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BOOKS AND AUTHORS-4

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(1). India vs Pakistan. Why Can't we just be Friends? – book written by?

  • (a). Julian Barnes
  • (b). Gautam Bhatia
  • (c). Husain Haqqani
  • (d). Jhumpa Lahiri
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Husain Haqqani

Explanation:
What stops India and Pakistan from being friends? In this provocative, deeply analysed book, full of riveting revelations and anecdotes, Husain Haqqani, adviser to four Pakistani prime ministers, looks at the key pressure points in the relationship and argues that Pakistan has a pathological obsession with India, which lies at the heart of the problems between the two countries. Husain Haqqani is a former Pakistani ambassador to the US. Through his illustrious career that has spanned decades, he has worked as a journalist, an academic and advisor to four Pakistaniprime ministers, including Benazir Bhutto.

(2). Framed as a Terrorist – is written by?

  • (a). Kartar Lalvani
  • (b). M M Agarwal
  • (c). Mohammad Aamir Khan
  • (d). Nagi Loktus
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Mohammad Aamir Khan

Explanation:
Framed As a Terrorist is the harrowing and heart-rending narrative of an ordinary young Indian man, from the by-lanes of Old Delhi, who was kidnapped by the police, falsely accused of being a terrorist, framed and kept in jail for almost fourteen years. Released after a long and incredibly difficult legal battle, after surviving torture and solitary confinement, Mohammad Aamir Khan remains committed to the secular and democratic values that he grew up with. He refuses to be defeated, or to give up any of the dreams he has for himself, his family and the country that nearly destroyed him.

(3). Cometh the Hour- is written by?

  • (a). B G verghese
  • (b). Chetan Bhagat
  • (c). Radhika Nagrath
  • (d). Jeffery Archer
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Jeffery Archer

Explanation:
Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?. Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T. Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse run at Royal Ascot. Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls for Priya, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings. Harry Clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a gulag in Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed book, Uncle Joe. But then something unexpected happens that none of them could have anticipated. Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles and, like the five previous novels - all of which went to number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling with his trademark twists.

(4). China : Behind the Miracle is authored by?

  • (a). Sumita Dawra
  • (b). Amitav Ghosh
  • (c). J K Rowling
  • (d). Mr.subbarao
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Sumita Dawra

Explanation:
Some years ago the Chinese painted a canvas for themselves and made all its colours come true. National income multiplied rapidly over thirty years and millions of lives in the country improved as China shot dizzyingly to the second slot in world economy. As growth now slows in China the world waits for the giant to stumble. The never-saydie Chinese are however busy transforming their economy yet again - in surprising and significant ways - poised to catapult themselves to the next stage of development. The change is slow seemingly imperceptible but relentless unmistakable and innovative .China Behind the Miracle reveals the many dimensions of the country s growth phenomenon. The book focuses on telling a simple tale of the Chinese economy sharing extraordinary models of growth and economic change while helping the reader develop an insight into critical issues. About the Author Sumita Dawra is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service IAS with experience at various levels of governance in India and abroad. She was posted as Head of the Economic Wing in the Indian Mission in Beijing China for three years and more till July 2014. Presently posted as Secretary to state Government of Andhra Pradesh India she lives in Hyderabad.

(5). The Invisible Man from Salem is written by?

  • (a). J K Rowling
  • (b). Radhika Nagrath
  • (c). Christoffer Carlsson
  • (d). Amitav Ghosh
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Christoffer Carlsson

Explanation:
In the final days of summer, a young woman is shot dead in her apartment. Three floors above, the blue lights of the police cars awaken disgraced ex-officer Leo Junker. Though suspended from the force, he can't stay away for long. Bluffing his way onto the crime scene, he examines the dead woman and sees that she is clasping a cheap necklace — a necklace he instantly recognises. As Leo sets out on a rogue investigation to catch the killer, a series of frightening connections emerge, linking the murder to his own troubled youth in Salem — a suburb of Stockholm where social and racial tensions run high — and forcing him to confront a long ago incident that changed his life forever. Now, in backstreets, shadowed alleyways, and decaying suburbs ruled by Stockholm's criminal underground, the search for the young woman's killer — and the truth about Leo's past — begins

(6). Life Mantras is written by?

