Books and Authors General Knowledge Questions and Answers Set 1

Q.1:- The author of the book “Zest for Life” is ?

  1. Mark Twain
  2. Emile Zola
  3. Virginia Wolf
  4. H.G. Walls

Q.2:- Which of the following books was written by Phaniswar Nathu ‘Renu’ ?

  1. Rag Darbari
  2. Gunahon Ka Devta
  3. Maila Anchal
  4. Andha Yug

Q.3:- Travelling Through Conflict is a book written by ?

  1. Hamid Ansari
  2. Cherie Blair
  3. Balraj Krishna
  4. Salman Rushdie

Q.4:- Who is the author of book “Book at Noon” ?

  1. V.S. Naipaul
  2. Chetan Bhagat
  3. Vikaram Seth
  4. None of these

Q.5:- Who is the author of the best seller book ‘No Full Stops in India’ ?

  1. Shyam Lal
  2. E.M. Forster
  3. Mark Tully
  4. Raj Mohan Gandhi

Q.6:- Which of the following was not written by Kalidas ?

  1. Kumar Sambhavam
  2. Laghujatakam
  3. Meghdootam
  4. Raghuvansham

Q.7:- Who wrote the book “Train to Pakistan” ?

  1. Mulk Raj Anand
  2. Shobha Singh
  3. Ruskin Bond
  4. Khuswant Singh

Q.8:- Who among the following has authored the book “The Idea of India” ?

  1. Khushwant Singh
  2. Shashi Tharoor
  3. Sunil Khilnani
  4. William Dalrymple
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Q.9:- Who of the following is the writer of Panchatantra ?

  1. Kalidas
  2. Surdas
  3. Vishakhadatta
  4. Vishnu Sharma

Q.10:- Who is the author of the book ‘My Other Two Daughters’ ?

  1. Vijneswara
  2. Somadeva
  3. Surjit Singh Barnala
  4. Mulk Raj Anand

Q.11:- Who has written the famous book ‘Anna Karenina’ ?

  1. Victor Hugo
  2. Boris Pasternak
  3. Anees Jung
  4. Leo Tolstoy

Q.12:- “A Better India : A Better World “ is written by ?

  1. Azim Prem Ji
  2. Rajiv Sikri
  3. N.R. Narayana Murthy
  4. Prema Mahajan

Q.13:- Who has written the book ‘Two Lives’ ?

  1. Salman Rushdie
  2. Arundhati Roy
  3. Vikram Seth
  4. Shiv Khera

Q.14:- Which one of the following books was written by Tilak ?

  1. India in Transition
  2. Gita Rahasya
  3. Gokhale – My Political Guru
  4. Discovery of India

Q.15:- The book ‘The Prince’ is written by ?

  1. V.S. Sharma
  2. Bernard Shaw
  3. Emile Zola
  4. Niccolo Machiavelli
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Q.16:- Author of the book ‘ The City of Joy ‘ is ?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Kominique Lapierre
  3. Salman Rushdie
  4. H.G. Wells

Q.17:- The first lady of the Indian screen to had been nominated to the Rajya Sabha is ?

  1. Nargis
  2. Madhubala
  3. Hema Malini
  4. Shobhana Bhartia

Q.18:- Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’ ?

  1. Emile Zola
  2. Walter Scott
  3. George Orwell
  4. Thomas Hardy

Q.19:- Who has directed the film ‘ 1942 : A Love Story ‘ ?

  1. Mahesh Bhatt
  2. Yash Chopra
  3. Shakti Samanta
  4. Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Q.20:- The Writer of the Harry Potter book series is ?

  1. DBC Pierre
  2. Dominique Lapierre and Lary Collins
  3. Jhumpa Lahiri
  4. J.K. Rowling

Q.21:- The ‘ One Straw Revolution ‘ was written by ?

  1. Masanobu Fukuoka
  2. Richael Carlson
  3. M.S. Swaminathan
  4. Norman Borlaug

Q.22:- Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book ?

  1. India Divided
  2. Hind Swaraj
  3. Unhappy India
  4. Mother India
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Q.23:- Which of the following books was written by Gandhi ji ?

  1. Discovery of India
  2. My Experiments with Truth
  3. India Wins Freedom
  4. Freedom at Midnight

Q.24:- Who is the author of ‘ Adhe-Adhure ‘ ?

  1. Mohan Rakesh
  2. Prem Chand
  3. Nirala
  4. Pant

Q.25:- The Author of the book ‘ India Wins Freedom ‘ is ?

  1. Kuldeep Nawar
  2. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  4. Indira Gandhi