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Books and Authors: BPSC Prelims MCQs

125 practice questions on Books and Authors. Each one opens to its answer and explanation.

1. 1. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Khoye Huye Jhumkon Ka Rahasya", the Hindi translation of "The Magic of the Lost Earrings", is a book by:

   1. ASudha Murty
   2. BNamita Gokhale
   3. CJaya Kishori
   4. DRuskin Bond
   Answer and explanation →

2. 2. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Tides of Time: Bharat's History through Murals in Parliament" is written by:

   1. AAbhay K
   2. BSudha Murty
   3. CAmish Tripathi
   4. DShashi Tharoor
   Answer and explanation →

3. 3. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Who wrote "Zubeen Garg: The Voice that Bridged Worlds"?

   1. AAnupama Chopra
   2. BRaju Bharatan
   3. CProsenjit Nath
   4. DMohar Basu
   Answer and explanation →

4. 4. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Pachpan Aur Bachpan" is a book by which Union minister?

   1. ADharmendra Pradhan
   2. BShivraj Singh Chouhan
   3. CKiren Rijiju
   4. DArjun Ram Meghwal
   Answer and explanation →

5. 5. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "Apanapan: Narendra Modi Sang Mere Anubhav" is written by:

   1. AAnandiben Patel
   2. BBandaru Dattatreya
   3. CShivraj Singh Chouhan
   4. DAmit Shah
   Answer and explanation →

6. 6. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "The Bench, the Bar, and the Bizarre" and "The Lawful and the Awful" are books by:

   1. ATushar Mehta, the Solicitor General of India
   2. BK. K. Venugopal, former Attorney General of India
   3. CFali S. Nariman, constitutional jurist
   4. DJustice N. V. Ramana, former Chief Justice of India
   Answer and explanation →

7. 7. Current Affairs 2025–26

   Which of the following is true of the Solicitor General of India?

   1. AThe holder is the highest law officer of India
   2. BThe post is not created by the Constitution
   3. CThe holder is appointed by the Chief Justice
   4. DThe post is created by Article 76
   Answer and explanation →

8. 8. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "A Road Well Travelled", an autobiography, is by which former Director of the CBI?

   1. ARanjit Sinha
   2. BAlok Verma
   3. CJoginder Singh
   4. DR. K. Raghavan
   Answer and explanation →

9. 9. Current Affairs 2025–26

   "An Accidental Lawyer: My Adventures in Law and Life" is the autobiography of:

   1. AMukul Rohatgi, former Attorney General of India
   2. BK. K. Venugopal, former Attorney General of India
   3. CHarish Salve, former Solicitor General of India
   4. DFali S. Nariman, constitutional jurist
   Answer and explanation →

10. 10. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "A Woman Never Stops Fighting" is a memoir by which Nobel Peace laureate?

    1. AMalala Yousafzai
    2. BShirin Ebadi
    3. CMaria Ressa
    4. DNarges Mohammadi
    Answer and explanation →

11. 11. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Durian Flavour: India and ASEAN After a Decade of the Act East Policy" is written by:

    1. AGurjit Singh
    2. BRam Madhav
    3. CS. Jaishankar
    4. DShivshankar Menon
    Answer and explanation →

12. 12. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following books is NOT by former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane?

    1. AThe Curious and the Classified
    2. BThe Cantonment Conspiracy
    3. CReady, Relevant and Resurgent II
    4. DFour Stars of Destiny
    Answer and explanation →

13. 13. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Four Stars of Destiny" is the autobiography of:

    1. AGeneral Bipin Rawat
    2. BGeneral Manoj Mukund Naravane
    3. CGeneral Anil Chauhan
    4. DGeneral V. K. Singh
    Answer and explanation →

14. 14. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Ready, Relevant and Resurgent II: Shaping a Future Ready Force" is written by:

    1. AAdmiral Dinesh K. Tripathi
    2. BGeneral M. M. Naravane
    3. CGeneral Anil Chauhan
    4. DLt. Gen. Raj Shukla
    Answer and explanation →

