General Knowledge - Books and Authors

• The End of Alice was written by?

     A.     Meena Alexander
     B.     Shaila Abdullah
     C.     Alfonso Cuaron
     D.     Amy M Homes 

     Ans D

• J K Rowling  is the author of the book?

     A.     Story and Other Stories
     B.     The Casual Vacancy
     C.     The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories
     D.     Those who had known love

     Ans B

• "Last Man in Tower" novel is written by which one of the following?

     A.     Tulsi Badrinath
     B.     Meena Alexander
     C.     Aravind Adiga
     D.     Samina Ali

     Ans C

• Sugathakumari is the author of the book?

     A.     The Wings of Darkness
     B.     Smack
     C.     Break It Down
     D.     Cast me out if you will

     Ans A

• My Story is autobiography of ?

     A.     Ela Bhatt
     B.     Kamala Surayya 
     C.     Arundhati Roy
     D.     Anjali Banerjee

     Ans B

Books and Authors general knowledge questions

The book 'To Live or Not Live' was written by?
A.     J.R.D. Tata
B.     Alexandra Dumas
C.     Nirad C. Chaudhuri
D.     Robert Browing

Ans C



Who wrote "A Voice for Freedom"?
A.     Arnold Toynbee
B.     Benazir Bhutto
C.     Nayantara Sahgal
D.     Bertrand Russel

Ans C



Who wrote "Island of Truth"
A.     J.R.D. Tata
B.     Jagmohan
C.     Nirad C. Chaudhuri
D.     Robert Browing   

Ans B



'In Custody', an English novel is written by which one of the following?
A.     V.S. Naipaul
B.     Arundhati Roy
C.     Khushwant Singh
D.     Anita Desai

Ans D



Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book
A.     Island of Truth
B.     Unhappy India
C.     The Challenge of our Cities
D.     Hind Swaraj

Ans B

Current affairs April 2013

Chris Gayle

• Chris Gayle hit the fastest ever century in the history of cricket by reaching 100 in merely 30 balls during RCB vs. Pune Warriors match on 23 April 2013.

• The largest biogas plant of the world was inaugurated on 12 March 2013 in Finland

• Prayag Chauhan Won Gold Medal at ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships 2013

• Takehiko Nakao elected as the President Asian Development Bank Board 

• Jai Chandiram, the former Deputy Director-General of Doordarshan and renowned media person on 26 April 2013 was awarded with the lifetime achievement award by the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT).

• Sunil Bharti Mittal, the Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce

• Giorgio Napolitano Re-elected as the President of Italy to serve a Second Term.

Margaret Thatcher

• Margaret Thatcher Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain Died

• Belgian Mathematician Pieree Deligne won the Abel Prize 2013

• Ravuri Bharadwaja, 86, the Telgu writer on 17 April 2013 was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012

• India’s only Women Chief Election Commissioner Ramadevi Died at 79.She also was the governor of Karnataka & HP.

• Adam Johnson’s novel The Orphan Master’s son won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013.

• Krishna Kumar Natrajan appointed as the New Chief of NASSCOM.

• Serena Williams Won the Family Circle Cup 2013; Defeated Jelena Jankovic

• Rahi Sarnobat Clinched Gold at ISSF World Cup in 25-M Pistol Event.

• S Gopalakrishnan elected as new President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 

 

Abhilash Tomy

 

• Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-Stop on a sail boat. On return he was welcomed by the President of India.

Budget 2013-14 related questions and answers

According to the Census 2011, the percentage of Urban Indians connected to a piped sewer system is
     1    33.7 %
     2    44.8 %
     3    36.4 %
     4    32.7 %

Ans: 4   


The projected average level of the domestic savings rate for the 12th Plan is
     1    34.2 %
     2    34.3%
     3    34.6 %
     4    34.1 %
    
Ans: 1       


How much money has been allocated to the Ministry of Minorities Affairs in the Budget 2013-14?
     1    Rs.2,818 crore
     2    Rs.3,111 crore
     3    Rs.3,511 crore
     4    Rs.2,511 crore

Ans: 3


The Railway Budget 2013-14 has proposed to introduce a new hyper luxury class to be called
     1    Anand
     2    Anubhuti
     3    Udaan
     4    Apoorva

Ans: 2


By the end of the Plan, the 12th Five-Year Plan aims to train under the Skill Development Mission
     1    10 million individuals
     2    20 million individuals
     3    40 million individuals
     4    50 million individuals

Ans: 4


According to the 12th Five-Year Plan, India should bring Infant Mortality Rate by the end of the Plan down to
     1    25
     2    22
     3    23
     4    28

Ans: 4

Budget 2013-14 related questions and answers for Bank PO, LIC AAO Exams

The proposed allocation for the newly launched "National Livestock Mission" in the Union Budget    2013-14 is
     1    Rs.307 crore
     2    Rs.510 crore
     3    Rs.218 crore
     4    Rs.405 crore

Ans: 1

 The Budget 2013-14 has proposed to allocate for urban transportation under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) a sum of
     1    Rs.15,873 crore
     2    Rs.13,873 crore
     3    Rs.14,873 crore
     4    Rs.10,873 crore

Ans:3

How much money has been allocated to the Ministry of Minorities Affairs in the Budget 2013-14?
     1    Rs.2,972 crore
     2    Rs.3,511 crore
     3    Rs.3,571 crore
     4    Rs.5,511 crore

Ans: 2

In the Budget 2013-14, how much money has been allocated to the Ministry of Science and Technology?
     1    Rs.3,275 crore
     2    Rs.2,275 crore
     3    Rs.4,275 crore
     4    Rs.6,275 crore

Ans: 4

Current affairs March 2013

• Bhabha Atomic Research Center Developing Largest Magnet of the World(weight would be 50000 tons)

   

• Mukesh Ambani has won the "Entrepreneur of the Decade" award conferred by All India Management Association in New Delhi

Irrfan Khan

• Irrfan Khan has won the National Film Award as best actor

 

• Paan Singh Tomar film has bagged the National Film Award for best feature film?

• WB Government to Start Monthly Stipend for Old Writers and Litterateurs Published on: 24-MAR-2013

• India and World Observed Earth Hour on 23 March 2013

• Number of High Courts in India has gone up to 24 from 21 after opening up of the High Courts in Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur.

• Arunachal Pradesh in the month of March 2013 became the first state to introduce e-GPF or electronic GPF.

• United Nations announced 20 March as International Happiness Day

• Baba Kalyani, the Chairman and MD of Bharat Forge Limited was nominated as the Chairman of India-Japan Business Leader’s Forum (IJBLF)

• World Water Day is celebrated across the world on 22 March every year. This day was first celebrated in 1993

• London Based Indian Origin Writer, Anil Ananthaswamy Won Inaugural Physics Journalism Prize

• India on 20 March 2013 successfully test fired its submarine-launched version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile of the over 290 km-range in the Bay of Bengal

Bhaichung Bhutia

• Bhaichung Bhutia Appointed as the Chairman of the AIFF’s Technical Committee

• The President of Egypt Dr. Mohamed Morsy visited India from 18 March 2013 to 20 March 2013.

• Australia Won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2013 for the Seventh Time

• Formula One Team Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen Won the Australian Grand Prix 2013

• UAE Inaugurated World’s Largest Solar Power Plant named "Shams 1"

• Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on 14 March 2013

• Japan Became First Country in the World to Extract Natural Gas from Methane Hydrate

• The Parliamentary Award Committee selected Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 resp