Competititve Exams Materials

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.