Correct Answer:
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote the book ‘Gita Rahasya’ in Mandalay jail.
Ques: 2
Aurobindo Ghosh wrote :
Correct Answer:
(D) The Life Divine
Aurobindo Ghosh, in his letter ‘Vande Mataram’ criticized the Partition of Bengal of 1905 AD. As a result, he was sent to jail in 1908 where he studied the spiritual texts. After 1910 AD he took retirement from politics and started living at Pondicherry. As a great philosopher, scholar and writer, he wrote many texts. Some of his texts are ‘The Life Divine,’ ‘The Idol of Human Unity,’ ‘Essays on the Gita’.
Ques: 3
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Book) (Writer)
The Story of My Deportation 1. Surendranath Banerjee
Gita Rahasya 2. Maulana Abul Ka lam Azad
A Nation in Making 3. Lala Lajpat Rai
India Wins Freedom 4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Codes :
A B C D
Correct Answer:
(A) 3 4 1 2
Correct match is as follows:
List-I List-II
(Book) (Writer)
The Story of My Deportation - Lala Lajpat Rai
Gita Rahasya - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
A Nation in Making - Surendranath Banerjee
India Wins Freedom - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Ques: 4
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Writer Books
Correct Answer:
(B) Rafiq Zakaria - The Man Who Divided India
Valentine Chirol composed the book ‘Indian Unrest’. The book ‘The Man Who Divided India’ was written by Rafi q Zakaria. Subhash Chandra Bose wrote ‘Indian Struggle’ and V.D. Savarkar composed ‘Hindutva.’ The book ‘Unhappy India’ is the masterpiece of Lala Lajpat Rai.
Ques: 5
Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Correct Answer:
(C) Radha Kamal - Awadh in Revolt Mukharjee (1857-1858)
Oudh in Revolt 1857 - 1858 is a groundbreaking study of popular resistance and peasant rebellion in colonial India written by Rudrangshu Mukherjee and not by Radha Kamal Mukherjee. Rest of the pairs are correctly matched.
Ques: 6
Who is the author of the book, “Landmarks in Indian Constitutional and National Development”?
Correct Answer:
(B) Gurmukh Nihal Singh
The book “Landmarks in Indian Constitution and National Development” is a masterpiece of Gurmukh Nihal Singh. He also served as the first Governor of Rajasthan from 1956 to 1962.
Ques: 7
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
Ghar Aur Adalat 1. T.S.R. Subramaniam
Jhopri Se Rashtrapti 2. Nandan Nilekani Bhawan Tak
Imagining India 3. Mahendra Kulshrestha
Journey through 4. Leila Seth Babudom and Neta land
Code :
A B C D
Correct Answer:
(B) 4 3 2 1
The correct match of List-I (Books) with List-II (Authors) is as follows –
(Book) (Author)
Ghar Aur Adalat - Leila Seth
Jhopari Se Rashtrapati Bhawan Tak - Mahendra Kulshrestha
Imagining India - Nandan Nilekani
Journey through Babudom and Netaland - T.S.R. Subramanian
Ques: 8
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Correct Answer:
(B) Khalid B. Sayeed - Pakistan: The Formative Phase (1857-1948)
The correctly matched books and their respective authors is as follows
Author Book
W.C. Smith - Modern Islam in India
Khalid Bin Sayeed - Pakistan: the Formative Phase (1857-1948)
Peter Hardy - The Muslims of British India
Moin Shakir - Khilafat to Partition
Ques: 9
Who of the following wrote the book named ‘Ayodhya : December, 1992’?
Correct Answer:
(B) P.V. Narasimha Rao
The book entitled ‘Ayodhya: December, 1992’ was written by P.V. Narasimha Rao. It was published in April, 2006 by ‘Penguin Books India.’ In this book, late P.V. Narasimha Rao has presented his views regarding the reality of Ayodhya incident and its causes.