Books and Authors MCQs : This section focuses on the "Books and Authors". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Books and Authors skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.
Question 1
Which of the following books would you consult to get acquainted with Gandhian thourht
A. India wins freedom
B. India Divided
C. Hind Swaraj
D. Discovery of India
Question 2
Who is the author of famous book 'The Judgement'?
A. Anthony Mascarenhasa
B. R. Vankataraman
C. Kuldip Nayar
D. Janardhan Turkur
Question 3
Famous hindi novel 'Neela Chand' is written by -
A. Ramakant Rath
B. Ram Vilas Sharma
C. Shiv Prasaad Singh
D. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Question 4
Who is the author of 'Million Mutinies Now'?
A. Aurobindo Ghosh
B. K P S Gill
C. Nirad Chaudhuri
D. V S Naipaul
Question 5
Who has written the book 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'?
A. Chaitanya Padukone
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Pramod Kapoor
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 6
Who is the author of "The Secret Of The Nagas (Shiva Trilogy2)"?
A. Amish Tripathi
B. Durjoy Datta
C. Keshav Aneel
D. Savi Sharma
Question 7
Which of the following books was written by Phaniswar Nath 'Renu'?
A. Rag Darbari
B. Gunahon Ka Devta
C. Maila Anchal
D. Andha Yug
Question 8
A recent movie titled 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' is based on the biography of -
A. S. Ramanujan
B. S. Chandrasekhar
C. S. N. Bose
D. C. V. Raman
Question 9
The programme 'Gyan Vani' is broadcasted by
A. Zee TV
B. AIR
C. Sony TV
D. Doordarshan
Question 10
Kautilya's from fear' is a book written on :
A. Philosophy
B. Religion
C. Diplomacy
D. Statecraft
Question 11
Who directed the world famous film 'The Gandhi'?
A. Nani Palkhivala
B. Ben Kingsley
C. Mrinal Sen
D. Richard Attenborough
Question 12
Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV serial is based on a book written by -
A. Father Discoste
B. Thomas Hardy
C. Charles Dickens
D. Lewis Caroll
Question 13
What is the name of the book in Harry Potter series written by Jack Thorne to be published in mid - 2016?
A. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
B. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
C. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
D. The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Question 14
The first feature film produced in India was
A. Hatimtai
B. Alamm Ara
C. Pundalik
D. Raja Harishchandra
Question 15
The famous book 'Anandmath' was authored by -
A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C. Aurobindo Ghosh
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Question 16
Name the author of the book "Pakistan the Gathering Storm".
A. Parvez Musharraf
B. Benazir Bhutto
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Javier Moro
Question 17
Who is the author of ‘The Windfall’?
A. Manmohan Singh
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Diksha Basu
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 18
Who has recently launched his autobiography titled 'An Unsuitable Boy'?
A. Rishi Kapoor
B. MS Dhoni
C. Karan Johar
D. Vikram Seth
Question 19
Who is the author of "The Secret of the Nagas"?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Ravinder Singh
D. Salman Rushdie
Question 20
Who wrote the book 'The Prince'?
A. V. S. Sharma
B. Bernard Shaw
C. Emile Zola
D. Niccolo Machiavelli
Question 21
The General Happiness is the end of the state' who said this?
A. Hegel
B. Bentham
C. Plato
D. Green
Question 22
Who was the author of the book 'Plagues and Peoples'?
A. W. L. Thomas
B. Rachel Carson
C. David Cannadine
D. William H. Mcneill
Question 23
"The Republic" was written by whom?
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Pythagoras
D. Socrates
Question 24
Which of the following English films was the first one to be dubbed in Hindi?
A. Aladdin
B. Universal Soldier
C. Speed
D. Iron Man
Question 25
In India the first television programme was broadcasted in
A. 1959
B. 1965
C. 1976
D. 1957
Question 26
Which celebrity is the author of the book 'An Unsuitable Boy'?
A. Shatrughan Sinha
B. Shah Rukh Khan
C. Karan Johar
D. Khuswant Singh
Question 27
The Shade of Swords is a book written by -
A. M. J. Akbar
B. Manil Suri
C. Urmila Lamba
D. Vasant Potdar
Question 28
Who is the author of "Promise Me a Million Times"?
A. Amish Tripathi
B. Durjoy Datta
C. Keshav Aneel
D. Savi Sharma
Question 29
Who wrote the book "Untouchable"?
A. Premchand
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. K Natwar Singh
D. Mulk Raj Anand
Question 30
The popular TV serial 'Neem ka Ped' was written by
A. Rahi Masoom Raza
B. Sharad Joshi
C. Ashapurna Devi
D. Harivansh Rai Bachachan
Question 31
Who is the author of the book 'The Association of Small Bombs', which is currently shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award?
A. Karan Mahajan
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Namitha Ghokale
D. Arundathi Roy
Question 32
Who is the author of "Swami and Friends"?
A. Sudeep Nagarkar
B. Devdutt Pattanaik
C. R. K. Narayan
D. Aravind Adiga
Question 33
The novel 'Post Office' was written by :
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. K. M. Munshil
C. R. D. Dinkar
D. Neeraj
Question 34
Who wrote the book 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age'?
A. C.D.Deshmukh
B. Dr. P.C.Alexander
C. M.O.Mathai
D. S.C.Rajagopalachari
Question 35
Book of poems entitled 'Lamha Lamha' is written by which of the following Indian actresses?
A. Deepti Naval
B. Rekha
C. Sharmila Tagore
D. Shabana Azmi
Question 36
Which of the following is a book written by Shashi Tharoor?
A. It's Not About You
B. Invisible People
C. An Era of Darkness
D. Democrats and Dissenters
Question 37
Man without society is either a beast or a God'. Who said this?
A. Plato
B. Gandhi
C. Aristotle
D. Henry Maine
Question 38
Who is the author of the book titled 'Numbers Do Lie'?
A. Anil Menon
B. Akash Chopra
C. Ian Chapell
D. Kunal Basu
Question 39
Who is the author of the book Coming Round the Mountain?
A. Anish Kapoor
B. Ruskin Bond
C. P C Ghose
D. Veer Das
Question 40
Six Machine (I Don't Like Cricket . . . . . I Love It)' is an autobiography of which famous batsman?
A. Virat Kohli
B. AB de Villiers
C. Chris Gayle
D. Tilakaratne Dilshan
Question 41
What is the name of the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar's Autobiography?
