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.
- Q221.
The Sanskrit poem 'Ramacharitam', which narrates the story of Rama and of the Pala king Ramapala at the same time, was written by:
A. BilhanaB. KalhanaC. JayadevaD. Sandhyakar NandihardAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q222.
Who is the author of 'The Divine Comedy'?
A. Dante AlighieriB. John MiltonC. Giovanni BoccaccioD. Francesco PetrarcheasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q223.
According to tradition, who composed the Mahabharata?
A. KalidasaB. TulsidasC. ValmikiD. Veda VyasaeasyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q224.
'The Substance and the Shadow' is the autobiography of which film actor?
A. Dev AnandB. Raj KapoorC. Dilip KumarD. Ashok KumarmediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q225.
The book 'Annihilation of Caste' was written by:
A. Narayana GuruB. Jyotirao PhuleC. B. R. AmbedkarD. E. V. Ramasamy (Periyar)easyAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q226.
'The Arctic Home in the Vedas' was written by:
A. Dayananda SaraswatiB. Swami VivekanandaC. Bal Gangadhar TilakD. Aurobindo GhosemediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q227.
'Kalila wa Dimna' is an Arabic translation of which Indian work?
A. PanchatantraB. Jataka talesC. HitopadeshaD. KathasaritsagaramediumAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q228.
The author of 'The End of History and the Last Man' is:
A. Samuel P. HuntingtonB. Noam ChomskyC. Thomas FriedmanD. Francis FukuyamamediumAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q229.
'Bandi Jivan', an account of the revolutionary movement, was written by:
A. Barindra Kumar GhoshB. Sachindranath SanyalC. Ram Prasad BismilD. Bhagat SinghhardAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q230.
The famous novel 'The City of Joy', set in Kolkata, was written by:
A. Günter GrassB. Dominique LapierreC. E. M. ForsterD. V. S. NaipaulmediumAsked in DefenceView solution › - Q231.
'Nitisara', an early work on politics and statecraft, was written by:
A. VishakhadattaB. Somadeva SuriC. KautilyaD. KamandakahardAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q232.
'Futuhat-i-Alamgiri', an account of Aurangzeb's reign, was written by:
A. Bhimsen SaxenaB. Khafi KhanC. Ishwardas NagarD. Saqi Mustaid KhanhardAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q233.
The Sanskrit epic poem 'Kiratarjuniya' was written by:
A. MaghaB. SriharshaC. BharaviD. KalidasamediumAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q234.
The book 'India for Indians' was written by:
A. Surendranath BanerjeeB. Motilal NehruC. Bipin Chandra PalD. Chittaranjan DashardAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q235.
'The Challenge of World Poverty' was written by:
A. Gunnar MyrdalB. John Kenneth GalbraithC. Jeffrey SachsD. Amartya SenmediumAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q236.
'Ramchandrika' was written by:
A. KeshavdasB. TulsidasC. SurdasD. BiharimediumAsked in State PCSView solution ›