GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ
National Book Trust
Maharashtra Government
Central Government
None of the above
Name the author of the Essay which has recently
been scrapped from the History syllabus by Delhi
University, following violent protests?
Romila Thapar
R.S. Sharma
A.K. Ramanujan
Imam Bukhari
Name the debut novelist who bagged the ‘The Hindu
Literary Prize’ for Best Fiction 2011 for his book ‘The Sly
Company of People Who Care’.
Anjali Joseph
Arvind Adiga
Giselle Mehta
Rahul Bhattacharya
Which novelist won the Man Booker International
Prize for the year 2011?
Chinua Achebe
Philip Roth
Ismail Kadare
Yann Martel
Ghulam Nabi Aatish, a noted Kashmiri writer and
poet, recently bagged the prestigious Sahitya Akademi
Award (Children’s category) for which of the following
books?
Abdullah – 2
Nov Kehtsha Mentsha
Kuhar mein Kiran
Dastak
‘My World Within’ is a recently published collection of poems of which prominent politician?
Jairam Ramesh
Kapil Sibal
Narendra Modi
Digvijay Singh
Name the seventh part of controversial author
Taslima Nasreen’s autobiography, which was recently
released in Kolkata.
Amar Meyebela
Utal Hawa
Ka
Nirbasan
Which prominent journalist was the author of ‘Zero
Dial: The Dangerous World of Informers’, who was shot
dead in June, 2011?
Vijay Pratap Singh
Jyotirmoy Dey
Ashok Sodhi
Asiya Jeelani
What was the theme of the New Delhi World Book
Fair, 2012?
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Cinema
Digitization of books
Books for Change
Who was presented with the Vodafone Crossword
Book Award, India’s biggest private sector award, for
his/her book ‘Jimmy the Terrorist’ in the English Fiction
category?
Anjali Joseph
Omair Ahmad
Ranjit Lal
Amitav Ghosh
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature was recently
conferred on Shehan Karunatilaka, a Sri Lankan author
based in
Singapore
China
India
Pakistan
Name the author of the recently released controversial book ‘Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India’.
Alfred A Knopf
Joseph Lelyveld
Mark Shepard
Louis Fischer
Julian Barnes, who won the 2011 Man Booker Prize, hails from which country?
Italy
Mexico
England
Russia
Which famed writer was awarded the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book for the book ‘The Memory of Love’?
Julian Barnes
Danielle Steel
Toni Morrison
Aminatta Forna
Which author/poet has won the Costa Poetry Prize for the year 2011 for the book ‘The Bees’?
Christie Watson
Julian Barnes
Carol Ann Duffy
Andrew Miller
Recently released book ‘Who killed Hammarskjold?’ which deals with the controversies surrounding the mysterious death of former UN Secretary General Dan Hammarskjold is written by ?
Susan Williams
Susan Joyak
Harold Scherbatsky
None of the above
‘The Elephant, The Tiger and The Cellphone’ is authored by
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Shashi Tharoor
Amartya Sen
Arun Shourie
Name the author who became the first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in March, 2012 for her book ‘Please Look After Mom’.
Yu Xuanji
Tie Ning
Kiran Desai
Shin Kyung-sook
“Steve Jobs”, the recently released authorized biography of Steve Jobs is written by
Jeffery S. Young
William L. Simon
Walter Isaacson
None of the above
Which book written by Imran Khan, former Pakistani cricketer and politician, was recalled in view of incorrect labelling of Kashmir on the map?
Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan
All Round View
Imran: The Autobiography of Imran Khan
Pakistan: A Personal History
For which of the following books was Edith Pearlman awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for the year 2011 (Fiction)?
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Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories
Song of Solomon
Liberty’s Exiles
Who is the author of ‘The Muddy River’, a recently released novel on red-tapism and public sector corruption?
P.A. Krishnan
Narendra Modi
Shashi Tharoor
Ramachandra Guha
Which book, authored by Siddhartha Mukherjee, was recently conferred the prestigious ‘Guardian First Book Award 2011’?
A Visit From the Goon Squad
The Emperor of All Maladies
The Sense of An Ending
The Submission
Who is the author of the books ‘Expression of Thoughts’ and ‘Izhar-e-Khayal’, recently released by the Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari?
K. Rahman Khan
Arun Jaitley
Somnath Chatterjee
Hazrat Maulana Rabe Hasan Nadwi Sahab
Which author has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize, 2011 for his book ‘The Wandering Falcon’?
Samanth Subramanian
D.K. Gulati
Jamil Ahmad
None of the above
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