The book ‘ Kargil : Turning the Tide’ is written by

The correct answer is A) Mohinderpuri. Kargil: Turning the Tide is an army-side account of the 1999 Kargil conflict (Operation Vijay), written by Mohinder Puri, a former Indian Army officer. It is a first-hand, operational narrative, which is why it is often cited for the military side of the war.

• B) Anita Nair is a novelist (for example, Ladies Coupe). She has not written a war history.
• C) Chetan Bhagat writes commercial fiction such as Five Point Someone. He is not the author of this book.
• D) Durjoy Datta is also a popular fiction writer, known for romance novels. He is not connected to this title.

The core concept here is static GK on books about key events. For Prelims, pair a major event with its authoritative accounts, such as Kargil with the Indian Army's perspective. On the Mains side, the Kargil Review Committee and the Group of Ministers report that followed the war drove reforms in higher defence management and intelligence coordination.

Trap: Aspirants often pick a name they recognise from popular Indian English fiction. Those authors are famous, but a war-history question needs a military or defence writer.