharoor	Show Business
Amitav Ghosh	The Circle of Reason
Anita Desai	Clear Light of Day
Vikram Chandra	Love and Longing in Bombay

14. The author of ‘Love and Longing in Bombay’ is: [R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 1999]

(a) Vikram Chandra
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Raj Kamal Jha
(d) Kiran Desai

Correct Answer: (a) Vikram Chandra

Solution:The author of 'Love and Longing in Bombay' is Vikram Chandra.

15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

List – I (Books)		List – II (Authors)
A. Ghar Aur Adalat		1. T.S.R. Subramaniam
B. Jhujur Se Rashtrapati Bhavan Tak		2. Nandan Nilekani
C. Imagining India		3. Mahendra Kulshrestha
D. Journey through Babudom and Netaland		4. Leila Seth

Code :

	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	4	1	3
(b)	4	3	2	1
(c)	1	3	4	2
(d)	3	1	4	2

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:The correct match of List-I (Books) with List-II (Authors) is as follows:

(Book)	(Author)
Ghar Aur Adalat	Leila Seth
Jhujur Se Rashtrapati Bhavan Tak	Mahendra Kulshrestha
Imagining India	Nandan Nilekani
Journey through Babudom and Netaland	T.S.R. Subramaniam

16. ‘Godan’ and ‘Gaban’ are the works of the same author. What is his name? [M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]

(a) Rabindranath Thakur
(b) Munshi Premchand
(c) Kalidas
(d) Nirala

Correct Answer: (b) Munshi Premchand

Solution:Godan, Gaban, Rangbhumi, Karmbhumi, Nirmala, etc. are the masterpieces of Munshi Premchand.

17. The author of ‘Nirmala’ is: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]

(a) Jaishankar Prasad
(b) Munshi Premchand
(c) Maithili Sharan Gupta
(d) Mohan Rakesh

Correct Answer: (b) Munshi Premchand

Solution:Godan, Gaban, Rangbhumi, Karmbhumi, Nirmala, etc. are the masterpieces of Munshi Premchand.

18. Soj-e-Vatan is the book written by: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Mahadevi Verma
(b) Premchand
(c) Sumitra Nandan Pant
(d) Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala’

Correct Answer: (b) Premchand

Solution:The book ‘Soj-e-Vatan’ is written by the renowned author of Hindi language Munshi Premchand.

19. The author of ‘Malgudi Days’ is– [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]

(a) K. Abbas
(b) R.K. Narayan
(c) Laxman Seth
(d) Mulkraj Anand

Correct Answer: (b) R.K. Narayan

Solution:The author of ‘Malgudi Days’ is R.K. Narayan. R. K. Narayan was an Indian writer.
He served as a member of Parliament Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1992.
He was honored with the Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
Notable works:
The Guide.
Swami and Friends.
The Bachelor of Arts.
The Dark Room.
The English Teacher.
Mr. Sampath.
Next Sunday.
My Dateless Diary.
My Days.

20. Hans Christian Andersen has authored– [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1993]

(a) Social Novels
(b) Moral Dramas
(c) Love Poems
(d) Story of fairies

Correct Answer: (d) Story of fairies

Solution:Hans Christian Andersen, in his books described the stories of the fairies, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina etc. are some of the masterpieces of him.