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SSC CGL Static GK – Books & Authors – Level 3 · Challenge · Tier I+ – 8 questions, subject: Static GK. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Arrange in orderArrange in chronological order:
1. The Discovery of India 2. Satyarth Prakash 3. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India 4. Hind Swaraj

Correct Answer: D [2-3-4-1]

Explanation:

1875 → 1901 → 1909 → 1946 (published).

2.  
Statement-basedWhich is/are correct?
I. Akbarnama was written by Akbar.
II. Ain-i-Akbari is part of Abul Fazl's Akbarnama.

Correct Answer: C [Only II]

Explanation:

Abul Fazl wrote both; Akbar is the subject.

3.  
Assertion–ReasonAssertion (A): The White Tiger won the Booker Prize in 2008.
Reason (R): The Booker Prize is open only to novels translated into English.

Correct Answer: A [A is true, R is false]

Explanation:

Aravind Adiga, 2008. The Booker is for novels written in English; translated fiction has the International Booker.

4.  
Pen nameThe real name of the Hindi writer Premchand was:

Correct Answer: B [Dhanpat Rai Srivastava]

Explanation:

Premchand = Dhanpat Rai Srivastava.

5.  
Which of these books was written in Ahmednagar Fort jail?

Correct Answer: D [The Discovery of India]

Explanation:

Nehru – Ahmednagar Fort; Hind Swaraj was written on a ship.

6.  
Odd one outOdd one out (by author):

Correct Answer: A [Gaban]

Explanation:

Gaban – Premchand; the other three are Tagore's.

7.  
Wings of Fire was co-written by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam with:

Correct Answer: D [Arun Tiwari]

Explanation:

India 2020 was with Y. S. Rajan.

8.  
George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, was born in:

Correct Answer: B [Motihari]

Explanation:

Motihari, Bihar (1903); Kipling was born in Bombay.

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