A. Playing It My Way
B. The Nice Guy Who Finished First
C. The Test of My Life
D. Straight From The Heart
Question 42
' The Nacked Face ', a very popular book is written by
A. John Milton
B. Dominique Lapierre
C. Juan Benet
D. Sidney Sheldon
Question 43
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the former President of India, is the author of the book -
A. Four Fires and Death of Fire
B. The Wings of Fire and Ignited Minds
C. The Algebra of Infinite Justice
D. None of these
Question 44
"An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny" is a biography on
A. Manmohan Singh
B. Sonia Gandhi
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. Indira Gandhi
Question 45
Who is the author of "Midnight's Children"?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Ravinder Singh
D. Salman Rushdie
Question 46
Which one of the following literary works was not written by R. K. Narayan?
A. Malgudi Days
B. Swami and his Friends
C. Guide
D. Gardener
Question 47
Which of the following was not written by Kalidas?
A. Kumar Sambhavam
B. Laghujatakam
C. Meghdootam
D. Raghuvansham
Question 48
' The general happiness is the end of the state ' Who said this
A. Plato
B. Hegel
C. Hegeet
D. Bentham
Question 49
'The Race of my Life' the Autobiography has been co-authored by Milkha Singh's daughter, whose name is ____ ?
A. Sonia Sanwalka
B. Mankhia Singh
C. Sanjitia Sardar
D. Poonam Dillo
Question 50
Eight Lives' is a book written by -
A. Raja Ramana
B. Savita Ambedkar
C. Mahesh Yogi
D. Rajmohan Gandhi
Question 51
Crime and Punishment' was written by -
A. Fyodor Dostoevsky
B. Vladimir Nabakov
C. Lewis Carrol
D. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Question 52
David Copperfield is the name of
A. novel
B. famous actor
C. poem
D. writer
Question 53
Who is the author of the book 'The Rights of Man'?
A. Thomas Hardy
B. Thomas Mann
C. Thomas Moore
D. Thomas Paine
Question 54
Who wrote the book "Walking with Lions"?
A. K Natwar Singh
B. Kapil Dev
C. Kiran Bedi
D. Sarojini Naidu
Question 55
Who is the author of the book "The way of Knife: The CIA, A secret army and a war at the ends of the earth" ?
A. Mark Twain
B. Irika John
C. Mario Pujo
D. Mark Mazzetti
Question 56
The programme 'Gyan Vani' is broadcasted by -
A. Zee TV
B. AIR
C. Sony TV
D. Doordarshan
Question 57
Who is the author of the book titled "The Sellout"?
A. Paul Beatty
B. Arvind Adiga
C. Elenor Catton
D. Howard Jacobson
Question 58
Who is the author of the book "The Alchemist"?
A. Agatha Christie
B. Paulo Ceolho
C. Frankenstien
D. None
Question 59
The noval ' Post office ' was written by
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. K.M. Munshil
C. R.D.Dinkar
D. Neeraj
Question 60
Who has written the book 'My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir'?
A. Anees Jung
B. Jagmohan
C. M.J.Akbar
D. Nissim Ezekiel
Question 61
Who is the author 'The Association of Small Bombs', which is currently shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award?
A. Karan Mahajan
B. Namitha Gokhale
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 62
'Crime and Punishment' was written by
A. Fyodor Dostoevsky
B. Vladimir Nabakov
C. Lewis Carrol
D. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Question 63
Who is the author of the book "Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstoppable"?
A. Sobha De
B. Anees Jung
C. P. M. Nayer
D. Mulk Raj Anand
Question 64
Maya Memsaab' is a film directed by -
A. Shyam Benegal
B. Bhupen Hazarika
C. Ketan Mehta
D. Tapan Sinha
Question 65
Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book -
A. India Divided
B. Unhappy India
C. Mother India
D. Hind Swaraj
Question 66
Famous book ' The Return of the Native ' is written by
A. Thomos Hardy
B. Bill Gates
C. M.M.Kaya
D. Lioy Douglas
Question 67
The first history book was written by -
A. Euclid
B. Herodotus
C. Aristotle
D. Caesar
Question 68
Which of the statements given below are correct?1. The author of the novel 'Air' is Geoff Ryman.2. The author of the novel 'Ulysses' is James Joyce.3. The author of the novel 'The Great Gatsby' is F. Scott Fitzgerald.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 69
Who is the author of "The English Teacher"?
A. Aparna Sinha
B. Bapsi Sidhwa
C. R. K. Narayan
D. Indu Sundaresan
Question 70
Who is the author of the novel 'Les Miserable'?
A. Victor Hugo
B. ALium tofler
C. G.Wynne
D. Fedric
Question 71
Who directed the film '1942: A love story'?
A. Mahesh Bhatt
B. Vidhu Vinod Chopra
C. Yash Chopra
D. Ketan Mehta
Question 72
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her' is a quotation from -
A. James Byron
B. William Wordsworth
C. John Keats
D. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Question 73
Who is the author of the book 'Forbidden Verses'?
A. Salman RushDie
B. Abu Nuwas
C. Ms. Taslima Nasrin
D. D.H. Lawrence
Question 74
Which is not a correct combination?
A. Prithivi Raj Raso - Chand Bardai
B. Idols - Sunil Gavaskar
C. Midnight Children - A. Sanderson
D. Meghdoot - Kalidas
Question 75
Which author employed India's obsession for cricket as the theme for his recent book 'Selection Day'?
A. Vikram Seth
B. Anil Menon
C. Amish Tripathi
D. Aravind Adiga
Question 76
Who is the author of the book New India?
A. Manik Bandopadhyay
B. Annie Besant
C. John Milton
D. None
Question 77
The original name of 'Mahabharata' is -
A. Katha Saritsagar
B. Jaya Samhita
C. Vrahat Katha
D. Rajatarangini
Question 78
Who said, " I therefore, want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn, if it can be had
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Edwina Mounbatten
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Ms. Taslima Nasreen
Question 79
The first lady of the Indian screen to had been nominated to the Rajya Sabha is -
A. Nargis
B. Madhubala
C. Hema Malini
D. Shobhana Bhartia
Question 80
Choose the most appropriate answer:The book, ‘Born Again on the Mountain’ is authored by
A. Pooja Rani
B. Arunima Sinha
C. Bachendri Pal
D. Urbashi Lal
Question 81
Who has written the book 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness?
A. Chaitanya Padukone
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Pramod Kapoor
D. Anundhati Roy
Question 82
Which of the following books was NOT written by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?
A. The Scientific Indian
B. Envisioning an Empowered Nation
C. My Country, My Life
D. Ignited minds
Question 83
Who said 'Man is a political animal'?
