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Who is the author of 'Living History'?
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Answer: Option B — Hillary Rodham Clinton
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"Living History" is the memoir of Hillary Rodham Clinton, published in June 2003. It became a major best-seller, selling over a million copies in its first month.
About the book:
It describes her childhood in Park Ridge, Illinois, her education at Wellesley College and Yale Law School, where she met Bill Clinton, and her career as a lawyer in Arkansas.
It covers her eight years as First Lady of the United States (1993-2001), including her work on health care reform, her travels (including to India in 1995), the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and her election to the US Senate from New York in 2000.
About Hillary Clinton:
- She was born in 1947 in Chicago.
- She was First Lady (1993-2001), US Senator from New York (2001-2009) and US Secretary of State (2009-2013) under President Barack Obama.
In 2016, she became the first woman to be nominated for President by a major US political party (the Democratic Party). She won the popular vote but lost the election to Donald Trump in the Electoral College.
Her other books include "It Takes a Village" (1996), "Hard Choices" (2014, about her years as Secretary of State), "What Happened" (2017, about the 2016 election), "The Book of Gutsy Women" (2019, with her daughter Chelsea Clinton) and "Something Lost, Something Gained" (2024).
Memoirs of other American women leaders:
- Madeleine Albright, the first woman US Secretary of State: "Madam Secretary" (2003).
- Condoleezza Rice, the first African-American woman Secretary of State: "No Higher Honor" (2011).
- Michelle Obama: "Becoming" (2018).
Memoirs of Presidents:
- Bill Clinton: "My Life" (2004).
- Barack Obama: "A Promised Land" (2020).
Why not the other options?
- ✗Madeleine Albright wrote "Madam Secretary".
- ✗Condoleezza Rice wrote "No Higher Honor".
- ✗Michelle Obama wrote "Becoming".
Quick tip
Remember: "Living History" (2003) = Hillary Clinton; also "Hard Choices" (2014) and "What Happened" (2017); "My Life" = Bill Clinton; "Madam Secretary" = Madeleine Albright.
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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.