Most Repeated SSC General Awareness – Books and Authors MCQs with correct answer and explaination
101. Who is the author of the book "India Wins Freedom"?
A) Rajendra Prasad
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ✅
D) Sardar Patel
📘 An autobiographical account of India's independence by Maulana Azad.
102. "Discovery of India" was written by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru ✅
C) Subhash Chandra Bose
D) B.R. Ambedkar
📘 Written during Nehru's imprisonment in 1942–1946, describing India’s cultural heritage.
103. "Playing It My Way" is the autobiography of:
A) Sachin Tendulkar ✅
B) Kapil Dev
C) MS Dhoni
D) Saurav Ganguly
📘 Covers the life and cricketing career of the legendary Indian batsman.
104. Who wrote "The Argumentative Indian"?
A) Amartya Sen ✅
B) Vikram Seth
C) Chetan Bhagat
D) Shashi Tharoor
📘 A collection of essays promoting India's tradition of public debate.
105. "An Era of Darkness" was written by:
A) Romila Thapar
B) Shashi Tharoor ✅
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Arundhati Roy
📘 A powerful critique of British colonialism in India.
106. The book "My Experiments with Truth" is authored by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi ✅
B) C. Rajagopalachari
C) Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
📘 Gandhi’s autobiography, originally written in Gujarati.
107. Who is the author of "The Guide"?
A) R.K. Laxman
B) R.K. Narayan ✅
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Amitav Ghosh
📘 A story of transformation set in fictional town of Malgudi.
108. "Wings of Fire" is the autobiography of:
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) C.V. Raman
C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ✅
D) Homi Bhabha
📘 Co-authored with Arun Tiwari, details Kalam’s life and achievements.
109. Who wrote the book "Why I am an Atheist"?
A) Bhagat Singh ✅
B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) Rajguru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
📘 Written while in jail, Bhagat Singh explains his rationalist ideology.
110. The book "Untouchable" was written by:
A) Mulk Raj Anand ✅
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Khushwant Singh
D) V.S. Naipaul
📘 Focuses on the struggles of a lower-caste boy in Indian society.
111. "Train to Pakistan" is a novel by:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Khushwant Singh ✅
C) Rohinton Mistry
D) Kamala Das
📘 Describes the horrors of Partition through fictional events.
112. "The Great Indian Novel" is authored by:
A) Vikram Seth
B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Shashi Tharoor ✅
D) Arvind Adiga
📘 A satirical retelling of the Mahabharata through modern Indian politics.
113. "Inglorious Empire" is written by:
A) William Dalrymple
B) Shashi Tharoor ✅
C) Niall Ferguson
D) Salman Rushdie
📘 Explores economic and cultural damages caused by British rule in India.
114. "God of Small Things" won the Booker Prize in 1997. Who is the author?
A) Arundhati Roy ✅
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Kiran Desai
D) Anita Desai
📘 A tragic family drama set in Kerala.
115. Who authored "A Suitable Boy"?
A) Salman Rushdie
B) Vikram Seth ✅
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Rohinton Mistry
📘 One of the longest English novels, set in post-independence India.
116. "Freedom at Midnight" is written by:
A) Dominique Lapierre & Larry Collins ✅
B) Bipan Chandra
C) Ramachandra Guha
D) Romila Thapar
📘 Historical account of India’s independence and partition.
117. Who wrote "The White Tiger"?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Aravind Adiga ✅
C) Vikram Seth
D) Kiran Desai
📘 A story of a poor man’s journey to success in a corrupt society.
118. "Midnight’s Children" is written by:
A) Salman Rushdie ✅
B) Vikram Seth
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Jhumpa Lahiri
📘 Won the Booker Prize; depicts post-independence India's journey.
119. "India After Gandhi" is written by:
A) Ramachandra Guha ✅
B) Bipan Chandra
C) S. Gopal
D) Rajmohan Gandhi
📘 A modern history of India after independence.
120. Who wrote the book "What Young India Wants"?
A) Ravinder Singh
B) Chetan Bhagat ✅
C) Durjoy Datta
D) Amish Tripathi
📘 A series of essays discussing youth and India’s future.