  • (a). Josue sanez
  • (b). B G verghese
  • (c). Sebastian Ortiz
  • (d). Subrata Roy
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Subrata Roy

Explanation:
"After having gone through the book, you will definitely and convincingly realize that to achieve peace, true happiness, contentment, satisfaction and also to attain continuous progress in life in terms of material gains, respect and love, you need not depend on anybody in this world. It all depends on you. It is all in your hands."—'Saharasri' Subrata Roy Sahara "Nobody does anything for anyone. All do for themselves either for more and more material gains or to save and escape from any kind of material losses or from mental-emotional dissatisfaction or for getting more and more mental-emotional satisfaction. Therefore, no one sacrifices for anyone. When no one does anything for anyone, there is no justification in expecting any returns." The author goes on to explain that to make life truly beautiful, one also needs to understand the basic truths with which we are born or the basic instincts inherent in us all. So for a positive outcome one has to learn the psychological or the emotional aspects of life, in other words, the realities of life or the entire philosophy of life. As you get immersed in the potent energy of these 'Life Mantras', you will slowly find a change, a sense of fulfillment, a self-motivation coming in you. You will thus be led to the ultimate realization that the journey of life is indeed a truly blissful and an enlightening experience.

(7). And Then There Were None is written by?

  • (a). Radhika Nagrath
  • (b). Amitav Ghosh
  • (c). Agatha Christie
  • (d). M K Rasgotra
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Agatha Christie

Explanation:
First, there were ten - a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to reveal - and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. One by one they fall prey. Before the weekend is out, there will be none. And only the dead are above suspicion.

(8). Woodsmoke and Leafcups is written by?

  • (a). Madhu Ramnath
  • (b). Amitav Ghosh
  • (c). J K Rowling
  • (d). Josue sanez
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Madhu Ramnath

Explanation:
'Bastar remained outside the country I knew and with which I was familiar: the scent of sal hinting at something more refreshing than the goals to which India aspired.' Madhu Ramnath spent thirty years with the Durwa peoples in Bastar. What began as impulsive travel to a swathe of land that had no roads criss-crossing it soon turned into a homecoming: each stint in the forest compelled him to return and, finally, to stay. Over the years he became a student of Durwa life, living in the forest, tending cattle, working a hill-slope in the village. He immersed himself in the Durwa world while indulging his passion for devising a botanical classification that would be accessible to a layperson. Woodsmoke and Leafcups is a first-hand account of life in Bastar: the routines of communal life and the interactions of the Durwas with the State machinery. He writes of a culture where energy and laughter are currency, although of no value to anyone else. He draws a portrait of friends and teachers, threats and ways of eliding them, and the lure of politics for those long indifferent to it. At a time when 'there are few places in which to lose oneself', Ramnath writes of a people and a place that exist outside, sometimes counter to, known narratives.

(9). The Vegitarian book authored by?

  • (a). Han Kang
  • (b). Sebastian Ortiz
  • (c). Chetan Bhagat
  • (d). B G verghese
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Han Kang

Explanation:
Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S "BEST BOOKS OF 2016 SO FAR" ONE OF TIME'S "BEST BOOKS OF 2016 SO FAR" A beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul. Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that's become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself. Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman's struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.

(10). A monument to suffering and courage in our time book written by?

  • (a). Radhika Nagrath
  • (b). Svetlana Alexievich
  • (c). Amitav Ghosh
  • (d). Josue sanez
  • (e). None of these
Answer : Svetlana Alexievich

Explanation:
Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style of oral history, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting the decline of Soviet culture and speculating on what will rise from the ashes of Communism. As in all her books, Alexievich gives voice to women and men whose stories are lost in the official narratives of nation-states, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals. When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize in Literature, they praised her "polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time," and cited her for inventing "a new kind of literary genre." Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, added that her work comprises "a history of emotions a history of the soul." About the Author Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, in 1948 and has spent most of her life in the Soviet Union and present-day Belarus, with prolonged periods of exile in Western Europe. Starting out as a journalist, she developed her own nonfiction genre, which gathers a chorus of voices to describe a specific historical moment. Her works include War's Unwomanly Face (1985), Last Witnesses (1985), Zinky Boys (1990), Voices from Chernobyl (1997), and Secondhand Time (2013). She has won many international awards, including the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."