Books and Authors is a general knowledge topic that includes the study of important literary works (novels, essays, poetry, non-fiction, autobiographies, etc.) and their respective writers—both Indian and international—known for their cultural, political, or literary impact.
📖 IMPORTANCE IN GENERAL AWARENESS
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Frequently asked in static GK and current affairs
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Questions may focus on authors, nobel laureates, autobiographies, and awards
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Important in personality tests (interviews) to judge awareness of culture and literature
🧠 MAJOR CATEGORIES OF BOOKS
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Fiction (Novels, Short Stories)
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Non-Fiction (History, Science, Essays, Biographies)
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Autobiographies & Memoirs
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Religious and Philosophical Texts
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Books by Nobel Laureates
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Books by National Leaders & Thinkers
IMPORTANT INDIAN AUTHORS & THEIR BOOKS
| Book | Author |
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| Discovery of India | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| My Experiments with Truth | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Train to Pakistan | Khushwant Singh |
| God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy |
| Midnight’s Children | Salman Rushdie |
| Gitanjali | Rabindranath Tagore |
| The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga |
| Why I am an Atheist | Bhagat Singh |
| The Inheritance of Loss | Kiran Desai |
| Wings of Fire | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| Playing It My Way | Sachin Tendulkar |
| An Era of Darkness | Shashi Tharoor |
🌍 FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS & BOOKS
| Book | Author |
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| War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy |
| 1984 | George Orwell |
| The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen |
| A Brief History of Time | Stephen Hawking |
| The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank |
| The Fault in Our Stars | John Green |
| The Origin of Species | Charles Darwin |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee |
| Harry Potter Series | J.K. Rowling |
🏅 NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS IN LITERATURE (SELECTED)
| Author | Country | Notable Work |
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| Rabindranath Tagore (1913) | India | Gitanjali |
| Ernest Hemingway | USA | The Old Man and the Sea |
| Gabriel García Márquez | Colombia | One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| Orhan Pamuk | Turkey | Snow |
| Kazuo Ishiguro | UK | The Remains of the Day |
✍️ IMPORTANT AUTOBIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
| Book | Author |
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| The Story of My Life | Helen Keller |
| Long Walk to Freedom | Nelson Mandela |
| I Am Malala | Malala Yousafzai |
| Wings of Fire | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| My Life in Full | Indra Nooyi |
| Playing It My Way | Sachin Tendulkar |
| My Truth | Indira Gandhi |
| My Country My Life | L.K. Advani |
📆 CURRENT AFFAIRS (Recent Books – examples)
| Book | Author |
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| India's Finance Ministers | A.K. Bhattacharya |
| The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation | Granville Austin |
| Modi@20 | Compilation by various authors |
| Nehru: The Invention of India | Shashi Tharoor |
📝 Practice Question - Books & Authors
Q1. Who is the author of Gitanjali?
a) R.K. Narayan
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Khushwant Singh
d) Arundhati Roy
✅ Answer: b) Rabindranath Tagore
Q2. The White Tiger was written by:
a) Chetan Bhagat
b) Aravind Adiga
c) Vikram Seth
d) Salman Rushdie
✅ Answer: b) Aravind Adiga
Q3. My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of:
a) Sardar Patel
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
✅ Answer: c) Mahatma Gandhi
Q4. Who wrote The Alchemist?
a) Paulo Coelho
b) George Orwell
c) Harper Lee
d) Leo Tolstoy
✅ Answer: a) Paulo Coelho
Q5. The God of Small Things won the Booker Prize for:
a) Jhumpa Lahiri
b) Arundhati Roy
c) Kiran Desai
d) Anita Desai
✅ Answer: b) Arundhati Roy
Q6. Playing It My Way is the autobiography of:
a) M.S. Dhoni
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Kapil Dev
✅ Answer: c) Sachin Tendulkar
Q7. The author of 1984 is:
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) George Orwell
c) J.K. Rowling
d) Dan Brown
✅ Answer: b) George Orwell
Q8. Which Indian won the Nobel Prize for Gitanjali?
a) Chetan Bhagat
b) Vikram Seth
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) Arundhati Roy
✅ Answer: c) Rabindranath Tagore
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