A. Dante
B. Plato
C. Aristotle
D. Socrates
Question 84
Which author published 59 new books in 1955?
A. Mark Twain
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Enid Blyton
D. Stephen King
Question 85
Who is the author of 'Anandmath'
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadyaya
C. Sarojini Nayadu
D. Jyotiba Phule
Question 86
Who was the author of the trilogy "The Immortals of Meluha","The Secret of the Nagas", and "The Oath of the Vayuputras"?
A. Amish Tripathi
B. Anand Neelakantan
C. Kavita Kane
D. Devdutt Pattanaik
Question 87
'Eight Lives' is a book written by
A. Raja Ramana
B. Savita Ambedkar
C. Mahesh Yogi
D. Raj Mohan Gandhi
Question 88
Aurobindo was the author of
A. Discovery of India
B. Hindu view of life
C. Yogashastra
D. Savitri
Question 89
The book 'A Farewell to Arms' was written by
A. Charles Dickens
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Thomas Hardy
D. Huxley
Question 90
Who is the author of famous statement: "That Government is the best which governs least"?
A. Herbert Spencer
B. Harold Laski
C. Alexis De Tocqueville
D. Henry David Thoreau
Question 91
Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?
A. Kiran Bedi
B. Jawaharlal Nahru
C. Sheikh Abdullah
D. Nelson Mandela
Question 92
Who is the author of the book titled "Walking With The Comrades"?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Ramchandra Guha
D. Anuradha Roy
Question 93
The author of the book 'My Experiments With Truth' is -
A. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. Govind Vallabh Pant
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Tara Ali Beg
Question 94
Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand?
A. Gaban
B. Godan
C. Guide
D. Manasorovar
Question 95
"Hema Malini : Beyond the Dream Girl" is authored by which author?
A. Meena Iyer
B. Hema Malini
C. Ram Kamal Mukherjee
D. Vijay Kumar
Question 96
Which of the following books is written by R.N.Tagore
A. Rakta Karabi
B. Anand Math
C. Chidambara
D. Durgesh Nandini
Question 97
'Sports Channel' a monthly video magazine has been launched by
A. Kapil Dev
B. Sunil Gavaskar
C. Ajit Wadekar
D. Nawab Pataudi
Question 98
The book which deals with the love plays of the Dark Lord Krishna and his fair beloved Radha.
A. Meghdoot
B. Raghuvamsa
C. Geet Govinda
D. Padmavat
Question 99
Name the author of the book "All About Women".
A. Priya Kumar
B. Taslima Nasreen
C. Shobha De
D. Geeta Choubey
Question 100
Who is the author of "The Twentieth Wife"?
A. Aparna Sinha
B. Bapsi Sidhwa
C. R. K. Narayan
D. Indu Sundaresan
Question 101
Which of the following books was written by Graham Greene
A. Of Human Bondage
B. The Power and Glory
C. Crisis in India
D. O' Jerusalem
Question 102
The book "Born Again on the Mountain" is authored by which of the following Indian mountaineer?
A. Santhosh Yadav
B. Bachendri Pal
C. Arunima Sinha
D. Praveen Agarwal
Question 103
Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book
A. India Divided
B. Unhappy India
C. Mother India
D. Hind Swaraj
Question 104
What was the topic of the book 'The Other America'?
A. Poverty was widespread in America.
B. Education was lacking in America.
C. Racism was widespread in America.
D. Americans needed more highways.
Question 105
Who is the author of the book ' Naked Tringle '
A. R.K.Narayan
B. Khushwant singh
C. Balwant Gargi
D. Amrita Pritam
Question 106
Who wrote the book 'Why Socialism'?
A. Jayaprakash Narayan
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Acharya Narendra Dev
D. M. N. Roy
Question 107
The book 'The Man who knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel is the biography of -
A. Sir C. V. Raman
B. Srinivasa Ramanujan
C. Vikram Sarabhai
D. Homi Bhabha
Question 108
'The General Happiness is the end of the state' who said this?
A. Hegel
B. Benthem
C. Plato
D. Green
Question 109
Which of the following is a biography of Lady Mountbatten?
A. Mountbatten
B. Edwina Mountbatten
C. Edwina Mountbatten - Her Relationship with Nehru
D. Edwina Mountbatten - A Life of Her Own
Question 110
Who is the author of "India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium"?
A. APJ Abdul Kalam
B. Shashi Tharoor
C. Narendra Modi
D. Arun Shourie
Question 111
'Ace Against Odds' is an autobiography of which sports person?
A. Vishwanathan Anand
B. Sania Mirza
C. Abhinav Bindra
D. Anjali Bhagwat
Question 112
Who wrote the book 'The Prince'?
A. Bernard Shaw
B. Niccolo Machiaveli
C. V.S. Sharma
D. Emile Zola
Question 113
Who authored the book titled 'Jinnah often came to our House', which one the 2016 The Hindu Prize?
A. Kiran Doshi
B. Salman Rushdie
C. K. Vijay Kumar
D. Yasser Usman
Question 114
The author of book 'The Guide' is -
A. R. K. Laxman
B. R. K. Singh
C. R. K. Narayan
D. Raj Kapoor
Question 115
Who directed the film '1942 : A love story'?
A. Mahesh Bhatt
B. Vidhu Vinod Chopra
C. Yash Chopra
D. Ketan Mehta
Question 116
Who is the author of "Jaya"?
A. Sudeep Nagarkar
B. Devdutt Pattanaik
C. R. K. Narayan
D. Aravind Adiga
Question 117
Which Indian actor's biography is titled 'Anything but Khamosh'?
A. Vinod Khanna
B. Shatrughan Sinha
C. Dharmendra
D. Raj Babbar
Question 118
In Which Indian state is the world's highest cricket ground located ?
A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Uttarakhand
C. West Bengal
D. Jammu Kashmir
Question 119
The controversial documentary 'Hell's Angel' broadcasted by Channel 4 on Independent British Television Station is based on who among the following?
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Mother Teresa
D. Saddam Hussein
Question 120
Ramcharitmanas is an epic poem written in which language?
A. Santali
B. Munda
C. Awadhi
D. Sanskrit
Question 121
In Frankenstein, Victor changes from an optimistic, eager young man to one who is anxious and
A. Remorseful
B. Confident
C. Honest
D. Coward
Question 122
The science fiction book 'The Extra-Terrestrial Delivery' is penned by which Indian author?
A. Sudipta Das
B. Namitha Ghokhale
C. Anosh Irani
D. Samit Basu
Question 123
The Arabic work of al-Biruni that gave an account of the subcontinent is called __________.