121. "The Inheritance of Loss" is authored by:
A) Jhumpa Lahiri
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Kiran Desai ✅
D) Anita Desai
📘 Won the 2006 Booker Prize; explores globalisation and identity.
122. "My Country My Life" is the autobiography of:
A) Narendra Modi
B) Pranab Mukherjee
C) L.K. Advani ✅
D) Manmohan Singh
📘 Covers Advani’s political journey over six decades.
123. "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in:
A) Hindi
B) English
C) Gujarati ✅
D) Marathi
📘 Mahatma Gandhi wrote it in Gujarati; later translated into English.
124. "Gitanjali", a collection of poems, is written by:
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Rabindranath Tagore ✅
C) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
D) Kazi Nazrul Islam
📘 Won Tagore the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.
125. Who authored "A Brief History of Time"?
A) Richard Feynman
B) Stephen Hawking ✅
C) Carl Sagan
D) Brian Greene
📘 Explains complex scientific theories to general readers.
126. Who wrote "The Alchemist"?
A) Paulo Coelho ✅
B) Dan Brown
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) J.K. Rowling
📘 An allegorical novel about following one’s dream.
127. "Not Just An Accountant" is written by:
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Vinod Rai ✅
C) Arun Shourie
D) Pranab Mukherjee
📘 Written by former CAG of India, discussing corruption and reforms.
128. "A Foreign Policy for India" was authored by:
A) I.K. Gujral ✅
B) Manmohan Singh
C) Sushma Swaraj
D) Shashi Tharoor
📘 I.K. Gujral outlines India’s foreign policy philosophy.
129. "The Accidental Prime Minister" was written by:
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Pranab Mukherjee
C) Sanjaya Baru ✅
D) Arun Jaitley
📘 Memoir of Dr. Manmohan Singh's tenure by his media advisor.
130. Who wrote "The Namesake"?
A) Jhumpa Lahiri ✅
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Kiran Desai
D) Chitra Banerjee
📘 A novel about the cultural clash of immigrants in America.
131. "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" was written by:
A) Arundhati Roy ✅
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Anita Desai
D) Kiran Desai
📘 Her second novel, a tale of marginalized lives in India.
132. "I Do What I Do" is a book by:
A) Nirmala Sitharaman
B) Urjit Patel
C) Raghuram Rajan ✅
D) Y.V. Reddy
📘 Insights into Indian economy and RBI governance.
133. "The Man Who Knew Infinity" is based on:
A) Homi Bhabha
B) Srinivasa Ramanujan ✅
C) C.V. Raman
D) Satyendra Nath Bose
📘 Biography of Indian mathematician Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel.
134. "The Test of My Life" is written by:
A) MS Dhoni
B) Yuvraj Singh ✅
C) Suresh Raina
D) Harbhajan Singh
📘 Yuvraj’s battle with cancer and his cricket comeback.
135. "India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium" is authored by:
A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ✅
B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
C) C. Rangarajan
D) Rajendra Prasad
📘 A futuristic vision for India’s development by Kalam and Y.S. Rajan.
136. "My Truth" is an autobiography by:
A) Sonia Gandhi
B) Indira Gandhi ✅
C) Pratibha Patil
D) Sushma Swaraj
📘 Written in response to the Emergency and her decisions.
137. "The Making of India" is written by:
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Nitin Gadkari
C) Akhilesh Tilotia ✅
D) Bibek Debroy
📘 Examines India’s economic transformation.
138. Who is the author of "The World As I See It"?
A) Albert Einstein ✅
B) Isaac Newton
C) Carl Sagan
D) Stephen Hawking
📘 Einstein’s reflections on life, ethics, and science.
139. "What Happened" is a political memoir by:
A) Hillary Clinton ✅
B) Michelle Obama
C) Condoleezza Rice
D) Nancy Pelosi
📘 Recounts Clinton’s 2016 U.S. Presidential election loss.
140. "Long Walk to Freedom" is the autobiography of:
A) Nelson Mandela ✅
B) Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Barack Obama
D) Kofi Annan
📘 Narrates Mandela’s journey from prison to President of South Africa.
