Books & Authors Test 1
1. Who is the author of the books- 'Vartaman Bharat' and 'Paribrajak' ?
A.
Iswar chandra Vidyasagar
B.
Hrishi Arabindo Ghosh
C.
Swami Vivekananda
D.
Sister Nivedita
2. India of our dreams is a book written by:
A.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B.
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
C.
Subramaniam
D.
M.V. Kamath
3. What is the famous book of 'Vishakadatta'?
A.
Mudra Rakshasa
B.
Geeta Govinda
C.
Avanti Sundari
D.
none of these
4. Name the author of the book 'My Seditious Heart'.
A.
Sayantara Sahagal
B.
Arundhati Roy
C.
Suketu Mehta
D.
Tishani Doshe
5. Who is the author of Kok Borok Novel 'Hachuk Khurio' ?
A.
Dasarath Dev
B.
Shyamacharan Tripura
C.
Sudhanwa Debbarma
D.
Shyamlal Debbarma
6. 'What so amazing about Grace' is written by:
A.
Philip Yancey
B.
Rick Warren
C.
Brian D. Mclaren
D.
Jack London
7. An immemorable work of Victor Hugo is:
A.
Quiet Flows the Don
B.
Le Miserables
C.
Islamic bomb
D.
none of these
8. War Over Words: Censorship in India, 1930-1960 Book has been authored by:
A.
Devika Sethi
B.
Deepak Nayyar
C.
Meira Kumar
D.
Poonam Surie
9. Pali text is associated with
A.
Hinduism
B.
Budhhaism
C.
Islam
D.
Jews
10. Who is the author of the book "Straight Drive"?
A.
Sachin Tendulkar
B.
Sunil Gavaskar
C.
Kapil Dev
D.
M.S. Dhoni
11. Who is the author of the book 'Notes of a Dream - The Authorised Biography of AR Rahman'?
A.
Anaya Chauhan
B.
Krishna Trilok
C.
Mridula Behari
D.
Devapriya Roy
12. Who is the author of the book 'Sense and Sensibility'?
A.
K Bikram Singh
B.
Jean Austin
C.
R K Pachauri
D.
None of these
13. The book 'Troubled Periphery: Crisis of India's North East' is written by
A.
Subir Bhawmik
B.
Rahul Mehta
C.
Gautam Bhatia
D.
None of them
14. Which one of the following papers was edited by Gandhiji in South Africa?
A.
Indian Opinion
B.
Harijan
C.
Young India
D.
Indian Mirror
15. Which Veda is important for Indian Music ?
A.
Sama Veda
B.
Atharva Veda
C.
Rig Veda
D.
Yajur Veda
16. The book Bhawani Mandir was written by:
A.
Barindra Kumar Ghosh
B.
Aurobindo Ghosh
C.
Yash Pal
D.
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
17. Who wrote 'Krishnakanter Will'?
A.
Sarat Chandra
B.
Bankim Chandra
C.
Tarasankar
D.
Bimal Mitra
18. Who is the author of 'Ben Hur'?
A.
William Shakespeare
B.
Lewis Wallace
C.
Charles Dickens
D.
George Orwell
19. Who is the author of 'Drishtipat'?
A.
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
B.
Jajabar
C.
Rabindranath Tagore
D.
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
20. Who wrote 'Life Divine':
A.
Arabindo Ghosh
B.
Swami Vivekananda
C.
Sister Nivedita
D.
Keshab Chandra Sen
21. Who wrote Hind Swaraj ?
A.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B.
Vinoba Bhave
C.
Chandra Sekhar Azad
D.
M. K. Gandhi
22. Who is the author of 'Shesher Kabita'?
A.
Rabindranath Tagore
B.
Bishu Dey
C.
Satyendranath Datta
D.
None of these
23. The author of 'All Well that Ends Well' is
A.
Charles Dickens
B.
Lewis Carroll
C.
William Shakespeare
D.
Jane Austen
24. Kiran Bedi has written the following book :
A.
It is always possible
B.
Midnights Children
C.
Sunny Days
D.
Broken Wings
25. India wins freedom was written by:
A.
Jawaharlal Nehru
B.
Rajendra Prasad
C.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
D.
none of them
26. Who was the writer of 'Buddha Charita'?
A.
Buddhaghosha
B.
Ashvaghosha
C.
Nagarjuna
D.
Panini
27. The author of 'Bisarjan' is
A.
Jagadish Chandra Bose
B.
Rabindranath Tagore
C.
Kailash Chandra Singha
D.
Kanchan Prava Devi
28. Who is the author of the book "Age of Anger: A History of the Present"?
A.
Pankaj Mishra
B.
Shashi Tharoor
C.
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
D.
VS Naipaul
29. 'My Truth' is written by
A.
Mahatma Gandhi
B.
Indira Gandhi
C.
Sarojini Naidu
D.
Vallabhbhai patel
30. 'The Idea of Justice' is written by
A.
Leo Tolstoy
B.
Stephen hawking
C.
Amartya Sen
D.
George Orwell
31. The author of 'Arthashastra' is
A.
Kautilya
B.
Jayadev
C.
Visakdatta
D.
Amartya sen
32. The author of Argumentative Indian is:
A.
Amartya Sen
B.
Siddiq Dsmani
C.
Stuart Praffitt
D.
none of these
33. Who is the author of the book 'Akhada: The authorized biography of Mahavir Sing Phogat'?
A.
Rabi Thapa
B.
Saurabh Duggal
C.
Salman Rushdie
D.