A. Kitab - Al Hind
B. Kitab - Al Bharat
C. Pustak - Al Hind
D. Pustak - Al Bharat
Question 124
Who has written the book 'My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir'?
A. M. J. Akbar
B. Jagmohan
C. Anees Jung
D. Shashi Tharoor
Question 125
Who wrote the famous book - 'We the people'?
A. V. S. Naipaul
B. Khushwant Singh
C. T. N. Kaul
D. Nani Palkhivala
Question 126
Who directed the film 'Sardar'?
A. Das Gupta
B. Shyam Benegal
C. Tapan Sinha
D. Ketan Mehta
Question 127
The book 'Around the World in Eighty Days' was written by :
A. Charles Dickens
B. H. H. Munro
C. Jules Verne
D. Sir Richard Burton
Question 128
Who is the author of "My Father is a Hero"?
A. Novoneel Chakraborty
B. Neelima Dalmia Adhar
C. Nishant Kaushik
D. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Question 129
Who has penned a book titled 'I Do What I Do: On Reform, Rhetoric and Resolve' ?
A. Ajay Tyagi
B. Raghuram Rajan
C. Bimal Jalan
D. Urjit Patel
Question 130
The book 'Kargil : Turning the Tide' is written by -
A. Mohinder Puri
B. Durjoy Datta
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Anita Nair
Question 131
Who is the author of Meghdoot?
A. Shundraka
B. Vishakhadatta
C. Kalidasa
D. Chanakya
Question 132
Who wrote the book, 'Indian Home Rule'?
A. M K Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Question 133
Sports Channel' a monthly video magazine has been launched by -
A. Kapil Dev
B. Sunil Gavaskar
C. Ajit Wadekar
D. Nawab Pataudi
Question 134
Who has written the book ' War and Peace '
A. Khushwant Singh
B. Mikhail Solokhov
C. Count Leo Tolstoy
D. Saul Bellow
Question 135
Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Rekha : The untold story" a biography on veteran actress Rekha?
A. Yasser Usman
B. Anand Neelakantan
C. Ram Kamal Mukherjee
D. Vijay Kumar
Question 136
Who wrote the book -"The Algebra of Infinite Justice"?
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Ashwaghosha
D. Anita Desai
Question 137
'Maya Memsaab' is a film directed by
A. Shyam Benegal
B. Ketan Mahta
C. Bhupen Hazarika
D. Tapan Sinha
Question 138
Who directed the world famous film 'The Gandhi'?
A. Ben Kingsley
B. Satyajit Ray
C. Mrinal Sen
D. Richard Attenborough
Question 139
Man - The Maker of His Own Destiny' book was written by -
A. V. S. Naipaul
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Guenter Grass
D. Swami Vivekanand
Question 140
The celebrated novel 'The Godfather' was authored by
A. Harold Robbins
B. John Milton
C. Victor Hugo
D. Mario Puzo
Question 141
Who wrote the book 'Rama Charita Manas '
A. Tulsi Das
B. Bhakta Kabir
C. Bhakta Ramdev
D. Valmiki
Question 142
Who is the author of the book One Night @ Call center
A. Chetan Bhagat
B. Annie Besant
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. None of these
Question 143
Who is the author of 'Adhe-Adhure'?
A. Mohan Rakesh
B. Munshi Premchand
C. Suryakant Tripathi Nirala
D. Sumitranandan Pant
Question 144
Who amongst the following is the author of the book "Termites in the Trading System"?
A. M. S. Swaminathan
B. Jagdish Bhagwati
C. Jaswant Singh
D. M. Chelapati Rao
Question 145
Who is the author of the Indian English Novel 'Sita : Warrior of Mithila' published in
A. Amish Tripathi
B. Rahul Mehta
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Robin Sharma
Question 146
Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'Nice Guys Finish Second'?
A. B. K. Nehru
B. Pupul Jayakar
C. Michael Hammer
D. R. K. Karanjia
Question 147
Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars'?
A. Kiran Bedi
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Sheikh Abdullah
Question 148
The famous work 'Anandmath' was written by
A. Sri Aurobindo
B. Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C. Sri Rabindra Nath Tagore
D. Sri Aarti Chaudhary
Question 149
The creator of 'Sherlock Holmes' was
A. Arthur Conan Doyle
B. Ian Fleming
C. Dr.Watson
D. Shakespeare
Question 150
'Mirchchhakatika' was written by
A. Vikramaditya
B. Shudraka
C. Kalhana
D. Banabhatta
Question 151
Who wrote the book 'Glimpses of World History'?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Nirad C Chaudhuri
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 152
Who directed the famous TV Serial 'Tandoori Nights'?
A. Farukh Dhondy
B. Jon AMiel
C. Zohra Sehgal
D. Saeed Jaffrey
Question 153
Panchatantra has been written by
A. Kalidas
B. Surdas
C. Vishakhadatta
D. Vishnu Sharma
Question 154
Who is the author of "I Too Had a Love Story"?
A. Preeti Shenoy
B. Ravinder Singh
C. Keshav Aneel
D. Durjoy Datta
Question 155
The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by -
A. Simi Garewal
B. Satyajit Ray
C. Shyam Benegal
D. Mira Nair
Question 156
Who is the author of "The Lowland"?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. kiran Desai
C. Jhumpa Lahiri
D. Aravind Adiga
Question 157
Who said "I therefore, want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn, if it can be had"?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Nelson Mandela
Question 158
Who wrote the book 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age'?
A. C. D. Deshmukh
B. Dr. P. C. Alexander
C. M. O. Mathai
D. S. C. Rajagopalachari
Question 159
The famous book 'Anna Karenina' written by ?
A. Boris Pasternak
B. Victor Hugo
C. Lewis Carroll
D. Leo Tolstoy
Question 160
Who is the author of the book "My Experiments with Truth"?
A. Aristotle
B. Winston Churchill
C. Jarnes Morris
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Question 161
Who is the author of "Go Clown: #AccheDin for Comedy"?
A. Preeti Shenoy
B. Nikita Singh
C. Shatrugna Vadwlas
D. Ashwin Sanghi
Question 162
Who wrote 'Nyaya Sutra'?
A. Vyasa
B. Gautam
C. Kapila
D. Charaka
Question 163
Who is the author of the book - 'Preparing for the Twenty - First Century'?
A. Larry Collins
B. V. S. Naipaul
C. V. R. Krishna Iyer
D. Paul Kennedy
Question 164
The quotation ' Some of born great , Some achieve greatness, and some have greatness, thrust upon them ' is atributed to
A. Bertrand Russell
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. William Shakeshpare
D. George Orwell
Question 165
The Great Gatsby is written in which point of view?
