Identify the author of the book "Straight from the heart".

The correct answer is B, VVS Laxman. '281 and Beyond' is the autobiography of VVS Laxman, published in 2018. The title comes from his innings of 281 against Australia at Eden Gardens in the Kolkata Test of March 2001, when India followed on and still won, in one of the greatest Test matches ever played. Laxman and Rahul Dravid batted through almost the whole fourth day, and Harbhajan Singh, who took the first hat-trick by an Indian in Tests in that match, finished the job. Option A is wrong because Kapil Dev's autobiography is 'Straight from the Heart'. Option C is wrong because Sourav Ganguly wrote 'A Century Is Not Enough'. Option D is wrong because Ajinkya Rahane has written no such book. Exam tip: 281 and Beyond - VVS Laxman; A Century Is Not Enough - Sourav Ganguly; Playing It My Way - Sachin Tendulkar.

The correct answer is B, Sanjaya Baru. Sanjaya Baru served as media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and wrote The Accidental Prime Minister as an insider's account of those years. Because it is written by an observer rather than by the subject, the book is counted as a memoir about Manmohan Singh and not as his autobiography.

Option A, Manmohan Singh, did not write the book, and assuming that he did is the mistake the question is designed to catch. Option C, Daman Singh, is his daughter and wrote Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan, a family account of her parents, which is a different book altogether. Option D, Natwar Singh, wrote his own memoir One Life Is Not Enough, which deals with his career in the foreign service and in politics.

The correct answer is B, Mahatma Gandhi. The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, written originally in Gujarati and later translated into English. It covers his childhood, his years as a student in London, his work in South Africa and the shaping of his ideas on truth and non violence, and it stops well before the final phase of the national movement.

Option A, Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote An Autobiography, published in Britain as Toward Freedom, besides The Discovery of India and Glimpses of World History. Option C, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, wrote India Wins Freedom, an account of the last years before independence and of partition. Option D, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, did not write an autobiography; his letters and speeches were published in collected volumes by others after his death.

The correct answer is C, Sachin Tendulkar. Playing It My Way is the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar and was published shortly after he retired from international cricket. It covers his boyhood in Mumbai, his coaching under Ramakant Achrekar and his long career for India.

Option A, Kapil Dev, wrote Straight from the Heart, which deals with the 1983 World Cup victory among other events of his career. Option B, Sunil Gavaskar, wrote Sunny Days, and also Idols and Runs n Ruins, so he is a frequent name in the same question set. Option D, Rahul Dravid, has not written an autobiography of this name; the books associated with him were written by others about his career, which is exactly the distinction between autobiography and biography that the question is testing.

The correct answer is A, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. India Wins Freedom is Azad's account of the last decade of the freedom struggle, of the Cabinet Mission and of the events that led to partition. Azad was president of the Indian National Congress during a crucial period and later became the first education minister of independent India.

Option B, Rajendra Prasad, wrote his own autobiography and books such as India Divided, but not this title. Option C, Jawaharlal Nehru, wrote An Autobiography, The Discovery of India and Glimpses of World History, all of them separate works. Option D, Subhas Chandra Bose, wrote An Indian Pilgrim, an unfinished autobiography, and The Indian Struggle, a political history of the movement, so neither matches the book named in the question.