141. Who wrote the book "Revolution 2020"?
A) Ravinder Singh
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Chetan Bhagat ✅
D) Durjoy Datta
📘 A love story entwined with politics and corruption in India.
142. "Interpreter of Maladies" is a short story collection by:
A) Anita Desai
B) Jhumpa Lahiri ✅
C) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
D) Kiran Desai
📘 Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000.
143. Who wrote "Playing It My Way"?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Sachin Tendulkar ✅
D) Rahul Dravid
📘 Autobiography of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
144. "The Discovery of India" was written by:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) B.R. Ambedkar
C) Jawaharlal Nehru ✅
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
📘 Covers India’s rich cultural heritage and history.
145. Who is the author of "Roses in December"?
A) M.C. Chagla ✅
B) Vikram Seth
C) Amrita Pritam
D) Salman Rushdie
📘 Autobiography of Indian jurist and diplomat M.C. Chagla.
146. "Freedom in Exile" is the autobiography of:
A) Dalai Lama ✅
B) Aung San Suu Kyi
C) Desmond Tutu
D) Nelson Mandela
📘 Reveals Dalai Lama’s life in exile and struggle for Tibet.
147. "An Era of Darkness" is written by:
A) Ramachandra Guha
B) William Dalrymple
C) Shashi Tharoor ✅
D) Amartya Sen
📘 Critique of British colonialism in India.
148. "The Argumentative Indian" is a book by:
A) Pavan K. Varma
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Amartya Sen ✅
D) Raghuram Rajan
📘 Essays on Indian culture, politics, and history.
149. "The Girl of My Dreams" is a novel by:
A) Ravinder Singh
B) Durjoy Datta
C) Nikita Singh
D) Durjoy Datta ✅
📘 Popular Indian fiction exploring themes of love and trauma.
150. "My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions" is authored by:
A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ✅
B) Kiran Bedi
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) Ratan Tata
📘 A motivational book reflecting Kalam’s personal life and values.
151. "The Z Factor" is the autobiography of:
A) Subhash Chandra ✅
B) Narayana Murthy
C) Azim Premji
D) Dhirubhai Ambani
📘 Founder of Zee TV and media tycoon Subhash Chandra.
152. "My Life in Full" is a memoir by:
A) Naina Lal Kidwai
B) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
C) Indra Nooyi ✅
D) Chanda Kochhar
📘 The life story of the former PepsiCo CEO.
153. "The Great Indian Novel" was written by:
A) Shashi Tharoor ✅
B) Salman Rushdie
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Aravind Adiga
📘 A satirical novel blending the Mahabharata and Indian politics.
154. "The End of Imagination" is written by:
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Arundhati Roy ✅
C) Vikram Seth
D) Jhumpa Lahiri
📘 Essays on politics, war, and nuclear arms.
155. "Wings of Fire" was co-authored by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and:
A) Arun Tiwari ✅
B) Y.S. Rajan
C) Vikram Sarabhai
D) Anil Kakodkar
📘 Autobiography covering Kalam’s early life and ISRO journey.
156. Who wrote "Train to Pakistan"?
A) Mulk Raj Anand
B) Kushwant Singh ✅
C) Manohar Malgonkar
D) Bapsi Sidhwa
📘 A poignant novel set during Partition.
157. "India After Gandhi" is a book by:
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Ramachandra Guha ✅
C) K.M. Panikkar
D) Bipan Chandra
📘 A detailed history of India post-independence.
158. "The White Tiger" is authored by:
A) Salman Rushdie
B) Aravind Adiga ✅
C) Chetan Bhagat
D) Amitav Ghosh
📘 Won the 2008 Booker Prize for its raw depiction of class struggle.
159. Who is the author of "Why I am an Atheist"?
A) Bhagat Singh ✅
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Swami Vivekananda
D) B.R. Ambedkar
📘 Written by Bhagat Singh during his imprisonment.
160. "Death of a City" is authored by:
A) Amrita Pritam
B) Mulk Raj Anand
C) Nissim Ezekiel
D) Amrita Pritam ✅
📘 A powerful portrayal of the trauma of Partition.
