The autobiography 'Unbreakable' was written by which Indian sportsperson?

The correct answer is B, Sachin Tendulkar. Playing It My Way is the autobiography of the batsman Sachin Tendulkar, published in 2014 soon after he retired, and it was written with the sports writer Boria Majumdar. The book covers his first Test at sixteen, the 2011 World Cup win and his hundredth international century. Option A is wrong because Rahul Dravid has not written an autobiography; the volume Timeless Steel about him is a collection of essays by other writers. Option C is wrong because Sourav Ganguly's book is titled A Century Is Not Enough. Option D is wrong because Virender Sehwag is the subject of books by others rather than the author of a well-known autobiography. Remember the pairing by title: my way for Tendulkar, from the heart for Kapil Dev, sunny days for Gavaskar.

The correct answer is C, A P J Abdul Kalam. Wings of Fire was written by the aerospace scientist and eleventh President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam, along with Arun Tiwari, and it traces his life from a modest childhood at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu to his work on the satellite launch vehicle and the missile programme. His other titles include India 2020, Ignited Minds, My Journey, Turning Points and Indomitable Spirit. Option A is wrong because Homi Jehangir Bhabha, the architect of India's atomic energy programme, wrote scientific papers rather than a popular autobiography. Option B is wrong because Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space programme, is the subject of biographies by others. Option D is wrong because C V Raman, the Nobel laureate in physics, is remembered for the Raman effect and not for this book.

The correct answer is B, Stephen Hawking. The British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking wrote A Brief History of Time in 1988 to explain the Big Bang, black holes and the nature of time to readers without a background in physics, and it became one of the best-selling science books ever published. He later wrote The Universe in a Nutshell and The Grand Design. Option A is wrong because Carl Sagan wrote Cosmos, another famous popular science book, and in fact contributed an introduction to Hawking's book. Option C is wrong because Richard Dawkins wrote The Selfish Gene, which is about evolution rather than cosmology. Option D is wrong because James Watson wrote The Double Helix, his personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA. Attach each title to its subject and the options separate cleanly.

The correct answer is A, Milkha Singh. The Race of My Life was written by the sprinter Milkha Singh, known as the Flying Sikh, together with his daughter Sonia Sanwalka, and it describes his childhood during Partition, his rise in Indian athletics and the fourth place in the 400 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics that he regretted all his life. The film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was based on this book. Option B is wrong because P T Usha, the athlete from Kerala, is not the author of this title. Option C is wrong because Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, the hurdler who finished fifth at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, did not write it. Option D is wrong because Sriram Singh, the eight hundred metres runner of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, is not its author.

The correct answer is C, Abhinav Bindra. The shooter Abhinav Bindra, who won the ten metre air rifle gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and became independent India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, wrote this book with the sports journalist Rohit Brijnath. The subtitle names the achievement, which makes the answer clear in the question itself. Option A is wrong because Gagan Narang, a bronze medallist at the London Olympics in 2012, is not its author. Option B is wrong because Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won a silver in double trap at Athens in 2004, did not write it. Option D is wrong because Jaspal Rana, a decorated shooter of the Asian Games and later a coach, is not the author. Note the pairing of shooting with this title.