Current Affairs Questions 10 November 2014

Quiz Based on books in discussion in year 2014

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1. 'Playing It My Way' is autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar. Who among following is co-author with Sachin of this book ?

A. Vaibhav Purandare
B. Harsha Bhogle
C. Amol Mujumdar
D. Boria Majumdar

D. Boria Majumdar

2. The novel Half Girlfriend authored by _____________.

A. Vikram Seth
B. Anita Desai
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Arvind Adiga

C. Chetan Bhagat

3. For which book Australian novelist Richard Miller Flanagan won 2014 Booker Prize ?

A. Death of a River Guide
B. The Narrow Road to the Deep North
C. Gould's Book of Fish
D. The Sound of One Hand Clapping

B. The Narrow Road to the Deep North

4. In October 2014, book "Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar" was released. This is authored by ____________ .

A. Vaibhav Purandare
B. Harsha Bhogle
C. Dilip D'Souza
D. Sachin Tendulkar

C. Dilip D'Souza

5. A book titled A Man and A Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai Came to Power written by Bette Dam was launched recently. Bette Dam is a __________ journalist.

A. Dutch
B. American
C. British
D. German

A. Dutch

6. "Syntheism – Creating God in The Internet Age" book in discussion authored by ___________.

A. Stephen Hawking
B. Fridtjuv Berg
C. Dick Erixon
D. Alexander Bard

D. Alexander Bard

7. 'And then One Day: A Memoir', is an autobiography of which well-known bollywood actor ?

A. Amitabh bachchan
B. Om Puri
C. Naseeruddin Shah
D. Shahrukh Khan

C. Naseeruddin Shah

8. 13 year old school boy Yashwardhan Shukla was in discussion for his book. What is the title of his book ?

A. Gods of Antarctica
B. Gods of India
C. Gods of Internet Age
D. Gods in Delhi

A. Gods of Antarctica

9. Book written by former CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) Vinod Rai was in discussion in August 2014. What is the title of this book ?

A. CAG: A Guardian of Public Purse
B. It's about Trust
C. Not Just an Accountant
D. My Experiences from CAG chair

C. Not Just an Accountant

10. "A book titled Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job?" written by ______________.

A. Hamid Ansari
B. Nikhil Wagle
C. Faraz Ahmad
D. Amitav Ghosh

C. Faraz Ahmad

Apart from this do remember following books and authors who hit headline in 2014

Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The French, Caro-Kann and Philidor	Parimarjan Negi
50 years of man in space	Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher
One Life is Not Enough	Natwar Singh
The Lives of Others                (was shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2014)	Neel Mukherjee
The Vijay Mallya Story	K Giriprakash
Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas	Edward Klein
The Substance and the Shadow(Biography of Dilip Kumar)	Uday Tara Nayar
Anticipating India - The best of national interest	Shekhar Gupta
Post Haste: Quintessential India	B.G. Verghese
My Years with Rajiv and Sonia	R.D.Pradhan
The candidate	Anirudh Bhattacharya.
Hard Choices	Hillary Clinton
Narendra Modi: A Political Biography	Andy Marino
A Stamp is Born	C. R. Pakrashi
Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths	PC Parakh
The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh	Sanjaya Baru
India at Risk – Mistakes, Misconceptions and Misadventures of security policy	Jaswant Singh