15. 15. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "From Guerrilla Fighter to Chief Minister" is a memoir by:

    1. ANeiphiu Rio, Chief Minister of Nagaland
    2. BLalduhoma, Chief Minister of Mizoram
    3. CLaldenga, former Chief Minister of Mizoram
    4. DZoramthanga, former Chief Minister of Mizoram
    Answer and explanation →

16. 16. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Bindeshwar Pathak: A Renaissance Man" is written by:

    1. AAwadhesh Kumar Sharma
    2. BArvind Yadav
    3. CThomas Mathew
    4. DPriyambada Jayakumar
    Answer and explanation →

17. 17. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Bindeshwar Pathak, the subject of "A Renaissance Man", founded:

    1. AAkshaya Patra
    2. BSulabh International
    3. CGoonj
    4. DPratham
    Answer and explanation →

18. 18. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Voices in the Wind" is written by:

    1. ASudha Murty and Namita Gokhale
    2. BAnita Desai and Kiran Desai
    3. CNamita Gokhale and Malashri Lal
    4. DMalashri Lal and Arundhati Roy
    Answer and explanation →

19. 19. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Munger ki Rani" tells the story of which social media and Bigg Boss OTT star from Bihar?

    1. ASharda Sinha
    2. BAkshara Singh
    3. CMaithili Thakur
    4. DManisha Rani
    Answer and explanation →

20. 20. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Mahatma: A Great Communicator" is written by:

    1. ADr. Dhiraj Kakadia
    2. BRajmohan Gandhi
    3. CGopalkrishna Gandhi
    4. DRamachandra Guha
    Answer and explanation →

21. 21. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "It's Okay" is a book by:

    1. AJaya Kishori
    2. BSudha Murty
    3. CSadhguru
    4. DGaur Gopal Das
    Answer and explanation →

22. 22. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Triumph of the Indian Republic: My Life, My Struggles" is the autobiography of:

    1. AVenkaiah Naidu
    2. BPranab Mukherjee
    3. CPratibha Patil
    4. DRam Nath Kovind
    Answer and explanation →

23. 23. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The Eternal Statesman" is written by:

    1. ARam Madhav
    2. BVijay Goel
    3. CShivraj Singh Chouhan
    4. DAbhishek Choudhary
    Answer and explanation →

24. 24. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Believer's Dilemma: Vajpayee and the Hindu Right's Path to Power, 1977–2018" is written by:

    1. ASachin Nandha
    2. BArun Shourie
    3. CAbhishek Choudhary
    4. DVijay Goel
    Answer and explanation →

25. 25. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism", a book on Sree Narayana Guru, is written by:

    1. AShashi Tharoor
    2. BAmish Tripathi
    3. CManmohan Vaidya
    4. DHindol Sengupta
    Answer and explanation →

26. 26. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following books is by Shashi Tharoor?

    1. ABeyond the Courtroom
    2. BNarratives off the Bench
    3. COur Living Constitution
    4. DWhy the Constitution Matters
    Answer and explanation →

27. 27. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "No, Minister: Navigating Power, Politics and Bureaucracy with a Steely Resolve" is by:

    1. AT. V. Somanathan, Finance Secretary
    2. BAmitabh Kant, former CEO of NITI Aayog
    3. CVinod Rai, former CAG
    4. DSubhash Chandra Garg, former Finance Secretary
    Answer and explanation →

28. 28. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Chalice of Ambrosia: Ram Janmabhoomi – Challenge and Response" is written by:

    1. AHindol Sengupta
    2. BSurendra Kumar Pachauri
    3. CTarun Vijay
    4. DArun Shourie
    Answer and explanation →

29. 29. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Dining with Stars" is a book by film critic:

    1. AMohar Basu
    2. BAnupama Chopra
    3. CBhawana Somaaya
    4. DRajeev Masand
    Answer and explanation →

30. 30. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Longevity Code" is co-written by Dr. Sophia Pathai and which sportsperson?

