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.
- Q41.
Who is the author of 'The Color Purple'?
A. Maya AngelouB. Toni MorrisonC. Harper LeeD. Alice WalkermediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q42.
Who wrote the novel 'Chokher Bali'?
A. Bibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayB. Rabindranath TagoreC. Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayD. Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyaymediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q43.
Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A. Harper LeeB. Margaret MitchellC. Mark TwainD. John SteinbeckeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q44.
Who is the author of 'I Do What I Do'?
A. Raghuram RajanB. Y. V. ReddyC. Urjit PatelD. Amartya SenmediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q45.
Who is the author of the memoir 'Becoming'?
A. Hillary ClintonB. Melinda French GatesC. Michelle ObamaD. Oprah WinfreyeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q46.
'Razmnama' was a Persian translation of which work?
A. PanchatantraB. MahabharataC. Atharva VedaD. RamayanamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q47.
Who is the author of 'A Nation in Making'?
A. Bipin Chandra PalB. Bal Gangadhar TilakC. Dadabhai NaorojiD. Surendranath BanerjeemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q48.
Who is the author of 'An Autobiography' (published in the USA as 'Toward Freedom')?
A. Jawaharlal NehruB. Subhas Chandra BoseC. Rajendra PrasadD. Mahatma GandhieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q49.
The 'Badshahnama', a history of Shah Jahan's reign, was written by:
A. Abdul Hamid LahoriB. Abdul Qadir BadauniC. Gulbadan BegumD. Abul FazlmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q50.
Who wrote 'Rajmohan's Wife', generally regarded as the first novel in English by an Indian?
A. Rabindranath TagoreB. Michael Madhusudan DuttC. Toru DuttD. Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayhardAsked in SSCView solution › - Q51.
Who wrote 'The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh'?
A. Sanjaya BaruB. Pranab MukherjeeC. Kuldip NayarD. Natwar SinghmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q52.
'Dreams from My Father' is the autobiography of:
A. Joe BidenB. Nelson MandelaC. Barack ObamaD. Bill ClintoneasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q53.
Who is the author of 'A Suitable Boy'?
A. Upamanyu ChatterjeeB. Rohinton MistryC. Vikram SethD. Amitav GhosheasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q54.
Who is the author of 'A Tale of Two Cities'?
A. Victor HugoB. Thomas HardyC. Charles DickensD. Leo TolstoyeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q55.
Who is the author of the 'Rajatarangini', the historical chronicle of Kashmir?
A. BilhanaB. SomadevaC. KalhanaD. BanabhattaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q56.
Who wrote 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'?
A. John Maynard KeynesB. Adam SmithC. Karl MarxD. David RicardoeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q57.
Who is the author of the Sanskrit poem 'Gita Govinda'?
A. BhartrihariB. BilhanaC. KalidasaD. JayadevaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q58.
'The Test of My Life' is the autobiography of which cricketer?
A. Harbhajan SinghB. Yuvraj SinghC. Virender SehwagD. Gautam GambhireasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q59.
Who wrote 'The Life Divine'?
A. Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanB. Swami VivekanandaC. Sri AurobindoD. Ramana MaharshieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q60.
'The Bird of Time' is a collection of poems by:
A. Sarojini NaiduB. Rabindranath TagoreC. Toru DuttD. Kamala DaseasyAsked in SSCView solution ›