Books Authors interview questions

Who is the author of “A River Sutra”?

1. Nirad C Choudhari
2. VS Naipual
3. Vikram Seth
4. Gita Mehta

Who wrote ‘Akbarnama’?

1. Akbar
2. Abul Fazal
3. Bhagawan Das
4. Birbal

Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Namesake’?

1. Jhumpa Lahiri
2. Arundhati Roy
3. Amitav Ghosh
4. Kiran Desai

In which categories, did Marie Curie win her two different Nobel Prizes?

1. Physics and Medicine
2. Chemistry and Medicine
3. Physics and Chemistry
4. Chemistry and Peace

Who among the following has authored the book Hind Swaraj?

1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. MG Ranade
4. Mahatma Gandhi

The Impressionist is a book written by

1. Giani Zail Singh
2. Hari Kunzru
3. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
4. K.R. Narayanan 

Which one of the following is the recipient of the first Dayawati Modi Award for art, culture and education?

1. Dharmavir Bharati 
2. B.V. Karanth
3. Amitabh Bachchan
4. Ashok Vajpayee

Feroz Gandhi award is given for outstanding performance in the field of

1. Medical Research
2. Social Service
3. Environmental Preservation
4. Journalism

Saraswati Samman is given annually for outstanding contribution to

1. Literature
2. Education
3. Classical Music
4. Fine Arts

An autobiography of a Yogi is a book written by

1. Tony Blair
2. Orham Pamuk
3. Paramhansa Yogananda
4. None of the above

Who is the author of the book ‘The Rights of Man’?

1. Thomas Mann
2. Thomas Hardy
3. Thomas Paine
4. Thomas Moore

Who is the author of the book ‘Conquest of Self’?

1. S Radhakrishnan
2. Aurobindo Ghosh
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Sharad Joshi Samman is awarded for

1. Cartoon
2. Trade Union Activity
3. Satire and essay
4. Social Service

Which of the following films won the ‘Best Foreign Language Film – Oscar Award in March 2002’?

1. The Red Violin
2. All About My Mother
3. Boys Don’t Cry
4. No Man’s Land

‘Salman Rushdie’ latest novel is

1. Grimns
2. The Moor’s Last Sigh
3. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
4. Shame

The first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature is

1. Toni Morrison
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Martin Luther King
4. Arther Ashe

Which of the following famous finance journals of international repute confers ‘Finance Minister of Year’ award?

1. Money Matters
2. Dalal Street
3. Business Standard
4. Euro money

Who is the author of the book ‘Truth, Love, and A Little Malice’?

1. Mulk Raj Anand
2. Khushwant Singh
3. Subramanya Swamy
4. Nirad C. Chaudhury

Which of the following has been conferred the PRSI (Public Relations Society of India) award, 2003 for being public sector?

1. ONGC 
2. IOC
3. HPCL
4. BPCL

Which one among the following films won the Prestigious Golden Globe Award, 2013 in the best motion picture ‘Drama’ category?

1. Argo
2. Lincoln
3. Life of Pi
4. Les Miserables

To integrate cultural leaders into its meetings, which of the following gives ‘Crystal Award’?

1. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2. Asia Pacific Economic cooperation
3. World Health Organization
4. World Economic Forum

The Nobel Prize for Literature 2002 was given to

1. Margaret Atwood
2. Imre Kertesz
3. Arundhati Roy
4. None of these

Who among the following wrote the book ‘Ayodhya : 6 December 1992’?

1. P.V. Narasimha Rao
2. Jaswant Singh
3. Chandra Shekhar
4. Arun Shourie

The author of the book "India Wins Freedom" is

1. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Kuldeep Nayyar

The Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Prize with whom of the following?

1. Al Gore
2. Bill Clinton
3. John Howard
4. Ban-ki-Moon

Sabin Award is given for the conservation of

1. reptiles
2. amphibians
3. corals
4. birds

Who was awarded UNESCO Peace Education award for 2002?

1. Kofi Annan
2. City Montessory School, Lucknow
3. P.N. Bhagwati
4. None of these

The famous Palme de’ or (Golden Palm) is awarded

1. film director
2. travel writer
3. painter
4. sculptor

Polar music award is given by the government of

1. Philippines
2. Sweden
3. Germany
4. U.S.A.

Who among the following has written the book, ‘The Wings of Fire : An Autobiography’?

1. Atal Behari Vajpayee 
2. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
3. Shobha De
4. K.R. Narayanan