    1. ASaina Nehwal
    2. BDeepa Malik
    3. CPullela Gopichand
    4. DPrakash Padukone
    Answer and explanation →

31. 31. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "You Can Have It All" is a book by:

    1. AGaur Gopal Das
    2. BChetan Bhagat
    3. CSadhguru
    4. DJaya Kishori
    Answer and explanation →

32. 32. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Eleventh Hour" is a book by:

    1. AAmitav Ghosh
    2. BPankaj Mishra
    3. CKiran Desai
    4. DSalman Rushdie
    Answer and explanation →

33. 33. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Ladakh's Unfinished Struggle: Sonam Wangchuk and the Fight for Justice" is written by:

    1. AHarinder Baweja
    2. BRam Madhav
    3. CIpsita Chakravarty
    4. DAbass Ali
    Answer and explanation →

34. 34. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "A Sixth of Humanity: Independent India's Development Odyssey" is co-written by:

    1. AAmitabh Kant and Bibek Debroy
    2. BRaghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba
    3. CArvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur
    4. DKrishnamurthy Subramanian and Arvind Panagariya
    Answer and explanation →

35. 35. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Mantra Viplav" is a book by:

    1. AArun Shourie
    2. BTarun Vijay
    3. CRam Madhav
    4. DManmohan Vaidya
    Answer and explanation →

36. 36. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Ghost-Eye", a new novel, is by:

    1. AAmitav Ghosh
    2. BKiran Desai
    3. CSalman Rushdie
    4. DArundhati Roy
    Answer and explanation →

37. 37. Current Affairs 2025–26

    Which of the following is NOT a book by Amitav Ghosh?

    1. AThe Shadow Lines
    2. BThe God of Small Things
    3. CWild Fictions
    4. DSea of Poppies
    Answer and explanation →

38. 38. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "50 Years of the Indian Emergency: Lessons for Democracy" is edited by:

    1. ACoomi Kapoor and Kuldip Nayar
    2. BSrinath Raghavan and Ramachandra Guha
    3. CPeter Ronald deSouza and Harsh Sethi
    4. DGopalkrishna Gandhi and Pankaj Mishra
    Answer and explanation →

39. 39. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Salman Khan: The Sultan of Bollywood" is written by:

    1. ARaju Bharatan
    2. BAnupama Chopra
    3. CProsenjit Nath
    4. DMohar Basu
    Answer and explanation →

40. 40. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Vigil", a novel, is by:

    1. AGeorge Saunders
    2. BMargaret Atwood
    3. CDavid Szalay
    4. DSalman Rushdie
    Answer and explanation →

41. 41. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Unseen: The Untold Story of Deepinder Goyal and the Making of Zomato" is written by:

    1. ALakshmi Subramanian
    2. BMohar Basu
    3. CMegha Vishwanath
    4. DThomas Mathew
    Answer and explanation →

42. 42. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny", shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, is by:

    1. AKiran Desai
    2. BAnindita Ghose
    3. CAnita Desai
    4. DJhumpa Lahiri
    Answer and explanation →

43. 43. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Buxi Jagabandhu: The Great Commander", on the leader of the Paika Rebellion of 1817 in Odisha, is written by:

    1. ADraupadi Murmu
    2. BNaveen Patnaik
    3. CDharmendra Pradhan
    4. DBishwabhushan Harichandan
    Answer and explanation →

44. 44. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Sing, Dance and Lead: Leadership Lessons from the Teachings of Srila Prabhupada" is written by:

    1. AShashi Tharoor
    2. BHindol Sengupta
    3. CSachin Nandha
    4. DGaur Gopal Das
    Answer and explanation →

45. 45. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Agni Sarassulo Vikasinchina Kamalam", a Telugu book, is about the life of:

    1. Aformer President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
    2. BPrime Minister Narendra Modi
    3. Cformer President Pratibha Patil
    4. DPresident Droupadi Murmu
    Answer and explanation →

46. 46. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Beyond the Courtroom: Reflections on Law, Constitution, and Nationhood" is by:

    1. ATushar Mehta
    2. BK. K. Venugopal
    3. CFali S. Nariman
    4. DJustice D. Y. Chandrachud
    Answer and explanation →

47. 47. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Democracy's Heartland: Inside the Battle for Power in South Asia" is by which former Chief Election Commissioner?

    1. AO. P. Rawat
    2. BS. Y. Quraishi
    3. CRajiv Kumar
    4. DT. N. Seshan
    Answer and explanation →

48. 48. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "M. S. Swaminathan: The Man Who Fed India" is written by:

    1. APriyambada Jayakumar
    2. BP. P. Sathyan
    3. CAwadhesh Kumar Sharma
    4. DThomas Mathew
    Answer and explanation →

49. 49. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Outsider: A Memoir for Misfits" is written by:

    1. AVir Das
    2. BAnupam Kher
    3. CKunal Kamra
    4. DChetan Bhagat
    Answer and explanation →

50. 50. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Look" is a book by:

    1. AJacinda Ardern
    2. BKamala Harris
    3. CHillary Clinton
    4. DMichelle Obama
    Answer and explanation →

51. 51. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Hum Aur Yeh Vishwa" is written by:

    1. AMohan Bhagwat
    2. BTarun Vijay
    3. CManmohan Vaidya
    4. DRam Madhav
    Answer and explanation →

52. 52. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Tested: The Remarkable Power of Resolve" is a book by which cricketer?

    1. ASteve Smith
    2. BPat Cummins
    3. CVirat Kohli
    4. DBen Stokes
    Answer and explanation →

53. 53. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Why the Constitution Matters" is written by:

    1. AJustice D. Y. Chandrachud, the 50th Chief Justice of India
    2. BJustice N. V. Ramana, the 48th Chief Justice of India
    3. CShashi Tharoor
    4. DFali S. Nariman
    Answer and explanation →

54. 54. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The One: Cricket, My Life and More" is the memoir of:

    1. ARohit Sharma
    2. BVirender Sehwag
    3. CShikhar Dhawan
    4. DYuvraj Singh
    Answer and explanation →

55. 55. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Rise of the Hitman" is a book on which cricketer?

    1. AVirat Kohli
    2. BShikhar Dhawan
    3. CSuryakumar Yadav
    4. DRohit Sharma
    Answer and explanation →

56. 56. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Different, But No Less" is a book by:

    1. ANaseeruddin Shah
    2. BAnupam Kher
    3. CPankaj Tripathi
    4. DVir Das
    Answer and explanation →

57. 57. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Finding My Way" is a memoir by:

    1. AMichelle Obama
    2. BMalala Yousafzai
    3. CJacinda Ardern
    4. DNarges Mohammadi
    Answer and explanation →

58. 58. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Mother Mary Comes to Me" is a memoir by:

    1. AArundhati Roy
    2. BKiran Desai
    3. CAnita Desai
    4. DJhumpa Lahiri
    Answer and explanation →

59. 59. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography" is written by:

    1. AArun Shourie
    2. BManmohan Vaidya
    3. CHindol Sengupta
    4. DSachin Nandha
    Answer and explanation →

60. 60. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Heartbeats: A Memoir" is by which tennis champion?

    1. ARafael Nadal
    2. BRoger Federer
    3. CBjörn Borg
    4. DBoris Becker
    Answer and explanation →

61. 61. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "They Will Shoot You, Madam: My Life Through Conflict" is by journalist:

    1. ARana Ayyub
    2. BBarkha Dutt
    3. CHarinder Baweja
    4. DIpsita Chakravarty
    Answer and explanation →

62. 62. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story" is by:

    1. AChetan Bhagat
    2. BVir Das
    3. CRavinder Singh
    4. DDurjoy Datta
    Answer and explanation →

63. 63. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Cell and the Soul: A Prison Memoir" is by:

    1. ASudha Bharadwaj
    2. BKailash Satyarthi
    3. CShahid Siddiqui
    4. DAnand Teltumbde
    Answer and explanation →

64. 64. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Diary of a Cricketer's Wife: A Very Unusual Memoir" is by:

    1. ARitika Sajdeh
    2. BPuja Pujara
    3. CSakshi Dhoni
    4. DAnushka Sharma
    Answer and explanation →

65. 65. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "107 Days" is a book by:

    1. AMichelle Obama
    2. BKamala Harris
    3. CNikki Haley
    4. DHillary Clinton
    Answer and explanation →

66. 66. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts" is by:

    1. AGeorge Saunders
    2. BJacinda Ardern
    3. CMargaret Atwood
    4. DMichelle Obama
    Answer and explanation →

67. 67. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Anashwar", the first original Hindi biography of the 14th Dalai Lama, is written by:

    1. ADr. Davendra Kumar Dhodawat
    2. BAbhay K
    3. CDr. Dinesh Shahra
    4. DDr. Arvind Yadav
    Answer and explanation →

68. 68. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Chola Tigers: The Avengers of Somnath" is a novel by:

    1. AAmish Tripathi
    2. BAshwin Sanghi
    3. CAnuja Chauhan
    4. DDevdutt Pattanaik
    Answer and explanation →

69. 69. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Source Code: My Beginnings" is the memoir of:

    1. AElon Musk
    2. BSteve Jobs
    3. CBill Gates
    4. DSatya Nadella
    Answer and explanation →

70. 70. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "A Different Kind of Power" is the memoir of:

    1. AJacinda Ardern, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
    2. BTheresa May, former Prime Minister of the UK
    3. CKamala Harris, former Vice-President of the USA
    4. DSanna Marin, former Prime Minister of Finland
    Answer and explanation →

71. 71. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "In Praise of Coalition Politics and Other Essays on Indian Democracy" is written by:

    1. ARam Madhav
    2. BShashi Tharoor
    3. CShahid Siddiqui
    4. DManoj Kumar Jha
    Answer and explanation →

72. 72. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The New World: 21st Century Global Order and India" is written by:

    1. AS. Jaishankar
    2. BRam Madhav
    3. CGurjit Singh
    4. DShivshankar Menon
    Answer and explanation →

73. 73. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Why Bharat Matters" is a book by:

    1. AShashi Tharoor
    2. BAmitabh Kant
    3. CRam Madhav
    4. DDr. S. Jaishankar
    Answer and explanation →

74. 74. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Tamils: A Portrait of a Community" is written by:

    1. AShashi Tharoor
    2. BNirmala Lakshman
    3. CGopalkrishna Gandhi
    4. DLakshmi Subramanian
    Answer and explanation →

75. 75. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India" is written by:

    1. ASrinath Raghavan
    2. BRamachandra Guha
    3. CSanjeev Chopra
    4. DShahid Siddiqui
    Answer and explanation →

76. 76. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts" is written by:

    1. AVikram Sampath
    2. BRam Madhav
    3. CArun Shourie
    4. DSachin Nandha
    Answer and explanation →

77. 77. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Wings of Valour: True Stories of the Indian Air Force's Daring Operations" is written by:

    1. ARachna Bisht Rawat
    2. BGeetika Lidder
    3. CSwapnil Pandey
    4. DHarinder Baweja
    Answer and explanation →

78. 78. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Chunautiyan Mujhe Pasand Hai" is written by:

    1. AAnandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar Pradesh
    2. BSumitra Mahajan, former Lok Sabha Speaker
    3. CDroupadi Murmu, President of India
    4. DSmriti Irani, former Union minister
    Answer and explanation →

79. 79. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Ratan Tata: A Life" is written by:

    1. APriyambada Jayakumar
    2. BThomas Mathew
    3. CLakshmi Subramanian
    4. DMegha Vishwanath
    Answer and explanation →

80. 80. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "I, Witness: India from Nehru to Narendra Modi" is written by:

    1. AKuldip Nayar
    2. BSrinath Raghavan
    3. CGopalkrishna Gandhi
    4. DShahid Siddiqui
    Answer and explanation →

81. 81. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Operation SINDOOR: The Untold Story of India's Deep Strikes Inside Pakistan" is written by:

    1. AGeneral Anil Chauhan
    2. BGeneral Manoj Mukund Naravane
    3. CLt. Gen. (Retd.) Raj Shukla
    4. DLt. Gen. (Retd.) K. J. S. Dhillon
    Answer and explanation →

82. 82. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Chief Minister and the Spy: An Unlikely Friendship" is written by:

    1. AA. S. Dulat, former chief of RAW
    2. BAjit Doval, National Security Adviser
    3. CVikram Sood, former chief of RAW
    4. DR. K. Raghavan, former CBI Director
    Answer and explanation →

83. 83. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "LEO: The Untold Story of Chennai Super Kings" is written by:

    1. AK. Arumugam
    2. BChris McLeod
    3. CP. S. Raman
    4. DR. Kaushik
    Answer and explanation →

84. 84. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Great Conciliator: Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Transformation of India" is written by:

    1. AGopalkrishna Gandhi
    2. BSanjeev Chopra
    3. CAshok Gopal
    4. DSrinath Raghavan
    Answer and explanation →

85. 85. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Narratives off the Bench: A Judge Speaks" is by:

    1. AJustice D. Y. Chandrachud, the 50th Chief Justice of India
    2. BJustice Ranjan Gogoi, the 46th Chief Justice of India
    3. CJustice Surya Kant, the 53rd Chief Justice of India
    4. DJustice N. V. Ramana, the 48th Chief Justice of India
    Answer and explanation →

86. 86. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Diyaslai" is the autobiography of:

    1. AKailash Satyarthi
    2. BBindeshwar Pathak
    3. CSonam Wangchuk
    4. DAnand Teltumbde
    Answer and explanation →

87. 87. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Stumped: Life Behind and Beyond the Twenty-Two Yards" is the autobiography of:

    1. AMohinder Amarnath
    2. BSyed Kirmani
    3. CKiran More
    4. DFarokh Engineer
    Answer and explanation →

88. 88. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Fearless: A Memoir" is by which member of India's 1983 World Cup team?

    1. AKapil Dev
    2. BSyed Kirmani
    3. CMohinder Amarnath
    4. DSunil Gavaskar
    Answer and explanation →

89. 89. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "HOPE: The Autobiography" is by:

    1. APope Francis
    2. BThe Dalai Lama
    3. CDesmond Tutu
    4. DPope Benedict XVI
    Answer and explanation →

90. 90. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Janta Ki Kahani Meri Aatmkatha" is the autobiography of:

    1. AVenkaiah Naidu
    2. BBandaru Dattatreya
    3. CRam Nath Kovind
    4. DAnandiben Patel
    Answer and explanation →

91. 91. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The World After Gaza" is written by:

    1. ASalman Rushdie
    2. BAmitav Ghosh
    3. CPankaj Mishra
    4. DShashi Tharoor
    Answer and explanation →

92. 92. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "How India Scaled Mt G20: The Inside Story of the G20 Presidency" is written by:

    1. AS. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister
    2. BHarsh Vardhan Shringla, G20 Chief Coordinator
    3. CKrishnamurthy Subramanian, former Chief Economic Adviser
    4. DAmitabh Kant, India's G20 Sherpa
    Answer and explanation →

93. 93. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "India Before the Ambanis: A History of Indian Business, Money, and Economy" is written by:

    1. ALakshmi Subramanian
    2. BThomas Mathew
    3. CNirmala Lakshman
    4. DMegha Vishwanath
    Answer and explanation →

94. 94. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Bring It On" is written by:

    1. ASaina Nehwal, badminton player
    2. BDr. Deepa Malik, Paralympic medallist
    3. CSakshi Malik, Olympic wrestler
    4. DMary Kom, boxer
    Answer and explanation →

95. 95. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Witness" is the memoir of which wrestler?

