1. Which Indian American writer whose original name is Nilanjana Sudheshna, recently won the DSC Prize for south Asian Literature ?
- Jumpa Lahiri (Novel-The Lowland)
2. Name the Journalist who wrote the book 'Assassination of Rajive Gandhi: An inside Job ?
- Faraz Ahmad
3. Which book written by Pranab Mukherjee throws light on the decade of the 1970s which saw emergency and the beginning of the coalition politics in the country ?
- The Dramatic decade: The Indira Gandhi Years
His other books include Beyond Survival: Emerging dimensions of Indian Economy, Off the Track, Saga of Struggle and Sacrifice and Challenges before the Nation.
4. The renowned Hindi writer Govind Mishra was awareded the 2013 Saraswati Samman for which novel ?
- Dhool Paudhon Par
5. Richard Flangan, author of the 2014 Booker winning novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, belongs to which country ?
- Australia
6. The 2014 Vayalar Award winning novel, Arachar, written by K.R. Meera, is set in which state ?
- West Bengal
7. Who wrote Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan, a book on the former Prime Minister Manmohan Sing and his wife ?
- Daman Sing (daughter of Manmohan sing)
8. Which Indian-American author wrote the popular novel, Family Life ?
- Akhil Sharma
9. Which book written by Dilip D'Souza revisits Sachin Tendulkar's final test appearance ?
- Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar
10. Which Pakistan-born British Poet was awarded Queen's Gold medal for Poetry 2014 ?
- Imtiaz Dharker
11. Which debut novel by the Pakistani writer Bilal Tanveer has been awarded the 2014 Shakti Bhatt first Book prize ?
- The Scatter here is Too great
12. Name the Indian Origin Singaporean poet and writer who was who was honored with Cultural Medallion, the highest cultural award of Singapore ?
- K.T.M Iqbal
13. Which French writer was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature ?
- Patric Modiano
14. I know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the autobiography of which American writer and civil rights activist who passed away in May 2014 ?
- Maya Angelou
15. Name the recently written novel by Chetan Bahagath.
- Half Girlfriend
16. Name the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar.
- Playing it My Way
17. Which recently released book contains the letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru, as the Prime minister of India to the chief Ministers of various states?
- Letters for a Nation (edited by Madhav Kolsa)
18. Who wrote the book, Born again on the Mountain ?
- Arunima Sinha
19. Subhash Chandran was honored with the 2014 Kendra Sahitya Academi Award for which novel ?
- Manushyanu Oru Amukham
20. Which Indian author wrote the book The Lives of Others, which was in the short list for the man Booker prize 2014 ?
- Neel Mukherjee
21. Which eminent Marathi writer has been chosen for the Janapith Award 2014?
- Balachandra Nemade
22. Which Bollywood actor's autobiography is The Substancce and the shadow ?
- Dileep Kumar
23. The 2013 Moortidevi Award winning novel Theekkadal Kadanju Thirumadhuram, by C Radhakrishnan, is based on whose lofe ?
- Thunjath Ezhuthachan
24. Which book released by Indian railways tells about the history of railways in India?
- India Junction : A window to the Nation
25. Which book written by Hillary Clinton gives an account of her tenure as the US Secretary of state from 2009-2013 ?
- Hard Choices
26. Which Tamil writer is the author of the novel Mathorubagan ?
- Perumal Murugan
27. Which former Union Minister's autobiography is titled One Life is not Enough ?
- K. Natwar Sing
28. Living to Tell the Tale is the autobiography of which world renowned writer who passed away in April 2014?
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
29. Which Bollywood actor's autobiography is titled And then One Day ?
- Naseeruddhin Shah
30. Name the debut novel written by Eimear McBride, which won the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for fiction?
- A Girl is a Half Formed Thing
31. Name the autobiography of Marycom
- Unbreakable
32. Which former Union Minister wrote the book, India at Risk: Mistakes Misconceptions and Mis adventures of Security Policy?
- Jaswant Sing
33. Name the autobiography of Kushwant Sing, who passed away in 2014
- Truth, Love and Little Malice
The last book he wrote was The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous
His Popular works include Train to pakistan, the Portrait of a Lady, The Sunset Club, Death at My Doorstep, Women and men in My life, Delhi: A Novel, A History of the Sikhs and I shall not Hear the Nightingale
34. Who wrote the Novel, Chronicle of a Corps Bearer, the story of the downtrodden community of corpse beares?
- Cyrus Mistry
35. Who wrote the book, The Accidental Prime Minister: The making and Unmaking of Manmohan Sing ?
- Sanjay baru
36. Which former Chief Election Commissioner of India authored the book, An Undocumented Wonder: The Making of the Great Indian Electioin?
- S.Y Qureshi
37. Name the famous historian who wrote the book, Gandhi before India.
- Ramachandra Guha
38. Name the former Coal Secretary who wrote the book Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and Other Truths
- PC Parekh
39. Which book, written by Anil Shastri, presents a recollection of his father Lal Bahadur Shastri's life ?
- Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership
40. Who wrote the book entitled water, peace and war- Confronting the Global Water Crisis?
- Brahma Chellaney
41. Which Indian American Surgeon is the author of the recently released book, Being Mortal: medicine and What Matters in the End?
- Atul Gawante
42. The Anthology of Poems, Sooryante Maranam, is written by Which popular Poet ?
- ONV Kurupp
43. Which England cricketers autobiography is titled, KP: The Autobiography ?
- Kevin Peterson
44. Which eminent Kannada writer, who wrote the novels Samskara, Bhava, Bharathipura, Avasthe and Divya, passed away in 2014 ?
- U.R. Ananthamurthy
45. Which nobel Prize winning writer and activist who wrote books including The Lying Days, My Sons's Story, Burgler's Daughter and July's People passed away in July 2014 ?
- Nadine Gordimer
46. Which journalist and Magsasay Award winner who passed away recently, wrote books including, Writers of Hope, Winning the Future, India's North East and Warrior of the Fourth Estate?
- BG Verghese
47. Who, along with Bupinder Zutshi, is the co-author of the book Globalisation, Development and Child Rights ?
- Kailash Sathyarthi
48. Which book written by Rafeeq Ahammed won the 2014 Odakkuzhal Award ?
- Rafeeq Ahammedinte kavithakal
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