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Who is the author of the memoir 'Becoming'?
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Answer: Option C — Michelle Obama
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"Becoming" is the memoir of Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States (2009-2017). It was published in November 2018 and became one of the best-selling memoirs in history, selling more than 10 million copies in a few months.
About the book:
- It is divided into three parts: "Becoming Me", "Becoming Us" and "Becoming More".
- "Becoming Me" describes her childhood in a working-class family on the South Side of Chicago and her education at Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
- "Becoming Us" describes how she met Barack Obama at a Chicago law firm where she was his mentor, their marriage, and the challenges of balancing career, family and politics.
- "Becoming More" covers her years as First Lady, when she started initiatives such as "Let's Move!" (against childhood obesity), "Joining Forces" (support for military families) and "Let Girls Learn".
- The audiobook version won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (2020), and a Netflix documentary, "Becoming", was released in 2020.
- Her later book "The Light We Carry" (2022) shares advice on facing uncertainty.
Memoirs of other famous women:
- Hillary Clinton: "Living History" (2003), "Hard Choices" (2014), "What Happened" (2017).
- Melinda French Gates: "The Moment of Lift" (2019).
- Oprah Winfrey: "What I Know for Sure" (2014).
- Malala Yousafzai: "I Am Malala" (2013).
- Kamala Harris: "The Truths We Hold" (2019).
- Indra Nooyi: "My Life in Full" (2021).
Barack Obama's books:
"Dreams from My Father" (1995), "The Audacity of Hope" (2006) and "A Promised Land" (2020).
Why not the other options?
- ✗Hillary Clinton's memoir is "Living History".
- ✗Melinda French Gates wrote "The Moment of Lift".
- ✗Oprah Winfrey wrote "What I Know for Sure".
Quick tip
Remember: "Becoming" = Michelle Obama (2018); "The Light We Carry" (2022); "Living History" = Hillary Clinton; "A Promised Land" = Barack Obama; "I Am Malala" = Malala Yousafzai.
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This question tests your understanding of Books & Authors, a key topic in the General Knowledge section. The detailed solution above uses a step-by-step approach to show the reasoning, and where available, a shortcut that helps you solve similar questions in under 90 seconds during the actual exam.
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.