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Books and Authors

Books and Authors is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2017, 2018). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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What you need to know first

Basic awareness of prominent writers and poetsFamiliarity with prominent Indian politicians/diplomatsreading habitsCurrent AffairsCurrent literature awards awarenessGeneral awareness of contemporary writersKnowledge of recent non-fiction and fiction books

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जोड्या लावा : लेखक/साहित्यकार ग्रंथसंपदा अ. मुनव्वर राणा I. सत्ता ग्रहण ब. जसविंदर II. उचाट क. आशा मिश्रा III. अगरबत्ती ड. नंदा हांगखिम IV. शाहदबा Match the pairs : Writer Books a. Munawwar Rana I. Satta Grahan b. Jaswinder II. Uchat c. Asha Mishra III. Agarbatti d. Nanda Hangkhim IV. Shahadaba

(a)मुनव्वर राणा / Munawwar Rana

(b)जसविंदर / Jaswinder

(c)आशा मिश्रा / Asha Mishra

(d)नंदा हांगखिम / Nanda Hangkhim

1)I, II, III, IV
2)I, III, II, IV
3)IV, III, II, I✓ Correct
4)IV, II, III, I

Matching the authors with their literary works: Munawwar Rana - Shahadaba (IV), Jaswinder - Uchat (II), Asha Mishra - Agarbatti (III), Nanda Hangkhim - Satta Grahan (I). Correct combination is IV, III, II, I.

'वन लाईफ इज नॉट इनफ' ह्या प्रसिद्ध पुस्तकाचे लेखक कोण आहे ? / Who is the author of the famous book 'One Life is Not Enough'?

a)(1) आनंद शर्मा / Anand Sharma
b)(2) विश्वनाथ प्रताप सिंह / Vishwnath Pratap Singh
c)(3) के. नटवर सिंह / K. Natwar Singh✓ Correct
d)(4) के.सी. पंत / K.C. Pant

'One Life is Not Enough' is a well-known autobiographical political book written by veteran Indian diplomat and politician K. Natwar Singh.

जोड्या लावा : (लेखक) / (पुस्तके) - Match the pairs : (Author) / (Books)

(a)शशी थरूर / Shashi Tharoor

(b)रघुराम राजन / Raghuram Rajan

(c)सोमीनी सेनगुप्ता / Somini Sengupta

(d)विवेक शानभाग / Vivek Shanbhag

(I)घाचर घोचर / Ghachar Ghochar

(II)द एण्ड ऑफ कर्मा / The End of Karma

(III)आय डू व्हॉट आय डू / I Do What I Do

(IV)द ईरा ऑफ डार्कनेस / An Era of Darkness

1)IV III II I✓ Correct
2)IV II III I
3)III IV II I
4)III IV I II

Shashi Tharoor, Raghuram Rajan, Somini Sengupta, and Vivek Shanbhag are prominent contemporary authors mapped correctly to their respective well-known books.

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