    1. AVinesh Phogat
    2. BBabita Phogat
    3. CGeeta Phogat
    4. DSakshi Malik
    Answer and explanation →

96. 96. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India" is written by:

    1. ARajmohan Gandhi
    2. BSrinath Raghavan
    3. CGopalkrishna Gandhi
    4. DShahid Siddiqui
    Answer and explanation →

97. 97. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Nalanda: How It Changed the World" is written by:

    1. AShashi Tharoor
    2. BHindol Sengupta
    3. CSudha Murty
    4. DAbhay K
    Answer and explanation →

98. 98. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of B. R. Ambedkar" is written by:

    1. ASanjeev Chopra
    2. BAshok Gopal
    3. CAnand Teltumbde
    4. DD. S. Veeraiah
    Answer and explanation →

99. 99. Current Affairs 2025–26

    "Careless People", a book about Facebook, is by:

    1. ASheryl Sandberg
    2. BFrances Haugen
    3. CSarah Wynn-Williams
    4. DShoshana Zuboff
    Answer and explanation →

100. 100. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Save America" is a book by:

     1. ADonald Trump
     2. BJoe Biden
     3. CKamala Harris
     4. DJ. D. Vance
     Answer and explanation →

101. 101. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "India @100: Envisioning Tomorrow's Economic Powerhouse" is by:

     1. AArvind Subramanian, the 16th Chief Economic Adviser
     2. BV. Anantha Nageswaran, the Chief Economic Adviser
     3. CKrishnamurthy V. Subramanian, the 17th Chief Economic Adviser
     4. DRaghuram Rajan, former RBI Governor
     Answer and explanation →

102. 102. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future" is co-written by:

     1. AArvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur
     2. BAbhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
     3. CKaushik Basu and Amartya Sen
     4. DRaghuram G. Rajan and Rohit Lamba
     Answer and explanation →

103. 103. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Asha Bhosle: The Voice of a Thousand Moods" is written by:

     1. AAnupama Chopra
     2. BRaju Bharatan
     3. CMohar Basu
     4. DProsenjit Nath
     Answer and explanation →

104. 104. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "India's First Olympic Gold" is written by:

     1. AK. Arumugam
     2. BP. S. Raman
     3. CR. Kaushik
     4. DBoria Majumdar
     Answer and explanation →

105. 105. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "The Library Man of India" is a biography of:

     1. AP. N. Panicker, father of Kerala's library movement
     2. BVerghese Kurien, father of the White Revolution
     3. CBindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh
     4. DS. R. Ranganathan, father of library science in India
     Answer and explanation →

106. 106. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Slow Living: What You Can Do About Climate Change" is co-written by:

     1. AVandana Shiva and Dia Mirza
     2. BVandana Shiva and Shreya Jani
     3. CSunita Narain and Shreya Jani
     4. DMedha Patkar and Sunita Narain
     Answer and explanation →

107. 107. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "When Audit Matters: CAG Interventions That Made a Difference" is written by:

     1. AR. K. Raghavan, former CBI Director
     2. BSubhash Chandra Garg, former Finance Secretary
     3. CVinod Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General
     4. DGirish Chandra Murmu, former CAG
     Answer and explanation →

108. 108. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Karuna: The Power of Compassion" is a book by:

     1. AJaya Kishori
     2. BThe Dalai Lama
     3. CGaur Gopal Das
     4. DKailash Satyarthi
     Answer and explanation →

109. 109. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "The Emergency Diaries: Years that Forged a Leader" is about whose experiences during the Emergency of 1975–77?

     1. AAtal Bihari Vajpayee's
     2. BJayaprakash Narayan's
     3. CL. K. Advani's
     4. DNarendra Modi's
     Answer and explanation →

110. 110. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform" is a book on India's first Chief of Defence Staff, written by:

     1. ARachna Bisht Rawat
     2. BSwapnil Pandey
     3. CHarinder Baweja
     4. DGeetika Lidder
     Answer and explanation →

111. 111. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Sanskriti ka Paanchva Adhyay" is:

     1. Aa study of Vedic culture by the Sahitya Akademi
     2. Ba collection of speeches by PM Narendra Modi
     3. Ca novel by Vinod Kumar Shukla
     4. Da history of Indian art by Ram Bahadur Rai
     Answer and explanation →

112. 112. Current Affairs 2025–26

     Who won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025 in Hindi, for the poetry book "Phir Ugna"?