A. first person limited
B. first person omniscient
C. third person limited
D. None of the above
Question 166
Which of the film is directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta?
A. Mohra
B. Krantiveer
C. 1942 - A Love Story
D. Charachar
Question 167
Which is not a correct combination?
A. Prithivi Raj Raso - Chand Bardai
B. Idols - Sunil Gavaskar
C. Midnight Children - A. Sanderson
D. Meghdoot - Kalidaas
Question 168
Who is the author of the book named "A Prisoner's Scrapbook"?
A. Jairam Ramesh
B. Ravinder Singh
C. Dr. Upendra Dutta Choubey
D. Lal Krishna Advani
Question 169
Who is the author of the book named "Malgudi Days"?
A. R. K. Narayan
B. Jim Corbett
C. Lewis Caroll
D. M. K. Gandhi
Question 170
The book entitled 'Playing it my way' is related to which cricketer's life -
A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. Chetan Chauhan
C. Sourav Ganguly
D. VVS Laxman
Question 171
Who is the author of the book 'If Cricket is Religion, Sachin is God'?
A. Vijay Santhanam
B. Shyam Balasubramanian
C. Both A and B
D. None
Question 172
Who is the author of the book "The Accidental Prime Minister"?
A. Rajdeep Sardesai
B. Karan Thapar
C. Kuldeep Nayar
D. Sanjaya Baru
Question 173
Who wrote Periplus of the Erythraean Sea?
A. Ctesias
B. Pliny
C. Ptolemy
D. None/More than one of the above
Question 174
Who wrote the social contract?
A. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B. Immanuel Kant
C. John Locke
D. Voltaire
Question 175
Who wrote the book "The Arabian Nights"?
A. Stephen Hawkings
B. Vikram Seth
C. Zoya Hasan
D. Richard Burton
Question 176
Who is the father of English Poetry?
A. Milton
B. Wordsworth
C. Chaucer
D. Charles Dickens
Question 177
The famous character 'Pickwick' was created by -
A. Steven Spielberg
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Walt Disney
D. Charles Dickens
Question 178
The lord of Rings : The Return of the King won Oscar award in how many categories
A. 10
B. 9
C. 11
D. 12
Question 179
Who has written 'Panchatantra'?
A. Bhartendu Harischandra
B. Vishnu Sharma
C. Kalidas
D. Chanakya
Question 180
"Don't Laugh : We are Police", this book was compiled by -
A. K. P. S. Gill D. G. P.
B. Bishan Lal Vohra I. G. P.
C. Shanti Swaroop I. G. P.
D. None of the options
Question 181
Which of the following statements given below are correct? 1. Author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 2. Author of the novel 'Middlesex' is Jeffrey Eugenides. 3. Author of 'Missile Gap' is China Mieville.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 182
Who is the author of "The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy)"?
A. Amish Tripathi
B. Durjoy Datta
C. Keshav Aneel
D. Savi Sharma
Question 183
Who is the author of the book 'Naked Triangle'?
A. R.K.Narayan
B. Amrita Pritam
C. Balwant Gargi
D. Khushwant Singh
Question 184
Who is the Author of the book An Unknown Indian?
A. Nirodh C.Chowdhary
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. G. B. Shaw
D. Mala Sen
Question 185
Which the smallest among all the birds?
A. Ostrich
B. Humming Bird
C. King Fisher
D. Sparrow
Question 186
The Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found was written by _____________.
A. Vikram Seth
B. Suketu Mehta
C. Upamanyu Chatterjee
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 187
Who wrote the book "The God of Small Things"?
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Anita Desai
C. Amartya Sen
D. Arun Shourie
Question 188
Who is the author of the book "Panditharadya Charitham" ?
A. Tikkana
B. Ganapathideva
C. Yerrana
D. Palkuriki Somanatha
Question 189
Who is the author of 'Betrayal of the Defence Forces'?
A. Vishnu Bhagat
B. Tarun Tejpal
C. George Fernandes
D. Jaswant Singh
Question 190
The author of the book 'India Wins Freedom' is?
A. Kuldeep Nawar
B. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Indira Nehru
Question 191
The Gathering Storm' is written by -
A. Winston Churchill
B. George Washington
C. Voltaire
D. Romain Rolland
Question 192
In which language did 'Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar' write?
A. Malayalam
B. Tamil
C. Telugu
D. Kannada
Question 193
Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'A bend in the River'?
A. Chetan Bhagat
B. V. S. Naipaul
C. Kiran Desai
D. Anita Desai
Question 194
Red Data Book provides an account of
A. extinct animals only
B. endangered plants & animals
C. endangered plants only
D. fossil plants
Question 195
Which Bollywood Actor is set to pen his autobiography titled 'I am No Messiah'?
A. Akshay Kumar
B. Anupam Kher
C. Ayushman Khurana
D. Sonu Sood
Question 196
Who is the author of the book "The Judgement"?
A. Kuldip Nayar
B. Mathili Saran Gupta
C. Amitabh Ghosh
D. None
Question 197
The Articles of Confederation were written by
A. Ken Drexler
B. Anne-Cesar
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. John Dickinson
Question 198
India Wins Freedom is the autobiography of ?
A. Abul Kalam Azad
B. L.K Adwani
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Shubash Chandra Bose
Question 199
The famous book ' The Daughter of the East ' is written by
A. Ms.Benazir Bhutto
B. Ms. Taslima Nasreen
C. Ms. Arungsan Suu Kyi
D. Ms Bandarnaike Sirimavo
Question 200
In which year was the 'All India Radio' set up?
A. 1936
B. 1927
C. 1947
D. 1950
Question 201
Who wrote the line : 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?
A. P. B. Shelley
B. William Wordsworth
C. John Keats
D. Robert Browning
Question 202
Who wrote the book 'An Era of Darkness' which extensively narrates the grim realities of colonial India?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. V.S. Naipaul
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Salman Rushdie
Question 203
The novel 'A Suitable Boy' is written by -
A. V. S. Naipaul
B. Vikram Seth
C. D. H. Lawrence
D. Ruskin Bond
Question 204
What is the name of the book written by Panini ?
A. Mahabhashya
B. Mitakshara
C. Madhyamika Karika
D. Ashtadhyayi
Question 205
Who is the author of the book titled 'Selection Day'?
