SSC CGL Mains 20241)Who among the following was the first Home Minister of Independent India?
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
SSC CGL Mains 20242)Match the books in List 1 with their authors in List 2.List 1 List 2A. The Philosophy of the Bomb 1. Sachindranath SanyalB. Bandi Jiwan 2. Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayC. Pather Dabi 3. Bhagwati Charan Vohra D. Anandmath 4. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
, Avg: 00:12 , 75%✓ SSC CGL Mains 20243)The Kushan emperor Kanishka, who ruled from the late first to the early/mid-second century AD was the ____________ Kushan ruler.
third
, Avg: 00:35 , 27%✓ SSC CGL 20224)Ziyauddin Barani wrote his chronicle first in 1356 and another version _____ years later.
two
SSC CGL 20225)Identify the freedom fighter who, as a child, hated going to school and found it suffocating and oppressive.
Rabindranath Tagore
SSC CGL 20226)Who among the following revolutionaries was associated with Swadesh Bandhav Samiti?
Ashwini Kumar Dutta
SSC CGL 20227)The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 was awarded jointly to Edwin Mattison McMillan and ________ for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements
Glenn T Seaborg
SSC CGL 20228)Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “Seema Darshan Project adds a new dimension to the tourism sector”. This project will boost tourism in ______.
Gujarat
SSC CGL 20229)Who among the following was the guru of Pandit Ravi Shankar?
Allaudin Khan
, Avg: 00:11 , 50%✓ SSC CGL 202210)Which of the following facts is NOT associated with PC Mahalanobis who contributed to the formulation of India’s Five Year Plans?
Mahalanobis was born in 1983 in Calcutta.
, Avg: 00:18 , 36%✓ SSC CGL 202211)The Tamil word 'muvendar' mentioned in the Sangam poems means ________.
three chiefs
, Avg: 00:06 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202212)Who has taken oath as Bihar Chief Minister for 8th time?
Nitish Kumar
, Avg: 00:04 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202213)In which of the following languages did Jyotiba Phule write 'Gulamgiri' in 1873?
Marathi
SSC CGL 202214)Who among the following Presidents of India was also the deputy chairman of Planning Commission?
Pranab Mukherjee
, Avg: 00:11 , 33%✓ SSC CGL 202215)Who among the following Indian freedom fighters was fondly called Gandhi Buri (Old Lady Gandhi) for her dedication towards Gandhian principles?
Matangini Hazra
, Avg: 00:55 , 20%✓ SSC CGL 202216)Who among the following persons was associated with the Chittagong Armoury Raid?
Ardhendu Destidar
, Avg: 00:08 , 30%✓ SSC CGL 202217)Which of the following books was written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
A Bunch of Old Letters
SSC CGL 202218)Who among the following is the author of the book 'Sea of Poppies'?
Amitav Ghosh
, Avg: 00:05 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202219)Which of the following statements was quoted by Subhash Chandra Bose?
Give me blood and I will give you freedom.
, Avg: 00:14 , 50%✓ SSC CGL 202220)Who among the following was an ancient Indian mathematician-astronomer?
Varahamihira
, Avg: 00:11 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202221)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Unfinished : A Memoir’?
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
, Avg: 00:20 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202222)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Unaccustomed Earth’?
Jhumpa Lahiri
, Avg: 00:10 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202223)Who among the following was a contributor to the subject of medicine in ancient India?
Charaka
, Avg: 00:10 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202224)Si-yu-ki or ‘The Records of the Western World’ was written by:
Hiuen Tsiang
, Avg: 00:31 , 33%✓ SSC CGL 202225)Prashant Bhushan, who was a founding member of the India Against Corruption movement, is a prominent Indian ______.
lawyer
, Avg: 00:09 , 37%✓ SSC CGL 202226)Who among the following persons is NOT a co-author of the book 'Till We Win: India's Fight Against the Covid-19 Pandemic'?
Dr Soumya Swaminathan
, Avg: 00:43 , 37%✓ SSC CGL 202227)Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Coalition Years'?
Pranab Mukherjee
, Avg: 00:14 , 50%✓ SSC CGL 202228)Which one of the following sages of ancient India wrote 'Mimamsa-sutra'?
Gemini
, Avg: 00:10 , 37%✓ SSC CGL 202229)Honoured with Padma Vibushan and Padma Bhushan, Kishori Amonkar was a renowned personality related to which of the following fields?
Music
, Avg: 00:04 , 60%✓ SSC CGL 202230)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Mrs Funnybones’?
Twinkle Khanna
SSC CGL 202231)Who among the following was the founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science?
Mahendra Lal Sircar
, Avg: 00:06 , 87%✓ SSC CGL 202232)‘Ashtadhyayi’, written by Sanskrit scholar Panini, is a book on ______.
grammar
, Avg: 00:21 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202233)Who among the following science fiction/ popular science writers wrote ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and held the position of a Professor at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad?
