Books & Authors Questions with Solutions

236 questions101 easy126 medium9 hard

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.

  1. Q121.

    'Kalila wa Dimna' is an Arabic translation of which Indian work?

    A. PanchatantraB. Jataka talesC. HitopadeshaD. Kathasaritsagara
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  2. Q122.

    The author of 'The End of History and the Last Man' is:

    A. Samuel P. HuntingtonB. Noam ChomskyC. Thomas FriedmanD. Francis Fukuyama
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  3. Q123.

    The famous novel 'The City of Joy', set in Kolkata, was written by:

    A. Günter GrassB. Dominique LapierreC. E. M. ForsterD. V. S. Naipaul
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  4. Q124.

    The Sanskrit epic poem 'Kiratarjuniya' was written by:

    A. MaghaB. SriharshaC. BharaviD. Kalidasa
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  5. Q125.

    'The Challenge of World Poverty' was written by:

    A. Gunnar MyrdalB. John Kenneth GalbraithC. Jeffrey SachsD. Amartya Sen
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  6. Q126.

    'Ramchandrika' was written by:

    A. KeshavdasB. TulsidasC. SurdasD. Bihari
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