Wings of Fire, the autobiography of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, was co-authored by
- A.Arun Tiwari
- B.Y. S. Rajan
- C.Sanjaya Baru
- D.Robert Kanigel
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Explanation
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.
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- C.Jawaharlal Nehru
- D.Subhas Chandra Bose
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- B.Sanjaya Baru
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- D.Natwar Singh
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