Arthur C Clarke
, Avg: 00:04 , 30%✓ SSC CGL 202234)Who among the following wrote ‘India Wins freedom’?
Abul Kalam Azad
SSC CGL 202235)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Two Lives’?
Vikram Seth
, Avg: 00:04 , 66%✓ SSC CGL 202236)Who among the following is the author of the epic poem ‘Kamayani’?
Jaishankar Prasad
, Avg: 00:09 , 100%✓ SSC CGL 202237)Who among the following wrote the novel 'The Great Gatsby'?
F Scott Fitzgerald
, Avg: 00:07 , 33%✓ SSC CGL 202238)Who among the following is the author of the book 'Myth = Mithya : Decoding Hindu Mythology'?
Devdutt Pattanaik
, Avg: 00:09 , 83%✓ SSC CGL 202239)Who among the following freedom fighters hoisted the Indian flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement?
Aruna Asaf Ali
, Avg: 00:11 , 66%✓ SSC CGL 202240)Which of the following is a book written by Avni Doshi?
Burnt Sugar
, Avg: 00:04 , 71%✓ SSC CGL 202241)What was the age in years of the revolutionary Bhagat Singh when he was hanged till death?
23
, Avg: 00:13 , 75%✓ SSC CGL 202242)Who among the following is the author of the novel ‘Q and A’?
Vikas Swarup
, Avg: 00:15 , 38%✓ SSC CGL 202243)Who among the following first argued that in the face of high deficits, people save more?
David Ricardo
, Avg: 00:07 , 72%✓ SSC CGL 202244)Justice NV Ramana, appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India, hails from which of the following states?
Andhra Pradesh
, Avg: 00:04 , 7%✓ SSC CGL 202245)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Social Harmony’?
Narendra Modi
, Avg: 00:04 , 63%✓ SSC CGL 202246)Who is the author of the book, 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'?
Dadabhai Naoroji
, Avg: 00:05 , 32%✓ SSC CGL 202247)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘The Secret of the Veda’?
Sri Aurobindo
, Avg: 00:13 , 88%✓ SSC CPO 202048)Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose wrote the book:
The Indian Struggle
, Avg: 00:12 , 100%✓ SSC CPO 202049)‘The Man-Eater of Malgudi’ is written by:
RK Narayan
, Avg: 00:07 , 50%✓ SSC CPO 202050)Which of the following is a part of the ‘Sutta Pitaka’?
Majjhima Nikaya
, Avg: 00:14 , 53%✓ SSC CPO 202051)Who is the author of the book ‘Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army and the War Within’?
Shuja Nawaz
, Avg: 00:12 , 100%✓ SSC CPO 202052)Which among the following books was written by B.R. Ambedkar?
Annihilation of Caste
, Avg: 00:08 , 57%✓ SSC CPO 202053)Which of the following books is NOT authored by Nirad C. Chaudhuri?
A Passage to India
SSC CPO 202054)‘The Substance and the Shadow’ is the autobiography of ______.
Dilip Kumar
, Avg: 00:08 , 100%✓ SSC CPO 202055)Jayprakash Narayan was given the title of ‘______’.
Loknayak
SSC CPO 202056)Which of the following poems is NOT written by Sarojini Naidu ?
The Banyan Tree
, Avg: 00:10 , 47%✓ SSC CPO 202057)The ‘Kathasaritsagara’ is written by:
Somadeva
, Avg: 00:07 , 100%✓ SSC CPO 202058)Who is the author of the book ‘We Are Displaced’?
Malala Yousafzai
, Avg: 00:04 , 50%✓ SSC CPO 202059)The Rig Veda is divided into ______ books or mandalas.
10
, Avg: 00:12 , 100%✓ SSC CPO 202060)Who wrote the book ‘India Wins Freedom’ ?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
, Avg: 00:11 , 100%✓ SSC CPO 202061)Who is referred to as the ‘Darwin of the 20th Century’ ?
Ernst Mayr
SSC CPO 202062)The book ‘The Life Divine’ was written by:
Sri Aurobindo
, Avg: 00:18 , 100%✓ SSC CPO 202063)Jayaprakash Narayan was fondly known as:
Loknayak
SSC CPO 202064)Who among the following poets wrote under the pen name ‘Nirala’ ?
Suryakant Tripathi
, Avg: 00:10 , 60%✓ SSC CPO 202065)Who is the author of the book ‘A Better India: A Better World’?
NR Narayana Murthy
, Avg: 00:08 , 50%✓ SSC CPO 202066)The 55th Jnanpith Award was given to ______.
