General Knowledge - Books and Authors

Vithum Muthum was written by?

A.     Nalini Warriar
B.     Sugathakumari
C.     Kunhunni Mash
D.     Tulsi Badrinath

Ans C



Who is the writer of harry potter novels?

A.     Gabriel Constans
B.     William Shakespeare
C.     JK Rowling
D.     Robert Browing

Ans c



Voices in the City was written by?

A.     Kiran Desai
B.     Anjali Banerjee
C.     Anita Agnihotri
D.     Anita Desai

Ans D



Nalini Warriar is the author of the book?

A.     Blues from the Malabar Coast
B.     Radhayevide
C.     Where the Long Grass Bends
D.     The Toss of a Lemon

Ans A



The Space Between Us was written by?

A.     Nilita Vachani
B.     Thrity Umrigar
C.     Amrita Pritam
D.     Tulsi Badrinath

Ans B

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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