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.
- Q1.
'Waiting for a Visa' is an autobiographical work of:
A. Dr B.R. AmbedkarB. Jyotirao PhuleC. Mahatma GandhiD. Jawaharlal NehrumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q2.
Who wrote the Hindi novel 'Raag Darbari'?
A. PremchandB. YashpalC. Shrilal ShuklaD. Phanishwar Nath RenumediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q3.
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched, considering the literary movement, theme, and historical context of the work?
A. Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett - Theatre of the AbsurdB. Animal Farm - George Orwell - Political AllegoryC. Gitanjali - Rabindranath Tagore - Romantic NationalismD. Ulysses - James Joyce - Stream of ConsciousnessmediumAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2 April Shift-2 2026View solution › - Q4.
'Goal' is the autobiography of which Indian sportsperson?
A. Balbir Singh Sr.B. Major Dhyan ChandC. Milkha SinghD. Dhanraj PillaymediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q5.
Who is the author of the Hindi novel 'Tamas'?
A. Bhisham SahniB. Mohan RakeshC. YashpalD. KamleshwarmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q6.
Who wrote the Hindi novel 'Maila Anchal'?
A. NagarjunaB. PremchandC. Bhagwati Charan VermaD. Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q7.
Who wrote 'Man's Search for Meaning'?
A. Elie WieselB. Sigmund FreudC. Carl JungD. Viktor E. FranklmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q8.
'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' is the autobiography of:
A. Maya AngelouB. Toni MorrisonC. Harper LeeD. Alice WalkermediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q9.
'Straight from the Heart' is the autobiography of which cricketer?
A. Mohinder AmarnathB. Sunil GavaskarC. Ravi ShastriD. Kapil DevmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q10.
'My Story' is the autobiography of which writer?
A. Mahasweta DeviB. Amrita PritamC. Kamala DasD. Ismat ChughtaimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q11.
The autobiography of Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, is titled:
A. AtmakathaB. My TruthC. India Wins FreedomD. Satya Ke PrayogmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q12.
In which year did Kiran Desai win the Booker Prize for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss'?
A. 1997B. 2008C. 2011D. 2006mediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q13.
The autobiography of the tennis player Andre Agassi is titled:
A. But SeriouslyB. Serve to WinC. OpenD. UnstoppablemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q14.
Who wrote the novel 'Coolie'?
A. Raja RaoB. Mulk Raj AnandC. Ahmed AliD. R. K. NarayanmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q15.
'My Country My Life' is the autobiography of which Indian politician?
A. Jaswant SinghB. L. K. AdvaniC. Pranab MukherjeeD. Atal Bihari VajpayeemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q16.
'Pinjar' is a novel by which writer?
A. Mahadevi VermaB. Krishna SobtiC. Ismat ChughtaiD. Amrita PritammediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q17.
'The Fall of a Sparrow' is the autobiography of:
A. Jim CorbettB. Verghese KurienC. M. S. SwaminathanD. Salim AlimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q18.
The first autobiography written by an Indian woman was:
A. Smriti ChitreB. Amar JibanC. Stri Purush TulanaD. My StorymediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q19.
Who wrote 'The Economic History of India'?
A. Dadabhai NaorojiB. R. C. DuttC. Gopal Krishna GokhaleD. M. G. RanademediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q20.
'A History of British India', published in 1817, was written by:
A. Thomas Babington MacaulayB. Vincent SmithC. John Stuart MillD. James MillmediumAsked in SSCView solution ›