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
, Avg: 00:05 , 83%✓ SSC CPO 202067)Who among the following is NOT a Bharat Ratna recipient?
Baldev Singh
, Avg: 00:15 , 27%✓ SSC CPO 202068)Who among the following was associated with Vaisheshika School of Philosophy?
Kanada
SSC Selection Post Matric 202269)Which of the following books is NOT authored by Amitav Ghosh?
The God of Small Things
SSC Selection Post Matric 202270)_______ wrote the first Sanskrit grammar book named ‘Ashtadhyayi’.
Panini
SSC Selection Post Matric 202271)Who started a workmanship's club and newspaper Bharat Shramjeevi?
Sasipada Banerji
SSC Selection Post Matric 202272)The book 'MSD: The Man, The Leader' on cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is written by:
Biswadeep Ghosh
SSC Selection Post Matric 202273)Who is the author of the book 'Seven Summers'?
Mulk Raj Anand
, Avg: 00:21 , 66%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202274)‘Tahzibul Akhlaq’ a reputed regular magazine, was established by ______.
Syed Ahmad Khan
, Avg: 00:06 , 100%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202275)Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankar of Jains was born in ______.
Bihar
SSC Selection Post Matric 202276)Pride and Prejudice is a romantic novel written by ______.
Jane Austen
, Avg: 00:16 , 60%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202277)'Lal Salaam', a novel on the story of a young officer and of the challenges he faces against a system that is steeped in backroom politics and corruption is written by whom among the following Union Ministers?
Smriti Zubin Irani
, Avg: 00:05 , 50%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202278)Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Three Khans: And the Emergence of New India'?
Kaveree Bamzai
SSC Selection Post Matric 202279)Who among the following is the author of 'The Turbulent Years : 1980 - 1996'?
Pranab Mukherjee
SSC Selection Post Matric 202280)______ is known as the ‘Grand Old Lady’ of the Independence Movement.
Aruna Asaf Ali
SSC Selection Post Matric 202281)Who was the first Indian to circumnavigate the world solo, non-stop?
Abhilas Tomy
, Avg: 00:06 , 66%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202282)Long Walk to Freedom' is the autobiography of:
Nelson Mandela
SSC Selection Post Matric 202283)Who among the following is the author of 'My Archaeological Mission to India and Pakistan'?
REM Wheeler
, Avg: 00:17 , 57%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202284)Who among the following has released ‘IndiGau’, India’s first cattle genomic chip, for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds?
Dr Jitendra Singh
, Avg: 00:06 , 33%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202285)Herpetologist Deepak Veerappan has a ______ named after him which is known as 'Xylophis deepaki'.
snake
, Avg: 00:08 , 23%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202286)Who among the following made the statement: “one caste, one religion, one god for humankind”?
Shri Narayana Guru
, Avg: 00:08 , 57%✓ SSC Selection Post Matric 202287)Whose autobiography is titled 'A Century is Not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success'?
Sourav Ganguly
, Avg: 00:17 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 202188)Who among the following begun his excavations at Dholavira in 1990?
RS Bisht
, Avg: 00:14 , 40%✓ SSC CHSL 202189)Who among the following is the author of the epic story 'Manu Charitra'?
Allasani Peddana
, Avg: 00:18 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 202190)Who among the following had authored ‘Buddha Gaya: The Hermitage of Sakya Muni’ in 1878?
Rajendralala Mitra
SSC CHSL 202191)Who is the author of the book 'Poskem'?
Wendell Rodricks
, Avg: 00:16 , 16%✓ SSC CHSL 202192)Which of the following books did the famous cricketer Sunil Gavaskar author?
Runs 'n Ruins
, Avg: 00:09 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 202193)Who is the author of the novel ‘Burnt Sugar’?
Avni Doshi
SSC CHSL 202194)Who among the following was a Portuguese writer who wrote about the trade and society in south India?
Duarte Barbosa
, Avg: 00:07 , 66%✓ SSC CHSL 202195)Who among the following is the author of ‘The Brahma Sutra - The Philosophy of Spiritual life’?
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
SSC CHSL 202196)Who authored the book 'Jinnah: His Successes, Failures and Role in History'?
Ishtiaq Ahmed
, Avg: 00:06 , 60%✓ SSC CHSL 202197)'Memoirs of Babur' or 'Baburnama', also known as 'Tuzk-e Babri', was written by:
Babur
, Avg: 00:07 , 60%✓ SSC CHSL 202198)Whose autobiography is titled 'The Substance and the Shadow'?
Dilip Kumar
SSC CHSL 202199)Who among the following was a World War II veteran, also associated with cricket?
Alan Burgess
, Avg: 00:15 , 40%✓ SSC CHSL 2021100)Who among the following has written the novel "The Awasthis of Aamnagri'?
