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'The Road Ahead' is a book by:
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Answer: Option B — Bill Gates
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"The Road Ahead" is a book by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, written with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson. It was published in November 1995.
About the book:
- In it, Gates described his view of the coming "information highway" and how personal computers and the Internet would change business, education, entertainment and daily life.
- He predicted developments such as online shopping, video on demand, digital wallets and portable personal computing devices, many of which later came true.
- A revised edition in 1996 gave more importance to the Internet.
- Gates donated the royalties from the book to support teachers and the use of computers in education.
About Bill Gates:
He was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
He co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office software became dominant in personal computing.
He was the world's richest person for many years.
With his then wife Melinda, he founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2000), one of the largest charitable foundations in the world, working on global health (such as polio eradication and vaccines), poverty and education.
His other books include "Business @ the Speed of Thought" (1999), "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" (2021), "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" (2022) and "Source Code: My Beginnings" (2025), a memoir of his early life.
Books by other technology leaders:
- Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO): "Hit Refresh" (2017).
- Steve Jobs's authorised biography "Steve Jobs" (2011) was written by Walter Isaacson.
- Elon Musk's biography "Elon Musk" (2023) was also written by Walter Isaacson.
- Jeff Bezos: "Invent and Wander" (2020), a collection of his writings.
- R. Narayana Murthy: "A Better India: A Better World".
Why not the other options?
- ✗Steve Jobs's biography was written by Walter Isaacson.
- ✗Jeff Bezos's writings are collected in "Invent and Wander".
- ✗Elon Musk's biography was written by Walter Isaacson.
Quick tip
Remember: "The Road Ahead" (1995) = Bill Gates (Microsoft, 1975, with Paul Allen); also "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" (2021) and "Source Code" (2025); "Hit Refresh" = Satya Nadella.
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This topic covers famous books and their authors, including ancient Indian texts, works of the freedom struggle, classic and modern literature, autobiographies of famous people, and recently published books by well-known personalities. Questions usually name a book and ask for its author, or the other way round. Ancient and historical books, such as Arthashastra (Kautilya), Indica (Megasthenes) and Gitanjali (Rabindranath Tagore), are tested most often. Autobiographies are another favourite, so learn titles such as 'My Experiments with Truth' (Mahatma Gandhi) and 'Wings of Fire' (A. P. J. Abdul Kalam). Practise the books and authors questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.