Books and Authors : General knowledge questions and answers

Books and Authors : General knowledge questions and answers

1. Who is the author of ‘Death in The Castle’?

a. Thomas Mann
b. H.P Nanda
c. Pearl S. Buck
d. John Gunther

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2. ______________ is the author of ‘Cricket My Style’ book?

a. Ronald Segal
b. Ajay Jadega
c. Sunil Gawaskar
d. Kapil Dev

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3. Who was the first woman to win the Man Booker Prize?

a. Bernice Rubens
b. Iris Murdoch
c. Anita Brookner
d. None of the above

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4. In which year Kiran Desai won Booker Prize?

a. 2004
b. 2005
c. 2006
d. 2007

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5. When was it announced that authors from anywhere in the world will be considered for Man Booker Prize awards?

a. September 18, 2013
b. October 18, 2013
c. August 18, 2013
d. July 18, 2013

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6. In which country Booker Prize awards are announced?

a. Geneva
b. Birmingham
c. California
d. London

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7. At 25th anniversary of Man Bookers Prize whose novel was chosen as the best novel out of all the winners?

a. J.G. Farrell for Troubles
b. Salman Rushdie for Midnight Children
c. V.S Naipaul for In a Free State
d. Graham Swift for Last orders

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8. Man Booker International Prize was inaugurated in ________.

a. 2004
b. 2005
c. 2006
d. 2007

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9. Author of A Tale of Two Cities is _______________

a. Charles Dickens
b. Jonathan Swift
c. John Bunyan
d. Thomas Hardy

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10. What is prize money which the winner of the Man Booker Prize receives?

a. $ 50000
b. £ 50000
c. ¥ 50000
d. € 50000

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11. Till date (2013) how many Indian authors have won the Booker Prize?

a. 4
b. 5
c. 3
d. None of the above

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12. Which of the following book is written by India’s first prime minister?

a. Discovery of India
b. A passage to India
c. Geetanjali
d. My experiments with Truth

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13. ___________ is known as father of English Poetry.

a. Charles Dickens
b. Alexandra Dumas
c. Chaucer
d. George Elliot

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14. Which of the following book has won Booker Prize?

a. A Blend in the river
b. The White Tiger
c. Adam Bede
d. A Tale of Two Gardens

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15. Which country has received Booker Prize in 2012?

a. India
b. Ireland
c. Australia
d. United Kingdom

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16. Who was the first person to receive Booker Prize?

a. P. H. Newby
b. John Berger
c. Stanley Middleton
d. David Storey

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17. Which book is not written by Rabindranath Tagore?

a. Chitra
b. Court Dancer
c. Chidambara
d. Crescent Moon

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18. Which of the following book is written by Bankim Chandra Chatterji?

a. Britain’s True Story
b. Broken wings
c. Canvass of Life
d. Brishbikkha

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19. A Suitable Boy is written by ___________

a. Vikram Seth
b. J N Dixit
c. Abul Fazal
d. Amar Singh

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20. Which of the following book is written by India’s first woman IPS officer?

a. Intelligence Services
b. Inside the CBI
c. It is Always Possible
d. Insider

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