Q: निम्नलिखित में से कौन "The India Way" और "Why Bharat Matters" पुस्तकों के लेखक हैं ?
(a)भूषण यादव
(b)नलिन मेहता
(c)राशी शर्र
(d)सुब्रह्मण्यम जयशंकर
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Books & Authors — UPSC Prelims Previous Year Questions
4 questions from UPSC CSE Prelims GS Paper 1 on Books & Authors (Current Affairs). Spanning from 2001 to 2024. Practice with show/hide answers and detailed explanations.
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What UPSC Asks About Books & Authors
UPSC Prelims occasionally surprises aspirants with questions on recently published books, award-winning titles and their authors, official Government of India reports released in book form, and biographies of eminent personalities. Between 2001 and 2024, four direct questions have come from this micro-topic, showing that the weightage is low but the scope is vast. The Commission typically frames straightforward one-liners such as “Who wrote ‘Revolution 2020’?” or conceptual linkers like matching a book with its theme. Hence, aspirants should track annual literary awards—Booker, Gyanpeeth, Sahitya Akademi—alongside books released by the President or Prime Minister. Keeping a monthly list of high-profile launches and summarising their subject matter is a proven, low-effort, high-return strategy for scoring that crucial extra mark in Prelims.
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All Books & Authors Questions
Q: Who of the following is the author of the book "The Audacity of Hope" ?
(a)Al Gore
(b)Barack Obama
(c)Bill Clinton
(d)Hillary Clinton
Q: Who is the author of the book ‘New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy’?
(a)A B Vajpayee
(b)Jaswant Singh
(c)P C Alexander
(d)Yashwant Sinha
Q: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists: List I (Books) I. The Struggle in My Life II. The Struggle and the Triumph III. Friends and Foes IV. Rebirth List II (Author) A) Lech Walesa B) Nelson Mandela C) Leonid Brezhnev D) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto E) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
(a)I-A, II-B, III-E, IV-C
(b)I-B, II-A, III-E, IV-C
(c)I-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D
(d)I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
Frequently Asked Questions
How many questions on Books & Authors have appeared in UPSC Prelims between 2001 and 2024?▼
Four direct questions were asked in this 24-year window.
Which sources are best for preparing the Books & Authors segment?▼
Routinely follow PIB press releases, Yojana/Kurukshetra book reviews, award lists (Booker, Sahitya Akademi), and any book launched by top constitutional authorities.