161. "The Ministry of Utmost Happiness" was written by:
A) Jhumpa Lahiri
B) Arundhati Roy ✅
C) Anita Desai
D) Kiran Desai
📘 A sweeping novel addressing social and political issues in India.
162. Who wrote the book "A Better India: A Better World"?
A) Ratan Tata
B) Nandan Nilekani
C) Narayana Murthy ✅
D) Azim Premji
📘 Essays and reflections by Infosys founder on nation-building.
163. "The Inheritance of Loss" is written by:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Kiran Desai ✅
C) Anita Nair
D) Vikram Seth
📘 Won the 2006 Booker Prize; deals with migration and globalization.
164. "Open" is the autobiography of:
A) Rafael Nadal
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Andre Agassi ✅
D) Roger Federer
📘 A brutally honest account of tennis legend Agassi’s life.
165. "The Lowland" is a novel by:
A) Jhumpa Lahiri ✅
B) Arundhati Roy
C) Kiran Desai
D) Anuja Chauhan
📘 Explores themes of love, loss, and political unrest.
166. "India Wins Freedom" is written by:
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ✅
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
📘 An insider’s view of India’s struggle for independence.
167. "The Test of My Life" is written by:
A) MS Dhoni
B) Yuvraj Singh ✅
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Kapil Dev
📘 Narrates his battle with cancer and comeback to cricket.
168. "Glimpses of World History" is authored by:
A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru ✅
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
📘 Written in prison as letters to his daughter Indira Gandhi.
169. Who wrote "The Paradoxical Prime Minister"?
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Ramachandra Guha
C) Shashi Tharoor ✅
D) Jairam Ramesh
📘 A critical examination of PM Narendra Modi’s leadership.
170. "A House for Mr. Biswas" was written by:
A) V.S. Naipaul ✅
B) Salman Rushdie
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Kiran Desai
📘 Semi-autobiographical novel set in colonial Trinidad.
171. "Not Just an Accountant" is the autobiography of:
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Vinod Rai ✅
C) Subramanian Swamy
D) Urjit Patel
📘 Written by former CAG of India exposing corruption.
172. "The Great Indian Middle Class" was written by:
A) Pavan K. Varma ✅
B) Shashi Tharoor
C) Arvind Panagariya
D) Gurcharan Das
📘 Analyzes socio-economic rise of the Indian middle class.
173. Who is the author of "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India"?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) R.C. Dutt
C) Dadabhai Naoroji ✅
D) M.G. Ranade
📘 Introduced the concept of the 'Drain of Wealth'.
174. "Straight from the Heart" is written by:
A) Kapil Dev ✅
B) Sourav Ganguly
C) MS Dhoni
D) Anil Kumble
📘 An autobiography by the former Indian cricket captain.
175. "The Blue Umbrella" is a children’s book by:
A) Sudha Murty
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Ruskin Bond ✅
D) Arundhati Roy
📘 A popular short novel set in Himachal Pradesh.
176. "My Truth" is the autobiography of:
A) Sonia Gandhi
B) Indira Gandhi ✅
C) Pratibha Patil
D) Meira Kumar
📘 Reveals the political and personal life of Indira Gandhi.
177. "Tales from My Heart" is written by:
A) Sudha Murty ✅
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Shobhaa De
D) Kamala Das
📘 Collection of simple, heartfelt stories from her life.
178. "By God’s Decree" is the autobiography of:
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Kapil Dev
C) Mohinder Amarnath ✅
D) Bishan Singh Bedi
📘 Indian cricketer’s personal and professional journey.
179. Who is the author of "Why I Assassinated Gandhi"?
A) Nathuram Godse ✅
B) Gopal Godse
C) V.D. Savarkar
D) Balraj Madhok
📘 Gives Nathuram Godse's justification for Gandhi's assassination.
180. "Wise and Otherwise" is written by:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Sudha Murty ✅
D) Chetan Bhagat
📘 Short stories reflecting real-life experiences across India.
181. "A Suitable Boy" is authored by:
A) Vikram Seth ✅
B) Kiran Desai
C) Jhumpa Lahiri
D) Arundhati Roy
📘 A sprawling novel about post-independence India and family choices.
182. "The White Tiger" is a novel written by:
A) Chetan Bhagat
B) Aravind Adiga ✅
C) Vikram Seth
D) Salman Rushdie
📘 Won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for its take on class struggle.
183. Who is the author of "The Discovery of India"?
A) B.R. Ambedkar
B) Jawaharlal Nehru ✅
C) Sardar Patel
D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
📘 Written during imprisonment in 1942; traces India's cultural history.
184. "Midnight's Children" was written by:
A) Salman Rushdie ✅
B) Vikram Seth
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Jhumpa Lahiri
📘 Booker Prize-winning novel based on India’s independence.
185. Who authored "Playing It My Way"?
A) Rahul Dravid
B) Virat Kohli
C) Sachin Tendulkar ✅
D) VVS Laxman
📘 Autobiography of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
186. "India Divided" is a book by:
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad ✅
C) Sardar Patel
D) C. Rajagopalachari
📘 Discusses the partition and offers alternate viewpoints.
187. Who wrote the book "The Room on the Roof"?
A) Ruskin Bond ✅
B) R.K. Narayan
C) Vikram Seth
D) Chetan Bhagat
📘 Ruskin Bond’s first novel, based on his life in Dehradun.
188. "Accidental Prime Minister" is authored by:
A) Manmohan Singh
B) Sanjaya Baru ✅
C) Shashi Tharoor
D) Pranab Mukherjee
📘 Memoir by PM's media advisor during UPA government.
189. "An Era of Darkness" is written by:
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Ramachandra Guha
C) Shashi Tharoor ✅
D) Pavan Varma
📘 Critique of British colonial rule in India.
190. Who is the author of "Train to Pakistan"?
A) Amrita Pritam
B) Khushwant Singh ✅
C) Mulk Raj Anand
D) Manohar Malgonkar
📘 Set during the 1947 Partition; known for its vivid portrayal.
191. "The God of Small Things" is a book by:
A) Arundhati Roy ✅
B) Kiran Desai
C) Anita Desai
D) Shobhaa De
📘 Won Booker Prize in 1997; a story set in Kerala.
192. "Wings of Fire" is the autobiography of:
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam ✅
C) Homi Bhabha
D) K. Sivan
📘 Covers his early life, career, and ISRO journey.
193. Who wrote "India After Gandhi"?
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Ramachandra Guha ✅
C) Rajdeep Sardesai
D) Romila Thapar
📘 A comprehensive post-independence history of India.
194. "Revolution 2020" was written by:
A) Durjoy Datta
B) Amish Tripathi
C) Chetan Bhagat ✅
D) Ravinder Singh
📘 A love triangle with themes of ambition and corruption.
195. Who authored "Ignited Minds"?
A) Vikram Sarabhai
B) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam ✅
C) Dr. Manmohan Singh
D) Raghuram Rajan
📘 Motivational book for youth of India.
196. "The Argumentative Indian" is written by:
A) Shashi Tharoor
B) Ramachandra Guha
C) Amartya Sen ✅
D) Bipan Chandra
📘 Essays on Indian history, identity, and culture.
197. "My Country My Life" is the autobiography of:
A) L.K. Advani ✅
B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) P. Chidambaram
📘 Covers his political career and ideological journey.
198. Who wrote "The 3 Mistakes of My Life"?
A) Chetan Bhagat ✅
B) Anuja Chauhan
C) Durjoy Datta
D) R.K. Narayan
📘 Fictional story based in Gujarat with themes of ambition.
199. "The Namesake" is authored by:
A) Jhumpa Lahiri ✅
B) Kiran Desai
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Anita Nair
📘 Explores immigrant identity and family dynamics.
200. "Turning Points" is a sequel to:
A) Wings of Fire ✅
B) My Experiments with Truth
C) Discovery of India
D) The Story of My Life
📘 Covers Dr. Kalam's presidency and views on nation-building.
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