General Knowledge / Books And Authors List1. “The People’s President: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam” which is recently launched, written by – Shri S M Khan2. “Akhada” the book recently launched is the authorized biography of which person -Mahavir Singh Phogat 3. “Cyber Pathshala” book recently released by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar is it an over – Cyber Vocabulary 4. “The People’s Maharaja” the book recently released in Chandigarh is written over – Former Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh 5. World’s first comprehensive Braille atlas, which was released in February 2017, was prepared by – National Atlas And Thematic Mapping Organization 6. “The hit girl” is based on the life of – Asha Parekh Bollywood actress 7. The book “Winning like Virat: Think and Succeed like Kohli” is authored by – Abhirup Bhattacharya 8. The name of world’s first philosophical novel on God that was presented recently by Union Minister Kiren rijiju is – “Confession of a dying man: the blind faith of atheism” 9. The decision to open Book bank in all schools has been taken by which state – Punjab 10. The name of the village in Maharashtra, which is India’s first book village is – Bhilar village 11. The book” Matoshree “authored by Sumitra Mahajan is based on – Legendary Devi Ahilyabai Holkar ruler of Holkar Empire 12. World book and copyright day is celebrated on – 23rd April 2017 13. The theme of world book and copyright day was – Quotes Wishes Slogans Greetings 14. The era of Darkness is authored by – Shashi Tharoor 15. The ancient book Panchatantra was written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma 16. The famous ancient book Ashtdhaiya was written by – Panini 17. The book” Romancing with Life “was written by – Dev Anand 18. “Da Vinci Code” was written by – Dan Brown 19. The authors of “Panchasiddhantika” the Indian Tomb about astronomy was – Varahmihir 20. Famous book “Harsh Charitra” was written by – Banabhatta 21. Who has won Man Booker Prize 2017 – David Grossman for “A Horse Walks Into a Bar” 22. Who has conferred the 52nd Jnanpith – Sankha Ghosh 23. The famous book “Flood of Fire” has been authored by: Amitav Ghosh 24. “Making India Awesome” is one of the best works of: Chetan Bhagat 25. “And then One Day: A Memoir” is the autobiography of ‐ Nasiruddin Shah 26. “Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician” is based on the life of – Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Spiritual Father of Pakistan) 27. “India at Risk” was authored by ‐ Jaswant Singh 28. “The Unbreakable” is the autobiography of – Mary kom 29. “The God of Small Things” is the work of – Arundhati Roy 30. “My Country My Life” was authored by which Indian politician ‐ L.K.Advani 31. “You can win” was authored by – Shiv Khera 32. “The Merchant of Venice” is one of the famous works of – William Shakespeare 33. “The Origin of Species” which explore facts about heredity was written by – Charles Darvin 34. The Harry Potter series was authored by – J.K. Rowling 35. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2017 is awarded to – Colson Whitehead for “The Underground Railroad” 36. “Interpreter of Maladies” is a work of ‐ Jhumpa Lahiri 37. Man Booker prize is awarded to – Book in English and published in the UK 38. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2016 Winner was – Viet Thanh Nguyen for “the sympathizer” 39. “Joseph Anton” is the autobiography of ‐ Sulman Rushdie 40. “Why I Assassinated Gandhi” was written by – Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse 41. The ancient book “Indica” was written by – Magastheneas 42. “The Lives of Others” is the famous book of – Neel Mukherjee 43. “One Life is Not Enough” is written by – Natwar Singh 44. “My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Action” is a book written by – A P J Abdul Kalam 45. “Waiting for the Mahatma” is a famous book by – R.K. Narayanan 46. Man Booker prize 2016 was won by – Paul Beatty for “the sellout” 47. The famous book “My Truth” was authored by – Indira Gandhi 48. The famous book lowland, which was also a nominee for Man Booker Prize 2013 was written by – Jhumpa Lahiri 49. “Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years” was authored by – Pranab Mukherjee 50. The controversial book “The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh” was written by – Sanjay Baru51. Who had written famous ancient book “Arthashastra” –Kutilya51. Who had written famous ancient book “Arthashastra” –Kutilya 51. Who had written famous ancient book “Arthashastra” –Kutilya 52. Akbarnama was written by – Abul Fazal 53. The famous book “Women and men in life” was a work of – Khushwant Singh 54. “War of Indian Independence” was written by – VD Savarkar 55. “Waiting for the Mahatma” was written by – RK