Books and Authors MCQs and Notes

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Correct Answer: Option (C)
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Becoming is the memoir of former United States first lady Michelle Obama published in 2018.

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Correct Answer: Option (D)
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Wise & Otherwise: A Salute to life is a non-fiction book written by Sudha Murthy, chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and the wife of Narayan Murthy.

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Correct Answer: Option (B)
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“Reflections on the Nation in Our Time”, by Shashi Tharoor, offers insight into India's transformation, transition, and evolution as one of the most influential countries in the world.

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Correct Answer: Option (B)
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The Namesake (2003) is the debut novel by American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full-length novel.

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Correct Answer: Option (C)
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The book ' Target 3 Billion' is written by A.P.J Abdul Kalam and Srijan Pal Singh.

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Correct Answer: Option (A)
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (John Murray, London, 1859) by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. It presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution.

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Correct Answer: Option (C)
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Playing It My Way is the autobiography of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. It was launched on 5 November 2014 in Mumbai. The book summarises Tendulkar's early days, his 24 years of international career and aspects of his life that have not been shared publicly.

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Correct Answer: Option (B)
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The Silent Cry is a novel by Japanese author Kenzaburo Oe, first published in Japanese in 1967 and was awarded the Tanizaki Prize that year.

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Correct Answer: Option (A)
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The Room on the Roof is a novel written by Ruskin Bond. It was Bond's first literary venture. Bond wrote the novel when he was seventeen and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. The novel revolves around Rusty, an orphaned seventeen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy living in Dehradun.

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Correct Answer: Option (D)
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Adam Smith's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and he also had published the three-volume third edition of the Wealth of Nations, which incorporated Additions and Corrections and, for the first time, an index.