Q120. Who authored Das Paise ka Postcard, released in 2025?
[RRB NTPC (UG) • 20 Jun 2026, Shift 3]
A) Captain S. N. Ahmed
B) Prakash Chand Kandpal
C) Bidyut Chakrabarty
D) V. S. Ravi
Answer: A) Captain S. N. Ahmed
Explanation: Captain S. N. Ahmed wrote this Hindi dramatic work, which includes stories shaped by military life and earlier methods of communication. The title evokes the postal correspondence that helped soldiers maintain personal ties.
Q119. Who wrote I Am?, launched in February 2025?
[RRB JE CBT 1 • 19 Feb 2026, Shift 2]
A) Satya Nadella
B) Gopichand P. Hinduja
C) Roshni Nadar
D) G. M. Rao
Answer: B) Gopichand P. Hinduja
Explanation: Businessman Gopichand P. Hinduja authored the memoir I Am?, describing personal philosophy and family experience. The question referred to its launch in February 2025, and the title is not by the other business leaders listed.
Q118. Who authored Jinnah: His Successes, Failures and Role in History?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 26 Sep 2025, Shift 3]
A) H. M. Seervai
B) Ishtiaq Ahmed
C) Maulana Azad
D) Rafiq Zakaria
Answer: B) Ishtiaq Ahmed
Explanation: Ishtiaq Ahmed is the historian behind this study of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, published in 2020. It reconsiders his political achievements and setbacks, while the other named writers have authored different works on Indian history.
Q117. Half the Night Is Gone was written by which Sahitya Akademi Award winner?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 19 Sep 2025, Shift 1]
A) Amitav Ghosh
B) Amit Chaudhuri
C) Anuradha Roy
D) Amitabha Bagchi
Answer: D) Amitabha Bagchi
Explanation: Amitabha Bagchi wrote Half the Night Is Gone, a 2018 novel about family relationships, cultural heritage and the literary life of north India. It received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English in 2019.
Q116. Who won the Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 26 Sep 2025, Shift 1]
A) Anita Desai
B) Kiran Desai
C) Jhumpa Lahiri
D) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Answer: B) Kiran Desai
Explanation: Kiran Desai received the 2006 Booker Prize for The Inheritance of Loss. Set partly in the eastern Himalayas, the novel discusses displacement, social divisions and immigrant experiences. Her mother, Anita Desai, is also a novelist.
Q115. Which French author received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 25 Sep 2025, Shift 3]
A) Annie Ernaux
B) Leïla Slimani
C) Marie NDiaye
D) Delphine de Vigan
Answer: A) Annie Ernaux
Explanation: Annie Ernaux received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2022. Her autobiographical writing investigates memory, class and personal experience in relation to broader society; The Years is among her internationally recognised works.
Q114. Why Nations Fail was co-authored by Daron Acemoglu and whom?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 25 Sep 2025, Shift 3]
A) Fareed Zakaria
B) Abhijit Banerjee
C) James A. Robinson
D) Raghuram Rajan
Answer: C) James A. Robinson
Explanation: James A. Robinson co-wrote Why Nations Fail with Daron Acemoglu. Their 2012 book argues that inclusive or extractive institutions explain major differences in national prosperity, rather than geography alone.
Q113. Who wrote The Ocean of Churn?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 25 Sep 2025, Shift 2]
A) Sanjeev Sanyal
B) Tony Joseph
C) Devdutt Pattanaik
D) Rohan Mukherjee
Answer: A) Sanjeev Sanyal
Explanation: Sanjeev Sanyal wrote The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History. Published in 2016, it connects trade, travel, migration and political changes across the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean.
Q112. Who authored Why I Am a Hindu?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 25 Sep 2025, Shift 1]
A) Pavan K. Varma
B) Shashi Tharoor
C) Aravind Adiga
D) Gurcharan Das
Answer: B) Shashi Tharoor
Explanation: Shashi Tharoor wrote Why I Am a Hindu in 2018. The nonfiction work introduces strands of Hindu thought, describes religious diversity and discusses the distinction he draws between faith and political ideology.
Q111. What is the central theme of Fraternity: Constitutional Norm and Human Need?
[SSC CGL Tier I • 25 Sep 2025, Shift 1]
A) Economic inequality caused by globalization
B) Legal history of the Constitution
C) Fraternity as a binding force in democracy
D) Federalism in Indian politics
Answer: C) Fraternity as a binding force in democracy
Explanation: The book examines fraternity as both a constitutional ideal and a necessary social bond in democratic life. It asks how solidarity between citizens can complement liberty and equality, rather than focusing primarily on economic statistics or federal division.