Narayanan 56. Famous book “Unhappy India” was authored by – Lala Lajpat Rai 57. The author of “Gita Rahasya” – Bal Gangadhar Tilak 58. The ancient book “Ritu samhara” was written by – kali das 59. “Savitri” was authored by – Aurobindo Ghosh 60. “Sceptre flute” was written by – Sarojini Naidu 61. “Punjab, the Knights of falsehood”, the famous book over Punjab incidents was written by – KPS Gill 62. “ Wake up India” was written by – Annie Besant 63. The author of famous book “Second world war” – Winston Churchill 64. “Mahabharata” was written by – Ved Vyasa 65. “Gitanjali” was written by – Rabindra Nath Tagore 66. The author of famous book “Rangbhumi” was – Prem Chand 67. Ramcharit Manas – Tulsidas 68. The author of “Prisoner’s scrapbook” – LK Advani 69. “Operation Blue Star, the untold story” was authored by – Lt Gen KS Brar 70. The author of “Bunch of Old Letters” was – Jawaharlal Nehru 71. “By God’s Decree” was written by– Kapil Dev 72. “Conquest of self” was written by – Mahatma Gandhi 73. The author of “Devdas” was – Sarat Chandra Chatterjee 74. “East West” was authored by – Salman Rushdie 75. “Economic Planning of India” was written by – Ashok Mehta 76. The author of “Midnight’s children” was – Salman Rushdie 77. The writer of “Witness to history” was – Prem Bhatia 78. The author of “Indian home rule” – MK Gandhi 79. “Romeo and Juliet” the famous piece of romance was authored by – William Shakespeare 80. The author of scientific book “Principia” was – Isaac Newton 81. “Politics” was written by – Aristotle 82. “Pakistan-The Gathering Storm” was a work of – Benazir Bhutto 83. “Tarkash” was written by – Javed Akhtar 84. “Voice of Conscience” was authored by – VV Giri 85. The ancient book “Mudra Rakshasa” was written by – Vishakha Dutta 86. The author of “It is always possible” – Kiran Bedi 87. “India’s economic crisis” a masterpiece of ebony was written by – Dr. Bimal Jalan 88. The author of “The foreign policy of India” – I K Gujral 89. The author of “Our films, their films” – Satyajit Ray 90. “Prem Pachisi” was written by – Prem Chand 91. “Rajtarangini” was a work of – Kalhana 92. During the independence war, “Savitri” was written by – Arvindo Ghosh 93. “Mein Kampf” was written by which famous personality – Adolf Hitler 94. The author of “Path to power” – Margaret Thatcher 95. “The rape of the lock” was written by – Alexander pope 96. The author of “Raj: The Making & Unmaking of British India” – Lawrence James 97. The famous book “My Experiment With Truth” was authored by – MK Gandhi 98. “Padmavati” the famous book belonging to medieval era was written by- Malik Mohammed Jayasi 99. “Prithviraj Raso” was authored by – Chand Bardai 100. The author of holy book was “Ramayana”- Tulsidas. 101. Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World Dalai Lama 102. I Witness: Partial Observations Kapil Sibal 103. The Art of Living - A Guide to Contentment, Joy and Fulfilment Dalai Lama 104. Pax Indica: India and the world of the 21st Century Dr. Shashi Tharoor 105. The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk Sudha Murthy 106. A Better India: A Better World NR Narayana Murthy 107. India - My Beloved Dominique Lapierre 108. Dare to Do: For the New Generation Kiran Bedi 109. Kashmir: The Unwritten History Christopher Snedden 110. Walking with Lions : Tales from a Diplomatic Past K Natwar Singh 111. The Hanging of Afzal Guru Arundhati Roy 112. The Shadow Of The Crescent Moon Fatima Bhutto 113. The Oath of the Vayuputras Amish Tripathi 114. The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald 115. India: The Future is Now Shashi Tharoor 116. Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee 117. And Then One Day Naseeruddin Shah 118. Getting India Back on Track Ratan Tata 119. One Life is Not Enough Natwar Singh 120. Not Just an Accountant: The diary of the nation's conscience keeper Vinod Rai (Former CAG) 121. Half Lion: How PV Narsimha Rao transformed India Vinay Satpati 122. Who Moved my Interest Rate D. Subba Rao (Former RBI governor) 123. One Indian Girl Chetan Bhagat 124. Rebooting India - Realizing a Billion Aspirations Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah 125. Mrs. Funnybones Twinkle Khanna 126. The Case that Shook India Prashant Bhushan 127. Lone Fox Dancing Ruskin Bond 128. Guns and Thighs Ram Gopal Varma 129. An Unsuitable Boy Karan Johar with Poonam Saxena 130. Atalji ne kaha Brijendra Rehi 131. Moving On, Moving Forward Venkaiah Naidu 132. The Upside Down King Sudha Murthy 133. Pyjamas are Forgiving Twinkle Khanna 134. The Paradoxical Prime Minister Shashi Tharoor 135. The Last Girl: My story of captivity and fight against the Islamic State Nadia Murad 136. I Do What I Do Raghuram Rajan 137. Quichotte Salman Rushdie 138. We are Displaced Malala Yousafzai 139. The Third Pillar Dr. Raghuram Rajan Home Back |