A. Aravind Adiga
B. Anil Menon
C. Krishna Sobti
D. Arunava Sinha
Question 206
Freedom From Fear' is a book written by
A. Benazir Bhutto
B. Corazon Aquino
C. Aung San Suu Kyi
D. Nayantara Sehgal
Question 207
The book Taste of India is written by
A. Ramachandra Guha
B. Khushwanth Singh
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Madhur Jaffrey
Question 208
The book 'Midnight's Children' has been written by -
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Tasleema Nasreen
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Kiran Desai
Question 209
'In Custody', an English novel is written by which one of the following?
A. Anita Desai
B. Vikram Seth
C. Shoba De
D. V.S. Naipaul
Question 210
Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'?
A. J. M. Barrie
B. Walter Scott
C. George Orwell
D. Thomas Hardy
Question 211
Who has written the book entitled 'Hind Swaraj' ?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
D. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Question 212
Who is the author of the book "The White Tiger"?
A. Maneesh Tripathi
B. Aravind Adiga
C. Arvind Joshi
D. Vijay Lohkare
Question 213
Who is the author of book ‘Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian’?
A. David Omand
B. Raja Shehadeh
C. Raghav Bahl
D. Somnath Chatterjee
Question 214
Who wrote 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A. Jonathan Swift
B. Alivin Toffler
C. Samuel Johnson
D. D. H. Lawrence
Question 215
Travelling Through Conflict is a book written by -
A. Hamid Ansari
B. Cherie Blair
C. Balraj Krishna
D. Salman Rushdie
Question 216
Who is the author of the book titled 'The Gita for Children'?
A. Puja Changoiwala
B. Ruchira Gupta
C. Priyanka Mookerjee
D. Roopa Pai
Question 217
The book 'Six Machine: I Don't Like Cricket - I Love It' is the autobiography of which Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies?
A. Andre Russell
B. Sunil Narine
C. Chris Gayle
D. Darren Michael Bravo
Question 218
Who is the author of the book named 'Pinjar'?
A. Laxmi Sehgal
B. Vijay Darda
C. Amrita Pritam
D. Tarun Khanna
Question 219
'The Naked Face', a very popular book is written by
A. Dominique Lapierre
B. Larry Collins
C. Sidney Sheldon
D. Juan Benet
Question 220
Which of the following Newspapers are published in Bengali Language?
A. Lok Satta
B. Pratap
C. Din Mani
D. Jugantar
Question 221
In Custody', an English novel is written by which one of the following?
A. Anita Desai
B. Vikram Seth
C. Shoba De
D. V. S. Naipaul
Question 222
Which of the statements given above are not correct? 1. Author of 'Darkness at Noon' is Victor La Valle. 2. Author of 'The Great Gatsby' is F. Scott Fitzgerald. 3. Author of 'The Sound and the Fury' is Hubbard.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 223
Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Michael Anderson
C. Winston Churchill
D. Jarnes Morris
Question 224
Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'?
A. Thomas Hardy
B. Emile Zola
C. George Orwell
D. Walter Scott
Question 225
Who wrote the book "The test of my life"?
A. Yuvraj Singh
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Brian Lara
D. Adam Gilchrist
Question 226
Which freedom fighter was the author of the book "An Introduction of the dreamland" ?
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
D. Subhas Chandra Bose
Question 227
Who is the author of "The Oath of the Vayuputras (Shiva Trilogy)"?
A. Amish Tripathi
B. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Ashwin Sanghi
Question 228
The lead character in the film ' The Bandit Queen ' has been played by
A. Shabana Azmi
B. Rupa Gangulu
C. Seema Biswas
D. Arundhati ray
Question 229
The General happiness is the end of the state', who said this?
A. Green
B. Hegel
C. Plato
D. Bentham
Question 230
Who is the author of the book A Journey ?
A. Tony Blair
B. Bikram seth
C. Janardhan takur
D. harisen
Question 231
Who is the author of the book 'The Guide'?
A. Satyajit Ray
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. R. K. Narayan
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 232
Who is the author of the book 'The Future of Freedom'?
A. Richard Wolfee
B. Peter Hudson
C. Tamara Lipper
D. Fareed Zakaria
Question 233
Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand
A. Gaban
B. Godan
C. Manasorovar
D. Guide
Question 234
Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters'?
A. Vijneswara
B. Somadeva
C. Surjit Singh Barnala
D. Mulk Raj Anand
Question 235
The book "Two Year Eight Months and Twenty –Eight Night" is authored by
A. Salman Rushdi
B. Deepak Nayyar
C. Javier Moro
D. Khurshid M Kasuari
Question 236
The famous character pickwick was created by
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Charles Dickens
C. George Washington
D. Steven Spielberg
Question 237
Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. The author of 'Forty Thieves' is Jonathan Franzen. 2. Author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun' is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 3. Author of 'Middlesex' is Jeffrey Eugenides.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 238
The famous character Pickwick was created by -
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Charles Dickens
C. George Washington
D. Steven Spielberg
Question 239
The 'One Straw Revolution' was written by :
A. Masanobu Fukuoka
B. Richael Carlson
C. M. S. Swaminathan
D. Norman Borlaug
Question 240
The book ' Around the World in Eighty Days ' was written by
A. Charles Dickens
B. H.M.Munro
C. Jules Verne
D. Sir Richard Burton
Question 241
The novel "The White Tiger" which won the Man Booker Prize 2008 is authored by -
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Aravind Adiga
C. V. S. Naipaul
D. Kiran Desai
Question 242
The lead character in the film 'The Bandit Queen' has been played by
A. Rupa Ganguly
B. Seema Biswas
C. Pratiba Sinha
D. Shabama Azmi
Question 243
The author of the book 'Waiting for the Mahatma' is
A. R.K. Narayan
B. N.A. Palkhiwala
C. Amrita Pritam
D. Manohar Malgonkar
Question 244
Who amongst the following is the author of the Book "Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance"?
A. Barack Obama
B. John Evans Aatta Mills
C. Nelson Mandela
D. Danny Boyle
Question 245
Who wrote the book 'Two Fates - The Story of My Divorce', which is a parody of Chetan Bhagat's 'Two States - The Story of My Marriage'?
A. Namita Gokhale
B. Judy Balan
C. Swati Kaushal
D. Arundati Roy
Question 246
Who is the writer of the famous book 'Kabuliwala'?
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Munshi Premchand
D. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Question 247
The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by -
A. Satyajit Ray
B. Mira Nair
C. Shyam Benegal
D. Simi Garewal
Question 248
Which South Korean author in May 2016 won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel 'The Vegetarian'?
A. Han Kang
B. Yiyun Li
C. Tami Hoag
D. Taya Zinkin
Question 249
Who has written the book 'The Famished Road'?
