books & authors section 9 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam usually referred to as Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, studied physics at St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chennai.

Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life reveals his spiritual side. He has written poems in Tamil as well. It has been reported that there is considerable demand in South Korea for translated versions of books authored by him. Kalam has also patronized grassroots innovations.

He is closely associated with the Honey Bee Network and The National Innovation Foundation. The NIF is a body of the Government of India and operates from Ahmadabad, Gujarat.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

“Knowledge Innovation Strategy’ is authored by Parag Kulkarni, one of India’s most senior management consultants. It was published by Bloomsbury India in February 2015. The book advocates a new concept of Systemic Knowledge Innovation for professionals.

Answer: (a)

Mother India, was a polemical book by the American author Katherine Mayo. It was published in 1927. In her book, Mayo attacked society, religion and culture of the country of India.

Answer: (a)

Meghdootam is written by Kalidasa. The meghaduta is a poem describing the message of departed Yaksha to his wife, to be conveyed through a cloud. Yaksha, a servant of lord, Kubera, made some mistake in his duty; Kubera punished him with a curse, banishing him from Alaka into exile for a period of one year.

Therefore, Yaksha sent his message to his wife through a cloud.

Answer: (d)

Business @ the Speed of Thought is a book written by Bill Gates and Collins Hemingway in 1999. It discusses how business and technology are integrated, and shows how digital infrastructures and information networks can help getting an edge on the competition.

Gates asserts cyberspace and industry can no longer be separate entities, and that businesses must change to succeed in the Information Age. Though the book is not a technology handbook it gives interesting insights as to how to integrate business process with technology.