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Who is the author of 'Hit Refresh'?
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Answer: Option D — Satya Nadella
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"Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone" is a book by Satya Nadella, the Chairman and CEO of Microsoft. It was published in September 2017, written with Greg Shaw and Jill Tracie Nichols.
About the book:
- It combines Nadella's personal story with his vision for Microsoft and technology.
- It describes his childhood in Hyderabad, where he loved cricket, his move to the USA for higher studies, and his career at Microsoft, which he joined in 1992.
It explains how, after becoming CEO in February 2014, he tried to "hit refresh" by changing Microsoft's culture to one of empathy, a "growth mindset" and collaboration, and by shifting its focus to cloud computing (Azure), mobile and artificial intelligence.
He also writes about his son Zain, who was born with cerebral palsy, and how this experience taught him empathy.
The book discusses the future of technologies such as artificial intelligence, mixed reality and quantum computing.
Profits from the book were donated to Microsoft Philanthropies.
About Satya Nadella:
- He was born in 1967 in Hyderabad.
- He studied electrical engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology, a master's in computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and an MBA at the University of Chicago.
- He became Microsoft's third CEO in 2014 (after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer) and also became Chairman in 2021.
- He received the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
Other Indian-origin technology leaders:
- Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google (2015) and Alphabet (2019); Padma Bhushan (2022).
- Nandan Nilekani: co-founder of Infosys and first Chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar); author of "Imagining India" and "Rebooting India".
- R. Narayana Murthy: co-founder of Infosys; "A Better India: A Better World".
Why not the other options?
- ✗Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet.
- ✗Nandan Nilekani wrote "Imagining India".
- ✗R. Narayana Murthy wrote "A Better India: A Better World".
Quick tip
Remember: "Hit Refresh" (2017) = Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO since 2014, born Hyderabad); "Imagining India" = Nandan Nilekani; "The Road Ahead" = Bill Gates.
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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.