     1. ASushil Shukla
     2. BAdvait Kottary
     3. CParvati Tirkey
     4. DNeha Jha Mani
     Answer and explanation →

113. 113. Current Affairs 2025–26

     Who won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025 in English, for "Siddhartha: The Boy Who Became the Buddha"?

     1. ANitin Kushalappa M. P.
     2. BAnindita Ghose
     3. CAdvait Kottary
     4. DAbhay K
     Answer and explanation →

114. 114. Current Affairs 2025–26

     Neha Rubab won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025 in Urdu for a book on which freedom fighter from Bihar?

     1. AAbdul Bari
     2. BShafi Daudi
     3. CMaulana Mazharul Hasan
     4. DMazharul Haque
     Answer and explanation →

115. 115. Current Affairs 2025–26

     Who won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2025 in Hindi?

     1. ASushil Shukla, for "Ek Batey Bara"
     2. BMamta Kalia, for "Jeete Jee Allahabad"
     3. CMunni Kamat, for "Chukka"
     4. DParvati Tirkey, for "Phir Ugna"
     Answer and explanation →

116. 116. Current Affairs 2025–26

     Which of the following won a main Sahitya Akademi Award in 2025?

     1. AParvati Tirkey, for "Phir Ugna"
     2. BMamta Kalia, for "Jeete Jee Allahabad"
     3. CSushil Shukla, for "Ek Batey Bara"
     4. DAdvait Kottary, for "Siddhartha"
     Answer and explanation →

117. 117. Current Affairs 2025–26

     The Sahitya Akademi gives its awards in how many languages?

     1. A22
     2. B23
     3. C24
     4. D25
     Answer and explanation →

118. 118. Current Affairs 2025–26

     Navtej Sarna won a Sahitya Akademi Award in 2025 for which English novel?

     1. AThe Book of Nanak
     2. BWinter Evenings
     3. CIndians at Herod's Gate
     4. DCrimson Spring
     Answer and explanation →

119. 119. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Modi's Mission" is written by:

     1. ABerjis Desai
     2. BR. Bala Subramanian
     3. CAdish C. Aggarwala
     4. DAishwarya Pandit
     Answer and explanation →

120. 120. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Witness" (the memoir of Sakshi Malik) and "Bring It On" (by Deepa Malik) are both by:

     1. AIndian women judges of High Courts
     2. BIndian women Olympic or Paralympic medallists
     3. CIndian women IPS officers in Haryana
     4. DIndian-origin women astronauts of NASA
     Answer and explanation →

121. 121. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "The Unyielding Judge" is a book on the life of:

     1. AJustice H. R. Khanna
     2. BJustice V. R. Krishna Iyer
     3. CJustice A. N. Grover
     4. DJustice P. N. Bhagwati
     Answer and explanation →

122. 122. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Shooting Straight" is a military biography of:

     1. AGeneral Bipin Rawat
     2. BLt. Gen. Rostum K. Nanavatty
     3. CField Marshal Sam Manekshaw
     4. DGeneral K. Sundarji
     Answer and explanation →

123. 123. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Dalai Lama's Secret to Happiness" is written by:

     1. APico Iyer
     2. BGaur Gopal Das
     3. CDr. Arvind Yadav
     4. DDr. Dinesh Shahra
     Answer and explanation →

124. 124. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "AI on Trial" is written by:

     1. ASujeet Kumar and Tauseef Alam
     2. BRaghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba
     3. CAmitabh Kant and Sanjeev Sanyal
     4. DNandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani
     Answer and explanation →

125. 125. Current Affairs 2025–26

     "Ramanujan: Journey of a Great Mathematician" is written by:

     1. AArun Singhal and Dr. Devendra Kumar Sharma
     2. BRobert Kanigel and Bruce Berndt
     3. CAbhay K and Pavan K. Varma
     4. DJayant Narlikar and Ajit Kembhavi
     Answer and explanation →