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.
- Q81.
The Sanskrit work 'Aryabhatiya' was written by:
A. VarahamihiraB. BhaskaracharyaC. AryabhataD. BrahmaguptaeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q82.
Panini's 'Ashtadhyayi' is a famous grammar of which language?
A. PaliB. TamilC. SanskritD. PrakriteasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q83.
Who is the author of the 'Natyashastra'?
A. Bharata MuniB. MatangaC. NandikeshvaraD. KalidasaeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q84.
Who wrote the novel 'Little Women'?
A. Harriet Beecher StoweB. Emily DickinsonC. Edith WhartonD. Louisa May AlcotteasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q85.
The famous novel 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by:
A. Laurence SterneB. Jonathan SwiftC. Henry FieldingD. Daniel DefoeeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q86.
'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' was written by:
A. Mark TwainB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Herman MelvilleD. Jack LondoneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q87.
'Moby-Dick' is a novel written by:
A. Jack LondonB. Herman MelvilleC. Ernest HemingwayD. Robert Louis StevensoneasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q88.
The English novel 'Kim' was written by:
A. Paul ScottB. Jim CorbettC. Rudyard KiplingD. E. M. ForstereasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q89.
The English novel 'Three Men in a Boat' was written by:
A. Charles DickensB. Lewis CarrollC. Jerome K. JeromeD. P. G. WodehouseeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q90.
The autobiography 'The Story of My Life' (1903) was written by:
A. Eleanor RooseveltB. Florence NightingaleC. Helen KellerD. Anne FrankeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q91.
Who is the author of 'Hind Swaraj'?
A. Lala Lajpat RaiB. Mahatma GandhiC. Aurobindo GhoseD. Bal Gangadhar TilakeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q92.
Who is the author of 'The Alchemist'?
A. Gabriel García MárquezB. Paulo CoelhoC. Jorge Luis BorgesD. Isabel AllendeeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q93.
'The Emperor's New Clothes' is a children's story by:
A. AesopB. Hans Christian AndersenC. The Brothers GrimmD. Charles PerraulteasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q94.
'The Famous Five' series of adventure novels was written by:
A. Roald DahlB. Enid BlytonC. Agatha ChristieD. J. K. RowlingeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q95.
The famous Bengali primer 'Barna Parichay' was written by:
A. Raja Ram Mohan RoyB. Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayC. Ishwar Chandra VidyasagarD. Rabindranath TagoreeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q96.
'Interpreter of Maladies' and 'The Namesake' were written by:
A. Anita DesaiB. Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniC. Jhumpa LahiriD. Kiran DesaieasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q97.
Who created the fictional detective 'Sherlock Holmes'?
A. G. K. ChestertonB. Arthur Conan DoyleC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Agatha ChristieeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q98.
Who is the author of the motivational book 'You Can Win'?
A. Dale CarnegieB. Robin SharmaC. Rhonda ByrneD. Shiv KheraeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q99.
Who is the author of 'The Divine Comedy'?
A. Dante AlighieriB. John MiltonC. Giovanni BoccaccioD. Francesco PetrarcheasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q100.
According to tradition, who composed the Mahabharata?
A. KalidasaB. TulsidasC. ValmikiD. Veda VyasaeasyAsked in PoliceView solution ›