A. Ian Austin
B. V.S. Naipaul
C. Ben Okri
D. Zola Emile
Question 250
The celebrated novel 'The Godfather' was authored by -
A. Harold Robbins
B. John Milton
C. Victor Hugo
D. Mario Puzo
Question 251
Who wrote the book "The three Musketeers"?
A. EM Forster
B. Gunter Grass
C. Edward Luce
D. Alexandre Dumas
Question 252
Who is the author of book 'We Indians'?
A. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
B. Subramanian Swamy
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Mulk Raj Anand
Question 253
Who composed the National Anthem ' Jana Gana Mana '
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. R.D.Dinkar
C. Bakim Chandra Chatterjee
D. Sarojini Naidu
Question 254
'A Voice for Freedom' is a book written by
A. Corazon Aquino
B. Nayantara Sahgal
C. Aung San Suu Kyi
D. Benazir Bhutto
Question 255
Who wrote the book "Ramacharitmanas"?
A. Tulsidas
B. Bhakta Kabir
C. Bhakta Ramdev
D. Valmiki
Question 256
Who among the following has authored the book 'The Idea of India'?
A. Khushwant Singh
B. Shashi Tharoor
C. Sunil Khilnani
D. William Dalrymple
Question 257
The book Mother India was authored by
A. Annie Besant
B. Katherine Mayo
C. Mrinalini Sinha
D. Lala Lajpath Rai
Question 258
The book 'The Man who knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel is the biography of -
A. Srinivasa Ramanujan
B. Sir C. V. Raman
C. Homi Bhabha
D. Vikram Sarabhai
Question 259
Who is the author of "Half Girlfriend"?
A. Chetan Bhagat
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Ravinder Singh
D. Salman Rushdie
Question 260
The author of the famous novel 'Gone with the Wind' is :
A. R. L. Stephenson
B. Charles Dickens
C. Margaret Mitchell
D. Harold Robins
Question 261
Who wrote the book "As you like it"?
A. Stephen Hawkings
B. William Shakespeare
C. Vikram Seth
D. Vimal Kumar
Question 262
Who is the auther of the book Atal Ji Ne Kaha?
A. Brijendra Rehi
B. Sushwanth
C. Raj singh
D. None of the above
Question 263
Who has written the book 'The Famished Road'?
A. Zola Emile
B. V. S. Naipaul
C. Ben Okri
D. Din Mani
Question 264
Author of the book 'My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir'?
A. M. J. Akbar
B. Jagmohan
C. Anees Jung
D. Nissim Eziekel
Question 265
Who is the author of 'Half of What I Say'?
A. Anil Menon
B. Namitha Gokhale
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. K. R. Meera
Question 266
Who wrote the Book "A Tale of Two Cities"
A. William Shakespeare
B. Jane Austen
C. Leo Tolstoy
D. Charles Dickens
Question 267
Who is the author of the Novel 'Les Miserables'
A. Fedric
B. Victor Hugo
C. Steven Spielberg
D. Alium Tofler
Question 268
'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' is a film directed by
A. Gautam Gosh
B. Tapan Sinha
C. Meera nair
D. Shyam Benegal
Question 269
'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV Serial is based on a book written by
A. Charles Dickens
B. Thomas Hardy
C. Lewis Caroll
D. Victor Hugo
Question 270
Who is the author of 'India Wins Freedom'?
A. Dominique Lapierre
B. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
C. Maulana Azad
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 271
Who amongst the following is the author of the book "Rekha : The untold story" a biography on a veteran actress Rekha?
A. Yasser Usman
B. Anand Neelakantan
C. Ram Kamal Mukherjee
D. K. Vijay Kumar
Question 272
The famous character 'Pickwick' was created by
A. Steven Spielberg
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Walt Disney
D. Charles dickens
Question 273
Who is the author of "The Guest"?
A. Mohit Goyal
B. Mitali Meelan
C. Ashwini Parashar
D. Anand Neelakantan
Question 274
Upanishad Books are: ________.
A. On religion
B. On yoga
C. On the law
D. On philosophy
Question 275
Who wrote the famous book 'We the people'?
A. T. N. Kaul
B. J. R. D. Tata
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Nani Palkhivala
Question 276
What is the name of the writer of indian origin whose novel, "The Inheritance of Loss" has bagged Man Booker Prize?
A. Vikram Seth
B. Kiran Desai
C. Salman Rushdie
D. V.S Naipaul
Question 277
Who is the Author of the book titled “The Making of Aadhaar: World’s Largest Identity Platform”
A. Ram Sewak Sharma
B. AK Sikri
C. Kris Gopalkrishnan
D. Jai Shankar
Question 278
Aurobindo was the author of -
A. Discovery of India
B. Hindu view of life
C. Yogashastra
D. Savitri
Question 279
The famous book 'The Daughter of the East' is written by
A. Ms. Taslima Nasreen
B. Ms. Benazir Bhutto
C. Ms. Aunsan Suu Kyi
D. Ms. Bandaranaike Sirimavo
Question 280
Which of the books mentioned below was not written by Munshi Premchand?
A. Godan
B. Gaban
C. Gora
D. Rangbhoomi
Question 281
Bhatnagar Prize is given in the field of -
A. Peace
B. Music and dance
C. Science and technology
D. Fine Arts
Question 282
In which language did Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar write?
A. Tamil
B. Malayalam
C. Kannada
D. Hindi
Question 283
George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was -
A. a Welsh
B. an Irishman
C. a Scotsman
D. an Englishman
Question 284
The book named 'Three Decades in Parliament' is a collection of the speeches of -
A. A. B. Vajpayee
B. S. Chatterjee
C. L. K. Advani
D. N. G. Ranga
Question 285
Which of the following novels was translated in to telugu as Pausanedi written by Paulo coelho ?
A. Brida
B. Thevalkyrie
C. The Daniel and Miss prym
D. The Alchemist
Question 286
Union Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu released the book titled “Indian Railway- The weaving of a National Tapestry” jointly authored by Sanjay Chadha, Vidya Krishnamurthi and ___?
A. Andy Marino
B. Sreedharan
C. Rakesh Mohan
D. Bibek Debroy
Question 287
Who is the author of the book "No Full Stops in India" ?
A. R. K. Narayan
B. Mark Tully
C. C. Narayan Reddy
D. Ved Mehta
Question 288
Neel Darpan' is a play based on the story of Indigo Rebellion of Bengal of 1860 - 61. Who authored it?
