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.
- Q81.
'Ace Against Odds' is the autobiography of:
A. P. V. SindhuB. Sania MirzaC. Saina NehwalD. Ankita RainaeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q82.
Which was the first novel of Anand Neelakantan?
A. VanaraB. The Rise of SivagamiC. Ajaya: Roll of the DiceD. Asura: Tale of the VanquishedmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q83.
Jawaharlal Nehru wrote 'The Discovery of India' while he was imprisoned at:
A. Cellular JailB. Mandalay JailC. Ahmednagar FortD. Yerawada JailmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q84.
Who is the author of the epic poem 'Padmavat'?
A. Amir KhusrauB. KabirC. TulsidasD. Malik Muhammad JayasieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q85.
The Sanskrit poem 'Ritusamhara', describing the six seasons, was written by:
A. KalidasaB. BharaviC. BhasaD. BanabhattamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q86.
Who is the author of 'The Immortals of Meluha', the first book of the Shiva Trilogy?
A. Amish TripathiB. Chetan BhagatC. Devdutt PattanaikD. Ashwin SanghieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q87.
'Wide Angle' is a book by which Indian cricketer?
A. Rahul DravidB. Javagal SrinathC. Anil KumbleD. Harbhajan SinghmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q88.
Who is the author of 'The White Tiger', which won the Booker Prize in 2008?
A. Aravind AdigaB. Vikas SwarupC. Amitav GhoshD. Kiran DesaieasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q89.
'Long Walk to Freedom' is the autobiography of:
A. Kenneth KaundaB. Nelson MandelaC. Desmond TutuD. Martin Luther King Jr.easyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q90.
'The Shadow Lines' and 'The Hungry Tide' were written by:
A. Rohinton MistryB. Salman RushdieC. Vikram SethD. Amitav GhosheasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q91.
Who is the author of 'A Brief History of Time'?
A. Albert EinsteinB. Richard FeynmanC. Carl SaganD. Stephen HawkingeasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q92.
Who is the author of the novel 'Life of Pi'?
A. Paulo CoelhoB. Ian McEwanC. Khaled HosseiniD. Yann MarteleasyAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q93.
Who wrote the tragedy 'Othello'?
A. John MiltonB. Christopher MarloweC. Ben JonsonD. William ShakespeareeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q94.
Who wrote the book 'Gulamgiri' (Slavery) in 1873?
A. Narayana GuruB. B. R. AmbedkarC. Jyotirao PhuleD. Periyar E. V. RamasamyeasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q95.
Who is the author of 'We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World'?
A. Nadia MuradB. Greta ThunbergC. Malala YousafzaiD. Michelle ObamamediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q96.
'All Round View' is the autobiography of which cricketer?
A. Javed MiandadB. Wasim AkramC. Ian BothamD. Imran KhanmediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q97.
'Romancing with Life' is the autobiography of which film star?
A. Dilip KumarB. Dev AnandC. Shammi KapoorD. Raj KapooreasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q98.
Who is the author of the novel 'The Invisible Man'?
A. Robert Louis StevensonB. Jules VerneC. Arthur Conan DoyleD. H. G. WellseasyAsked in SSCView solution › - Q99.
'The East and the West' (Prachya o Paschatya) was written by:
A. Rabindranath TagoreB. Raja Ram Mohan RoyC. Sri AurobindoD. Swami VivekanandamediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q100.
'Durgeshnandini' (1865), often called the first major Bengali novel, was written by:
A. Sarat Chandra ChattopadhyayB. Bankim Chandra ChattopadhyayC. Ishwar Chandra VidyasagarD. Rabindranath TagoremediumAsked in SSCView solution ›