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

General Knowledge - Books and Authors

• The White Tiger was written by?

    A.     Aravind Adiga
    B.     Alfonso Cuaron
    C.     J K Rowling 
    D.     Charlotte Bacon

    Ans A

• Who is the writer of Only the Soul Knows How to Sing?

     A.     Robert Browing
     B.     William Shakespeare
     C.     Kamala Surayya 
     D.     Gabriel Constans
     
     Ans C

• The Tales of Beedle the Bard was written by?

     A.     Henry Maine
     B.     Sugathakumari
     C.     Leo Tolstoy
     D.     J K Rowling 

     Ans D

• A M Homes  is the author of the book?

     A.     The Mistress's Daughter
     B.     VTo Live or Not Live
     C.     A Voice for Freedom
     D.     The Toss of a Lemon

     Ans A

• The Thirteenth Woman and Other Stories was written by?

     A.     Bertrand Russel
     B.     Lydia Davis
     C.     Henry Maine 
     D.     Anita Desai 

    Ans B

Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga is an Indian writer and journalist. He was born in  Chennai on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga, both of whom hailed from Mangalore. He grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School, then at St. Aloysius High School, where he completed his SSLC in 1990. He secured first rank in the state in SSLC. He studied English literature at Columbia College, Columbia University, in New York, where he studied with Simon Schama and graduated as salutatorian in 1997.
    Adiga began his journalistic career as a financial journalist, interning at the Financial Times. Currently he lives in Mumbai.His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.


Born:                23 October 1974 Chennai  India

Occupation:      Writer

Citizenship:      Indian, Australian


Novels

•  The White Tiger 2008 
•  Between the Assassinations 2008
•  Last Man in Tower 2011

Short stories

•  The Sultan's Battery, 18 October 2008    
•  Smack, 16 November 2008
•  Last Christmas in Bandra, 19 December 2008
•  The Elephant, 26 January 2009

Award    

• The White Tiger, won the 2008 Booker Prize