Books & Authors Questions with Solutions
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.
- Q61.
'India Wins Freedom' is the autobiography of:
A. Maulana Abul Kalam AzadB. Dr. Zakir HusainC. Khan Abdul Ghaffar KhanD. Rafi Ahmed KidwaieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q62.
Which was the first novel of Chetan Bhagat?
A. The 3 Mistakes of My LifeB. Five Point SomeoneC. 2 StatesD. One Night @ the Call CentereasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q63.
'Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life' is the autobiography of:
A. Viswanathan AnandB. Koneru HumpyC. Magnus CarlsenD. Garry KasparoveasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q64.
Who wrote 'A Moveable Feast' and 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
A. Herman MelvilleB. Ernest HemingwayC. Mark TwainD. John SteinbeckeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q65.
'Myth = Mithya', 'Jaya' and 'My Gita' were written by:
A. Anand NeelakantanB. Ashwin SanghiC. Amish TripathiD. Devdutt PattanaikeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q66.
Who is the author of the Hindi epic poem 'Kamayani'?
A. Jaishankar PrasadB. Sumitranandan PantC. Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'D. Mahadevi VermaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q67.
Who is the author of 'Si-yu-ki' (Records of the Western World)?
A. I-Tsing (Yijing)B. Fa-Hien (Faxian)C. Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang)D. MegastheneseasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q68.
'The Description of the World' (The Travels) is the account of which traveller?
A. Marco PoloB. Niccolò de' ContiC. Ibn BattutaD. Vasco da GamaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q69.
'Boy: Tales of Childhood' is the autobiography of which author?
A. C. S. LewisB. Enid BlytonC. Roald DahlD. Ruskin BondeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q70.
Who is the author of the novel 'Kanthapura'?
A. Mulk Raj AnandB. R. K. NarayanC. G. V. DesaniD. Raja RaoeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q71.
Who is the author of 'Kitab-ul-Hind' (Tahqiq-i-Hind)?
A. Amir KhusrauB. Minhaj-us-SirajC. Ibn BattutaD. Al-BirunieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q72.
Who is the author of 'Hit Refresh'?
A. Sundar PichaiB. Nandan NilekaniC. N. R. Narayana MurthyD. Satya NadellaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q73.
Kamban wrote his version of the Ramayana in which language?
A. TamilB. TeluguC. KannadaD. MalayalameasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q74.
Who wrote the book 'The Republic'?
A. PlatoB. SocratesC. AristotleD. MachiavellieasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q75.
The Bengali novel 'Pather Panchali' was written by:
A. Bibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayB. Satyajit RayC. Manik BandyopadhyayD. Tarashankar BandyopadhyayeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q76.
The book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' was written by:
A. R. C. DuttB. G. V. JoshiC. Dadabhai NaorojiD. M. G. RanadeeasyAsked in Railway +1View solution › - Q77.
Who is traditionally regarded as the author of the 'Panchatantra'?
A. SomadevaB. Vishnu SharmaC. Narayana PanditaD. KshemendraeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q78.
The famous Hindi poem 'Jhansi Ki Rani' ('Khoob ladi mardani woh to Jhansi wali rani thi') was written by:
A. Maithili Sharan GuptB. Mahadevi VermaC. Makhanlal ChaturvediD. Subhadra Kumari ChauhaneasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q79.
'On Economic Inequality', 'Poverty and Famines' and 'Development as Freedom' were written by:
A. Abhijit BanerjeeB. Jagdish BhagwatiC. Kaushik BasuD. Amartya SeneasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q80.
Who wrote the famous Bengali novel 'Devdas'?
A. Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayB. Rabindranath TagoreC. Bibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayD. Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayeasyAsked in RailwayView solution ›