Tana French
34. Who wrote Train to Pakistan:
A.
Amit Choudhury
B.
Khushwant Singh
C.
Arundhati Roy
D.
Salman Rushdie
35. Co-author of 'Playing It My Way', an autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar, is :
A.
Boria Majumdar
B.
Ravi Shastri
C.
Sunil Gavaskar
D.
Anjali Tendulkar
36. Who was the author of 'Gita Rahasya'?
A.
K. M. Munshi
B.
Aurobindo Ghosh
C.
Swami Vivekananda
D.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
37. Who is the Author of the book "Casual Vacancy"?
A.
Jeffrey Archer
B.
Sidney Sheldon
C.
Suzane Collins
D.
J.K.Rawling
38. The novel "The God of Small Thing" which won the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 1997, was written by
A.
Mahasweta Devi
B.
Arundhati Roy
C.
Jhumpa Lahiri
D.
Vikram Sth
39. The author of 'Spain in My Heart' is :
A.
Pablo Neruda
B.
C P Snow
C.
Haruki Murakami
D.
Salman Rushdie
40. The author of the famous novel "Great Expectation" is
A.
Charles Dickens
B.
George Orwell
C.
Shakespeare
D.
R K Narayan
41. Who wrote 'Aranyer Adhikar' ?
A.
Bibhuti Bhusan Bandyopadhyay
B.
Mahasweta Devi
C.
Mahadevi Barma
D.
Anurupa Devi
42. Who is the author of 'A Suitable Boy'?
A.
Vikram Seth
B.
Chetan Bhagat
C.
Nirad C. Chaudhari
D.
Leo Tolstoy
43. The book 'Wings of Fire' has been written by :
A.
Amartya Sen
B.
APJ Abdul Kalam
C.
M J Akbar
D.
Kushwant Singh
44. Writer of KapalKundala:
A.
Bankimchandra Chatterjee
B.
Rabindra Nath Tagore
C.
Kalidasa
D.
Abul Fazal
45. Who is the author of Devdas?
A.
Kalidasa
B.
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
C.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
D.
Tulsi Das
46. Who is the writer of the book 'Long walk to freedom':
A.
Mahatma Gandhi
B.
Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
C.
Nelson Mandela
D.
none of these
47. Who is the Author of 'The Alchemist'?
A.
Arthur Haily
B.
Paulo Coelho
C.
Irvin Wallance
D.
none of these
48. Who is the author of Hamlet?
A.
J.K. Rowling
B.
William Shakespeare
C.
Jonathan Swift
D.
Jules Verne
49. Who wrote the Gita Govinda
A.
Jayadeva
B.
Rabindranath Tagore
C.
Rudyard Kipling
D.
Bankim chandra
50. 'The Satyam Saga' was written by :
A.
Ramalinga Raju
B.
Arun Shourie
C.
Kiran Karnik
D.
Jaswant Singh
51. The book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India was written by:
A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
C. Gopalachari
C.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D.
M. N. Roy
52. Which of the following was not a literary work of Kalidasa ?
A.
Abhiryan Shakuntalam
B.
Malavika Agnimitra
C.
Raghuvansham
D.
Mudrarakshasa
53. Which is the oldest text in India ?
A.
Yajur Veda
B.
Atharva Veda
C.
Rig Veda
D.
Sama Veda
54. Who is the Author of 'Around The World In Eighty Days'?
A.
Mark Twain
B.
Jules Verne
C.
William Shakespeare
D.
Jonathan Swift
55. Who is the author of 'One Life is not enough: An Autobiography'?
A.
Natawar Singh
B.
Yaswant Singh
C.
Khuswant Singh
D.
Chetan Bhagat
56. Who is the author of the book 'My Experiment with Truth' ?
A.
Mahatma Gandhi
B.
Michael Anderson
C.
James Morris
D.
None of them
57. Who is the author of the book Flaming Tresses of Draupadi ?
A.
Smriti Irani
B.
Veerappa Moily
C.
Mallikarjun Kharge
D.
None of them
58. Who is the writer of a book 'I do what I do'?
A.
Khushwant Singh
B.
Raghuram G. Rajan
C.
Shaktikanta Das
D.
Urjit Patel
59. Book entitled "The origin of species" was written by:
A.
Charles Darwin
B.
Nikolai Vavilov
C.
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
D.
Carl Linnaeus
60. The author of the famous play 'Mrichchakatika' was:
A.
Banabhatta
B.
Kalidas
C.
Sudraka
D.
Bhasa
61. Which Hindi poet is known for “Madhushala” and “Agneepath” ?
A.
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
B.
Haribansh Rai Bachchan
C.
Sumitranandan Pant
D.
Maithili Sharan Gupt
62. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice ?
A.
Jane Austen
B.
Barbara Cartland
C.
Agatha Christie
D.
Virginia Woolfe
63. Which of the following is NOT an Assamese novel ?
A.
Adha Lekha Dostabez
B.
Deu Langkhui
C.
Xekh Pristha
D.
Ontorip
64. Which of the following is a part of Mahabharata ?
A.
Upanishads
B.
Puranas
C.
Vedas
D.
Gita
65. Which of the following is considered as the earliest compilation?
A.
Yajurveda
B.
Atharvaveda
C.
Rigveda
D.
Samaveda
66. Which of the following novels was written by Padma Shri Rongbong Terang?
A.
Mrityunjay
B.
Oximot Jar Heral Xeema
C.
Rongmilir Hanhi
D.
Miri Jiyori
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