UPSC IES Books & Author Related Current Affairs Question Capsule 2015
Question 1. Which of the following books in the form of autobiography penned by the former Indian Star Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was released on November 6, 2014 ?
a. The Test of my Life
b. Straight from the Heart
c. Playing It My Way
d. Wide Angle
Question 2. Which of the following writers has edited the latest book "Debating Vivekananda - A reader".
a. A. Rabhuramaraju
b. N. Chittaranjan
c. V. Rajaopalan
d. Amitar Ghosh
Question 3. Who among the following is the author of the book "The Exile" ?
a. Philip Roth
b. Aravind Adiga
c. Navtej Srana
d. B.G. Verghese
Question 4. Malala Yousafzai's memoir "I am Malala", is being translated in to four Indian Languages - Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam & Marathi. Which of the following statement is not true about Malala Ypusafzai ?
a. She stood up for girl's education & was shot by the Taliban in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.
b. She sealed a deal of $ 3 million for the rights of her memoir "I am Malala" in 2013.
c. Malala Yousafzai is appointed googwill brand ambassador for Pakistan by the Pakistan Government.
d. Malala's address at the United Nations, dubbed as 'Malala Day'.
Question 5. Consider the following statements pertaining to 2014 Man Booker Prize winner Flanagan's Novel "The Narrow Road to the Deep North".
1. Novel tells harrowing stories of prisoners & Captors on the Thailand-Burma "Death" Railway.
2. The novel takes its title from 17th Centuary Japanese book by Haiku poet Basho.
3. The author spent 12 years working on the wartime novel.
4. The novel is dedicated to author's father.
Which of the above statement is/are correct ?
a. 1 Only
b. 1 & 2 Only
c. 1 & 3
d. All of the above
Question 6. Inclusive growth is now a chiche used by policy makers, especially by those in the late lamented Planning Commission. Who is the author of the latest book on the topic 'Integrating Inclusive Growth-Poverty & Inequality of India'?
a. Yashwant Sinha
b. Raghuram Rajan
c. K P Kannan
d. C. Chidambaram
Question 7. Recently, President Pranab Mukherjee released a book titled , 'Tulsi Smriti Granth'. The book has been brought out on the eve of the birth centenary celebration of Acharya Tulsi. Who was Acharya Tulsi. Who was Acharya Tulsi ?
a. Renowned Jain monk & philosopher
b. Renowned Bodh monk & philosopher
c. Renowned Hindu Scholar
d. None of these
Question 8. Name the writer of the new book on garment industry titled 'Song of the Shirt-Cheap Clothes Across Continents & Countries'.
a. Noel A Kanagarj
b. Pranjal Ranjan Sarma
c. Jeremy Seabrook
d. Subhash Lakhotia
Question 9. Name of the autobiographer of M.C. Mary Kom, the Olympic Bronze Medallist & five times World Champion, women boxer.
a. Indomitable Will
b. Unbreakable
c. Indestructible
d. Hard Choice : A Memoir
Question 10. Who has edited the new book title "Letter for a Nation-From Jawaharlal Nehru to his Chief Ministers 1947 - 1963' ?
a. Madhav Khosla
b. Sonika Gupta
c. Sudarsahan Nadwanatham
d. Shobha Dey
Answers : (1-c), (2-a), (3-c), (4-c), (5-d), (6-c), (7-a), (8-c), (9-b), (10-a)
Question 1. Which of the following books in the form of autobiography penned by the former Indian Star Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was released on November 6, 2014 ?
a. The Test of my Life
b. Straight from the Heart
c. Playing It My Way
d. Wide Angle
Question 2. Which of the following writers has edited the latest book "Debating Vivekananda - A reader".
b. N. Chittaranjan
c. V. Rajaopalan
d. Amitar Ghosh
Question 3. Who among the following is the author of the book "The Exile" ?
a. Philip Roth
b. Aravind Adiga
c. Navtej Srana
d. B.G. Verghese
Question 4. Malala Yousafzai's memoir "I am Malala", is being translated in to four Indian Languages - Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam & Marathi. Which of the following statement is not true about Malala Ypusafzai ?
a. She stood up for girl's education & was shot by the Taliban in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.
b. She sealed a deal of $ 3 million for the rights of her memoir "I am Malala" in 2013.
c. Malala Yousafzai is appointed googwill brand ambassador for Pakistan by the Pakistan Government.
d. Malala's address at the United Nations, dubbed as 'Malala Day'.
Question 5. Consider the following statements pertaining to 2014 Man Booker Prize winner Flanagan's Novel "The Narrow Road to the Deep North".
1. Novel tells harrowing stories of prisoners & Captors on the Thailand-Burma "Death" Railway.
2. The novel takes its title from 17th Centuary Japanese book by Haiku poet Basho.
3. The author spent 12 years working on the wartime novel.
4. The novel is dedicated to author's father.
Which of the above statement is/are correct ?
a. 1 Only
b. 1 & 2 Only
c. 1 & 3
d. All of the above
Question 6. Inclusive growth is now a chiche used by policy makers, especially by those in the late lamented Planning Commission. Who is the author of the latest book on the topic 'Integrating Inclusive Growth-Poverty & Inequality of India'?
a. Yashwant Sinha
b. Raghuram Rajan
c. K P Kannan
d. C. Chidambaram
Question 7. Recently, President Pranab Mukherjee released a book titled , 'Tulsi Smriti Granth'. The book has been brought out on the eve of the birth centenary celebration of Acharya Tulsi. Who was Acharya Tulsi. Who was Acharya Tulsi ?
a. Renowned Jain monk & philosopher
b. Renowned Bodh monk & philosopher
c. Renowned Hindu Scholar
d. None of these
Question 8. Name the writer of the new book on garment industry titled 'Song of the Shirt-Cheap Clothes Across Continents & Countries'.
a. Noel A Kanagarj
b. Pranjal Ranjan Sarma
c. Jeremy Seabrook
d. Subhash Lakhotia
Question 9. Name of the autobiographer of M.C. Mary Kom, the Olympic Bronze Medallist & five times World Champion, women boxer.
a. Indomitable Will
b. Unbreakable
c. Indestructible
d. Hard Choice : A Memoir
Question 10. Who has edited the new book title "Letter for a Nation-From Jawaharlal Nehru to his Chief Ministers 1947 - 1963' ?
a. Madhav Khosla
b. Sonika Gupta
c. Sudarsahan Nadwanatham
d. Shobha Dey
Answers : (1-c), (2-a), (3-c), (4-c), (5-d), (6-c), (7-a), (8-c), (9-b), (10-a)
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