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.
- Q61.
Who wrote the novel 'The Insider'?
A. I. K. GujralB. Manmohan SinghC. P. V. Narasimha RaoD. Atal Bihari VajpayeemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q62.
'Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World' is the memoir of which former UN Secretary-General?
A. Kofi AnnanB. Ban Ki-moonC. Boutros Boutros-GhaliD. Antonio GuterresmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q63.
Who is the author of 'The Turbulent Years: 1980-1996'?
A. Yashwant SinhaB. Manmohan SinghC. P. ChidambaramD. Pranab MukherjeemediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q64.
Who wrote the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A. Jane AustenB. Emily BrontëC. George EliotD. Charlotte BrontëeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q65.
'My Archaeological Mission to India and Pakistan' was written by:
A. Sir Mortimer WheelerB. John MarshallC. Alexander CunninghamD. R. D. BanerjimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q66.
'Clear Light of Day', 'Fire on the Mountain' and 'Voices in the City' are novels by:
A. Shashi DeshpandeB. Kiran DesaiC. Anita DesaiD. Nayantara SahgalmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q67.
'Moonwalk' is the memoir of which singer?
A. Michael JacksonB. Elton JohnC. PrinceD. Elvis PresleyeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q68.
'Raga Mala' is the autobiography of:
A. Ustad Vilayat KhanB. Pandit Ravi ShankarC. Pandit Hariprasad ChaurasiaD. Ustad Ali Akbar KhanmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q69.
'The Act of Life' is the autobiography of which actor?
A. PranB. Anupam KherC. Om PuriD. Amrish PurimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q70.
The 'Vikramarjuna Vijaya' (Pampa Bharata) was composed by Pampa in which language?
A. TamilB. KannadaC. MalayalamD. TelugumediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q71.
'Undisputed Truth' is the autobiography of which boxer?
A. Muhammad AliB. Mike TysonC. George ForemanD. Floyd Mayweather Jr.easyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q72.
'One Life Is Not Enough' is the autobiography of:
A. K. Natwar SinghB. Jaswant SinghC. Yashwant SinhaD. Salman KhurshidmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q73.
Who is the author of the novel 'The Zoya Factor'?
A. Twinkle KhannaB. Shobhaa DeC. Preeti ShenoyD. Anuja ChauhanmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q74.
'The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan' is a biography of:
A. P. C. MahalanobisB. C. V. RamanC. Srinivasa RamanujanD. Satyendra Nath BoseeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q75.
Who is the main author of the book 'India's Struggle for Independence'?
A. Sumit SarkarB. Bipan ChandraC. Ramachandra GuhaD. R. C. MajumdarmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q76.
'Malgudi Days' is a collection of short stories by:
A. R. K. NarayanB. Mulk Raj AnandC. Raja RaoD. Ruskin BondeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q77.
Which was R. K. Narayan's first novel?
A. The English TeacherB. The GuideC. Swami and FriendsD. The Financial ExpertmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q78.
'Galpaguchchha', written by Rabindranath Tagore, is a collection of:
A. PlaysB. EssaysC. Short storiesD. PoemsmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q79.
Who wrote the famous Hindi poem 'Madhushala'?
A. Harivansh Rai BachchanB. Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'C. Sumitranandan PantD. Maithili Sharan GupteasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q80.
Who wrote 'On the Origin of Species', which presented the theory of evolution by natural selection?
A. Jean-Baptiste LamarckB. Alfred Russel WallaceC. Gregor MendelD. Charles DarwineasyAsked in SSCView solution ›