Books and Authors GK Questions with Answers

[26] The Book Broken Wings was written by

1. A) Amrita Pritam
2. B) Sarojini Naidu
3. C) R K Narayan
4. D) Maithili Sharan Gupta

Answer: B) Sarojini Naidu

[27] Who wrote the book The Story of the Integration of the Indian States?

1. A) B N Rau
2. B) C Rajagopalachari
3. C) Krishna Menon
4. D) V P Menon

Answer: D) V P Menon

[28] Who among the following wrote the poem Subh-e-Azadi?

1. A) Sahir Ludhiyanvi
2. B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
3. C) Muhammad IQbal
4. D) Maulana Abul kalam

Answer: B) Faiz Ahmed Faiz

[29] Aurobindo was the author of

1. A) Discovery of India
2. B) Hindu view of life
3. C) Yogashastra
4. D) Savitri

Answer: D) Savitri

[30] Which of the following books is written by R)N) Tagore?

1. A) Anand Math
2. B) Chidambara
3. C) Rakta Karabi
4. D) Durgesh Nandini

Answer: C) Rakta Karabi

[31] The popular TV serial ‘Neem ka Ped’ was written by

1. A) Rahi Masoom Raza
2. B) Sharad Joshi
3. C) Ashapurna Devi
4. D) Harivansh Rai Bachachan

Answer: A) Rahi Masoom Raza

[32] Which of the book was written by Graham Greene?

1. A) O’ Jerusalem
2. B) The Power and Glory
3. C) Crisis in India
4. D) Of Human Bondage

Answer: B) The Power and Glory

[33] Who has written the book ‘My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir’?

1. A) Anees Jung
2. B) Jagmohan
3. C) M J Akbar
4. D) Nissim Ezekiel

Answer: B) Jagmohan

[33] Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand?

1. A) Gaban
2. B) Godan
3. C) Guide
4. D) Manasorovar

Answer: C) Guide

[34] Who is the author of Hamlet?

1. A) Christopher Marlowe
2. B) Geoffrey Chaucer
3. C) William Shakespeare
4. D) Edith Wharton

Answer: C) William Shakespeare

[35] Who wrote the book ‘Reminiscences of the Nehru Age’?

1. A) C D Deshmukh
2. B) Dr P C Alexander
3. C) M O Mathai
4. D) S C Rajagopalachari

Answer: C) M O Mathai

[36] Which of the following is a biography of the Lady Mountbatten?

1. A) Edwina Mountbatten – A Life of Her Own
2. B) Edwina Mountbatten – Her relationship with Nehru
3. C) Edwina Mountbatten – The Lady of Her Time
4. D) Biography of Edwina Mountbatten

Answer: A) Edwina Mountbatten – A Life of Her Own

[37] Who wrote ‘War and Peace’?

1. A) Leo Tolstoy
2. B) Mahatma Gandhi
3. C) Charles Dickens
4. D) Rudyard Kipling

Answer: A) Leo Tolstoy

[38] ‘The Gathering Storm’ is written by

1. A) Winston Churchill
2. B) George Washington
3. C) Voltaire
4. D) Romain Rolland

Answer: A) Winston Churchill

[39] ‘A Secular Agenda’ is a book written by

1. A) Arun Shourie
2. B) Mani Shankar Aiyar
3. C) Prem Shankar Jha
4. D) M J Akbar

Answer: A) Arun Shourie

[40] Alice in Wonderland’ the famous TV serial is based on a book written by

1. A) Father Discoste
2. B) Thomas Hardy
3. C) Charles Dickens
4. D) Lewis Caroll

Answer: D) Lewis Caroll

[41] ‘Mirchchhakatika’ was written by

1. A) Vikramaditya
2. B) Shudraka
3. C) Kalhana
4. D) Banabhatta

Answer: B) Shudraka

[42] The autobiography “Living History” has been authored by

1. A) Margaret Atwood
2. B) Benazir Bhutto
3. C) Hilary Clinton
4. D) Monica Lewinsky

Answer: C) Hilary Clinton

[43] Who wrote the Book “Gandhi and Stalin”?

1. A) Raj Narayan
2. B) Louis Fisher
3. C) Anita Desai
4. D) V S Naipaul

Answer: B) Louis Fisher

[44] The book named ‘Three Decades in Parliament’ is a collection of the speeches of

1. A) A B Vajpayee
2. B) Somnath Chatterjee
3. C) L K Advani
4. D) N G Ranga

Answer: A) B) Vajpayee

[45] The author of controversial book ‘Lajja’ is a citizen of

1. A) Pakistan
2. B) Indonesia
3. C) Bangladesh
4. D) India

Answer: C) Bangladesh

[46] The famous book “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” is written by

1. A) J B Say
2. B) J M Keynes
3. C) Amartya Sen
4. D) Carincross

Answer: B) J) M) Keynes

[47] Who wrote Devdas?

1. A) Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
2. B) Saratchandra Chattopadhyay
3. C) Kalidasa
4. D) Surdas

Answer: B) Saratchandra Chattopadhyay

[48] David Copperfield is the name of a

1. A) Famous Actor
2. B) Novel
3. C) Poem
4. D) Writer

Answer: B) Novel

[49] Who said ‘Man is a political animal’?

1. A) Socrates
2. B) Plato
3. C) Dante
4. D) Aristotle

Answer: D) Aristotle

[50] The famous book ‘Anandmath’ was authored by

1. A) Sarojini Naidu
2. B) Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya
3. C) Sri Aurobindo
4. D) Rabindrnath Tagore

Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya