Question

Who is the author of the famous book 'Wake Up, India: A Plea for Social Reform'?
1. Mother Teresa
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Annie Besant
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Annie Besant

The correct answer is Annie Besant.

• Annie Besant was a women's rights activist and a writer.

• She is regarded as a champion of human freedom and was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.
• She was a creative author with over three hundred books and pamphlets.
• She is also one of the founders of the Banaras Hindu University. She wrote the famous book ‘New India’.
• This book was authored by her to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle.

Author	Book
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay	Anandmath, Kapalkundala, etc.
Annie Besant	The Ancient Wisdom, The Seven Principles of Man, Annie Besant: An Autobiography, etc
Dadabhai Naoroji	Poverty and un-British Rule in India, Poverty of India, etc.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Twenty-one Poems, Dynamics of an Open Society, etc.