UPPSC 2023 Prelims Q150: Who among the following has authored the book

Q: What is the answer to UPPSC 2023 Prelims Q150?

B. Correct — B, Prince Harry. 'Spare' is the 2023 memoir of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (younger son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana). Published on 10 January 2023 (ghostwritten by J. R. Moehringer), it became the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time. The title refers to the royal 'heir and a spare' — Harry being the 'spare' to his elder brother William, the heir.

UPPSC 2023 Prelims GS Paper-I · Question 150 of 150

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Who among the following has authored the book "Spare"?

(a)King Charles
(b)Prince Harry
(c)Prince Williams
(d)Prince Phillip

Answer

Why

Correct — B, Prince Harry. 'Spare' is the 2023 memoir of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (younger son of King Charles III and the late Princess Diana). Published on 10 January 2023 (ghostwritten by J. R. Moehringer), it became the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time. The title refers to the royal 'heir and a spare' — Harry being the 'spare' to his elder brother William, the heir.

Why the others are wrong

(a)King Charles — Harry's father and the reigning British monarch (since September 2022) — not the author of 'Spare'.
(c)Prince Williams — Prince William, Harry's elder brother and heir to the throne (the 'heir' to Harry's 'spare'), did not write the book.
(d)Prince Phillip — Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Harry's grandfather, died in April 2021 and did not author this 2023 memoir.

Concept

'Spare' (January 2023) is the autobiography of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Its title alludes to the British royal-succession adage 'an heir and a spare'. The memoir — covering his mother's death, military service and rift with the royal family — set a record as the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever.

A straightforward current-affairs (January 2023) book-author question. The distractors are all senior male royals; anchoring 'Spare' to the 'heir and a spare' idea points directly to Harry, the second-born son.

Key facts

'Spare' → Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex; published 10 January 2023.
Ghostwritten by J. R. Moehringer; became the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time.
The title refers to the royal succession phrase 'an heir and a spare' (William = heir, Harry = spare).
Harry is the younger son of King Charles III and Princess Diana.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, with red hair and beard in a navy suit and dark tie — Author of the record-breaking 2023 memoir 'Spare'.Image: DFID - UK Department for International Development (derivative work: Minerva97) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Study next

Current affairs: notable books and their authors (2022-23)British monarchy: accession of King Charles III (2022)Autobiographies and memoirs by world figuresLiterary awards (Booker, Sahitya Akademi) and author-book matchingThe line of succession to the British throne

Common traps

Guessing King Charles or Prince William because they are more prominent royals.
Overlooking that Prince Philip died in 2021 and could not have authored a 2023 book.

Author-to-book current-affairs matching — link 'Spare' to Prince Harry.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
'Spare', the record-breaking 2023 memoir by Prince Harry, was ghostwritten by:
- (a)J. R. Moehringer
- (b)Walter Isaacson
- (c)Andrew Morton
- (d)Robert Lacey
Answer(a) J. R. Moehringer — the Pulitzer-winning writer who ghostwrote 'Spare'.
practice — not a real PYQ
The title of Prince Harry's 2023 memoir 'Spare' alludes to which royal succession phrase?
- (a)'The heir and the spare'
- (b)'The crown and the throne'
- (c)'The king and the country'
- (d)'Blood and gold'
Answer(a) 'The heir and the spare' — Harry being the 'spare' to William's 'heir'.