Competititve Exams Materials

A) 2 Nov
B) 31 October
C) 15 October
D) 28 October

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C) 15 October

Explanation : Global Hand Washing Day is observed on 15th October

A) 13 October
B) 05 October
C) 15 October
D) 7 October

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C) 15 October

Explanation : Abdul Kalam Jayanthi Celebrated on 15th October every year.

A) Vikram Seth
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Art Spiegelman
D) Salman Rushdie

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C) Art Spiegelman

Explanation : The Complete Maus (1991) is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, recounting the horrors of the Holocaust from the perspective of the author's father.

A) Vikram Chandra
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Hussain Zaidi
D) Shobhaa De

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C) Hussain Zaidi

Explanation : Black Friday (2002) by Hussain Zaidi is a non-fiction book based on the 1993 Bombay bombings, which was later made into a film.

A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Devdutt Pattanaik
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Chetan Bhagat

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B) Devdutt Pattanaik

Explanation : The Pregnant King (2008) by Devdutt Pattanaik is a retelling of an Indian mythological story that explores issues of gender and power.

A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Kamala Das
D) Vikram Seth

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A) Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation : Gitanjali (1910) is a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

A) Arundhati Roy
B) Kiran Desai
C) Jhumpa Lahiri
D) Vikram Seth

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C) Jhumpa Lahiri

Explanation : Interpreter of Maladies (1999) by Jhumpa Lahiri is a collection of short stories that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

A) Vikram Seth
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Rohinton Mistry
D) Shashi Tharoor

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C) Rohinton Mistry

Explanation : Tales from Firozsha Baag (1990) is a collection of short stories by Rohinton Mistry, dealing with the lives of Parsi residents in a Bombay apartment complex.

A) R.K. Narayan
B) Haruki Murakami
C) Ruskin Bond
D) Vikram Seth

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B) Haruki Murakami

Explanation : The Elephant Vanishes is a collection of 17 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The stories were written between 1980 and 1991, and published in Japan in various magazines, then collections.

A) Aravind Adiga
B) Kamala Das
C) R. K. Narayan
D) Shashi Tharoor

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D) Shashi Tharoor

Explanation : The Great Indian Novel (1989) by Shashi Tharoor is a satirical novel that reimagines the Indian epic Mahabharata in the context of India's political history.

A) Amitav Ghosh
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Diana Gabaldon
D) Ruskin Bond

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C) Diana Gabaldon

Explanation : Although this novel is not by an Indian author, it's often included in competitive exams to test knowledge of global literature. It is part of the Outlander series, written by Diana Gabaldon.

A) Chetan Bhagat
B) Amitav Ghosh
C) Aravind Adiga
D) Vikram Seth

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A) Chetan Bhagat

Explanation : Five Point Someone (2004) by Chetan Bhagat deals with the lives of three engineering students and their experiences at an IIT.

A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Jaswant Singh
D) Kuldip Nayar

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C) Jaswant Singh

Explanation : Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence (2009) is a controversial book by Jaswant Singh exploring the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

A) Harinder Baweja
B) Vikram Batra
C) Khushwant Singh
D) K.K. Aziz

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A) Harinder Baweja

Explanation : A Soldier’s Diary was written by Harinder Baweja, a Pakistani historian. The book is a memoir that reflects the experiences and thoughts of a soldier during the course of military life.

A) Jnanpith Award
B) Booker Prize
C) Sahitya Akademi Award
D) Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

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B) Booker Prize

Explanation : Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize in 1981 and later the Booker of Bookers in 2008.

A) Ramanujan
B) Aryabhata
C) S. R. Ranganathan
D) C. R. Rao

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A) Ramanujan

Explanation : The Man Who Knew Infinity (1991) by Robert Kanigel is a biography of the famous Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

A) V.S. Naipaul
B) Shashi Tharoor
C) William Dalrymple
D) Kamala Das

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C) William Dalrymple

Explanation : White Mughals (2002) is a historical account written by William Dalrymple about the relationships between the British and the Mughal court.

A) Kiran Desai
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
D) Kamala Das

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C) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Explanation : The Palace of Illusions (2008) is a novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, a retelling of the Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi.

A) Amitav Ghosh
B) Vikram Seth
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Shashi Tharoor

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A) Amitav Ghosh

Explanation : The Hungry Tide (2004) by Amitav Ghosh is set in the Sundarbans and explores themes of nature, politics, and identity.

A) R.K. Narayan
B) Aravind Adiga
C) Vikram Seth
D) Sudha Murthy

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D) Sudha Murthy

Explanation : The Old Man and His God is a collection of short stories by Sudha Murthy.