Shubha Sharma
, Avg: 00:13 , 40%✓ SSC CHSL 2021101)On which of the following idols of Hindu mythology has Italian screenwriter-film producer Alfredo Covelli authored ‘Vahana Masterclass’, a book for kids?
Lord Ganesha
, Avg: 00:12 , 33%✓ SSC CHSL 2021102)Who is the author of the book 'My Master'?
Swami Vivekananda
, Avg: 00:24 , 33%✓ SSC CHSL 2021103)Who among the following authored the book 'The Great Indian Novel'?
Shashi Tharoor
, Avg: 00:14 , 100%✓ SSC CHSL 2021104)Sarbpreet Singh is the author of which of the following books?
Night of the Restless Spirits: Stories from 1984
, Avg: 00:08 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 2021105)The book 'Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy - Speaker's Perspective' is authored by ______.
Meira Kumar
SSC CHSL 2021106)Who among the following wrote the book 'Indomitable Spirit'?
APJ Abdul Kalam
, Avg: 00:17 , 60%✓ SSC CHSL 2021107)‘Wings of Fire’ is an autobiography of ______.
APJ Abdul Kalam
, Avg: 00:20 , 100%✓ SSC CHSL 2021108)Who among the following is a professional Indian gymnast?
Dipa Karmakar
, Avg: 00:08 , 100%✓ SSC CHSL 2021109)Who among the following was the first para-athlete to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna?
Devendra Jhajharia
, Avg: 00:07 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 2021110)In which Olympic Games did Karnam Malleswari became India’s first woman to win an Olympic medal?
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
SSC CHSL 2021111)Who among the following is the author of the book 'Cross Connection: The Big Circus Adventure'?
Jugal Hansraj
SSC CHSL 2021112)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘A Fine Balance’?
Rohinton Mistry
, Avg: 00:03 , 25%✓ SSC CHSL 2021113)Who is the author of the book 'Wise and Otherwise'?
Sudha Murty
, Avg: 00:06 , 33%✓ SSC CHSL 2021114)Who has become the first Woman DGP of Kerala?
R Sreelekha
, Avg: 00:06 , 100%✓ SSC CHSL 2021115)Who is the author of the book ‘Hit Refresh’?
Satya Nadella
, Avg: 00:19 , 15%✓ SSC CHSL 2021116)Who among the following is the author of the book ‘40 years with Abdul Kalam - Untold Stories’?
Sivathanu Pillai
, Avg: 00:15 , 50%✓ SSC CHSL 2021117)Who among the following is the author of the book 'Amnesty'?
Aravind Adiga
, Avg: 00:06 , 41%✓ SSC CHSL 2021118)Who has authored the book titled ‘India’s 71-Year Test: The Journey to Triumph in Australia’?
R Kaushik
, Avg: 00:05 , 22%✓ SSC CHSL 2021119)Who is the author of the book 'Pathway to God'?
Mahatma Gandhi
, 66%✓ SSC CGL 2020120)In which year did D.C. Sircar publish Indian Epigraphy and Indian Epigraphical Glossary?
1965-66
, Avg: 00:09 , 33%✓ SSC CGL 2020121)Who is the author of the book 'Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa'?
Mahasweta Devi
, Avg: 00:06 , 71%✓ SSC CGL 2020122)Who is the author of the book ‘Dreams From My Father’?
Barack Obama
, Avg: 00:09 , 16%✓ SSC CGL 2020123)Who among the following first translated the Bhagvad Gita in to English?
Charles Wilkins
, Avg: 00:10 , 42%✓ SSC CGL 2020124)Who is the author of the book 'Wise and Otherwise: A Salute to Life'?
Sudha Murthy
, Avg: 00:09 , 43%✓ SSC CGL 2020125)Who is the author of the book titled 'The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire'?
William Dalrymple
, 25%✓ SSC CGL 2020126)The ‘Great Indian Novel’ is authored by:
Shashi Tharoor
, Avg: 00:32 , 50%✓ SSC CGL 2020127)Christian Barnard is famous for :
Performing the world's first human heart transplant
, Avg: 00:08 , 25%✓ SSC CGL 2020128)Which of the following books is NOT authored by RK Narayan?
The Jungle Book
, Avg: 00:05 , 80%✓ SSC CGL 2020129)______ was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and a knighthood in 1915.
Rabindranath Tagore
, Avg: 00:03 , 80%✓ SSC CGL 2020130)Name the author of the book 'Ain-i-Akbari' ?
Abu'l Fazl
The Ain-i-Akbari or the 'Administration of Akbar', is a 16th-century detailed documentrecording the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar.
It was written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl.
It forms Volume III AND THE FINAL PART OF TE MUCH LARGER DOCUMENT, THE Akbarnama (acoount of Akbar), also by Abu'l Fazl.