Who has written the book named 'Gulamgiri'?

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, Kapil Dev. Straight from the Heart is the autobiography of Kapil Dev, the fast bowler who captained India to its first World Cup win in 1983 at Lord's. The book came out in 2004 and describes his rise from Chandigarh, the 175 not out against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells and his years as captain and coach. Kapil Dev was the first bowler to take 400 wickets in Test cricket and was named Indian Cricketer of the Century by Wisden in 2002. Option A is wrong because Sachin Tendulkar wrote Playing It My Way. Option C is wrong because M.S. Dhoni has not written an autobiography; his life was told in a film and in books by other authors. Option D is wrong because Sourav Ganguly wrote A Century Is Not Enough. Exam tip: Straight from the Heart is Kapil Dev, Playing It My Way is Sachin Tendulkar, A Century Is Not Enough is Sourav Ganguly.

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 A, Arun Tiwari. Wings of Fire was written by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam with Arun Tiwari, a scientist who had worked under Kalam in the missile programme. The book describes Kalam's boyhood at Rameswaram, his training as an aeronautical engineer and his years with the space and defence establishments.

Option B, Y. S. Rajan, did collaborate with Kalam but on a different book, India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium, so he is the most plausible distractor in the set. Option C, Sanjaya Baru, wrote The Accidental Prime Minister about his years as media adviser to Manmohan Singh and has no connection with Kalam's books. Option D, Robert Kanigel, is the American writer who wrote The Man Who Knew Infinity, the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan.

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.