A. Dinabandhu Mitra
B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
C. Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh jointly
D. Madhusudan Dutta
Question 289
Author of the book 'The Three Mistakes in My Life' -
A. Amrita Pritam
B. Jhumpa Lahiri
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Chetan Bhagat
Question 290
'Asian Drama ', by Gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which of the following subjects
A. Theatre Movements in Asia
B. Economics
C. International Politics
D. Look East Policy of India
Question 291
The book " The Vijay Mallya Story " has been written by _____
A. Vijay Mallya
B. Gopinath
C. Giriprakash
D. Siddharth Mallya
Question 292
What is unique about the film 'Adi Shankaracharya'?
A. It has won the National Award.
B. It is the first Bengal film.
C. It is the first Sanskrit film.
D. It has no female actress.
Question 293
Who is the author of 'Ageless Body , Timeless Mind' ?
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. Deepak Chopra
C. Dom Moraes
D. Tony Kusher
Question 294
Famous play ' Macbeth ' is written by
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. William Shakespeare
C. john Milton
D. Charles Dickens
Question 295
Who amongst the following is the author of the book ' Colours of the Rainbow '
A. A.V.Kamath
B. Anita Nayyar
C. Pritish Nandy
D. Ranjit Biswas
Question 296
Who authored the book titled ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’, which won the Man Booker Prize 2017?
A. George Saunders
B. Eliza Robertson
C. John Grisham
D. Stephen Alter
Question 297
Which of the following is a biography of the Lady Mountbatten?
A. Edwina Mountbatten - A Life of Her Own.
B. Edwina Mountbatten - Her relationship with Nehru
C. Mountbatten
D. Edwina Mountbattten
Question 298
Who is the author of the book "Death Of President"
A. Amitabha Ghosh
B. Shekhspear
C. W. Marchent
D. None of the above
Question 299
Who is the author of "Chanakya's Chant"?
A. Amish Tripathi
B. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Ashwin Sanghi
Question 300
The book 'Sudhir Sukta' was written by
A. Vishnu Wagh
B. Nazir Ahmad Wani
C. Andrea Levy
D. Tian Er
Question 301
Who is the author of the Indian English Novel 'No Other World' published in 2017?
A. Nidhi Chanani
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Rahul Mehta
D. Chetan Bhagat
Question 302
A book titled 'The Endgame' authored by
A. Hussain Zaidi
B. Ashwini Kumar Tewari
C. Lewis Hamilton
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question 303
The Gathering is written by
A. Winston Churchill
B. Voltaire
C. George Washington
D. Steven Spielberg
Question 304
Who is the author of the book 'Akhada : The Authorised Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat'?
A. Rabi Thapa
B. Saurabh Duggal
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Tana French
Question 305
Who has won the Gyan Peeth Award for her book 'Yama'?
A. Maheswari Devi
B. Asha Poorna Devi
C. Amrita Preetam
D. Mahadevi Verma
Question 306
Who among the following is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'?
A. Emile Zola
B. Walter Scott
C. George Orwell
D. Thomas Hardy
Question 307
Freedom from Fear' is a book written by :
A. Benazir Bhutto
B. Corazon Aquino
C. Aung San Suu Kyi
D. Nayantara Sehgal
Question 308
Who is the author of the book "The daughter of the east"?
A. Taslima Nasreen
B. Benazir Bhutto
C. Chandrika Bhutani
D. Sharmila Tagore
Question 309
Name the poet who wrote "Prithviraj Raso", a poem describing Prithviraj Chauhan's life.
A. Vir Siroja
B. Chand Bardai
C. Meerja Umed
D. Nur Fateh
Question 310
What is the name of the book which was awarded the golden man Booker Prize 2018?
A. The English Patient
B. Everything Under
C. The Long Take
D. Washington Black
Question 311
'Nature never did betray the heart that loved her' is a quotation from
A. W.Wordsworth
B. J.Brayon
C. P.B.Shelly
D. J.Keats
Question 312
The television serial 'Charitraheen' is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
C. Tara Sankar Bandhopadhyay
D. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Question 313
Who said 'Man is a political animal'?
A. Dante
B. Aristotle
C. Socrates
D. Plato
Question 314
Which play of Shakespeare was recently claimed to be dated wrongly?
A. Macbeth
B. Othello
C. Hamlet
D. Romea Juliet
Question 315
Mulk Raj Anand is the author of -
A. The Post Office
B. Gora
C. India Wins Freedom
D. Coolie
Question 316
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Who said this?
A. Mother Teresa
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Walt Disney
D. Kennedy
Question 317
Which Indian born scientist was awarded the Nobel prize in Astrophysics
A. Prof Chandra Shaker
B. Sir C.V.Raman
C. Satyendra Nath Bose
D. Vikram Sarabhai
Question 318
Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book :
A. India Divided
B. Hind Swaraj
C. Unhappy India
D. Mother India
Question 319
In India the first television programme was broadcasted in -
A. 1959
B. 1965
C. 1976
D. 1957
Question 320
Six Machine (I Don’t Like Cricket ... . I Love It)' is an autobiography of which famous batsman?
A. Virat Kohli
B. AB De Velliers
C. Chris Gayle
D. Tillakaratne Dilshan
Question 321
"Malgudi Days" was written by _____.
A. Vijay Krishna Acharya
B. Rajat Arora
C. Mrinal Jha
D. RK Narayan
Question 322
Who is the author of the book "Adventures of the sherlock holmes"?
A. Harisen
B. Arther Conon Doyle
C. Nirod C. Choudhary
D. G. B. Shaw
Question 323
Who wrote 'Akbarnama'?
A. Abul Fazal
B. Faizi
C. Abdur Rahim
D. Abdul Qadir
Question 324
Who is the author of the book named "Not Just an Accountant"?
A. Raghuram Rajan
B. Vinod Rai
C. Achal Kumar Jyoti
D. C. S. Karnan
Question 325
Who wrote the famous line : 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever'?
A. John Keats
B. V. S. Naipaul
C. Sir Richard Burton
D. Larry Collins
Question 326
Who is the author of the book "Kargil: Untold stories from the War"?
A. Roshan Rai
B. Rachna Bisht Rawat
C. Anandi Ben
D. None of the above
Question 327
Who is the author of the book named "Making India Awesome"?
A. Jairam Ramesh
B. Tarun Khanna
C. Chetan Bhagat
D. Amitav Ghosh
Question 328
The book ' Gullivers Travels ' was written by
A. Charles Lamb
B. Charles Dickens
C. Alexander Dumas
D. Jonathan Swift
Question 329
The book named 'Three Decades in Parliament' is a collection of the speeches of
A. A. B. Vajpayee
B. Somnath Chatterjee
C. L. K. Advani
D. N. G. Ranga
Question 330
The Story of My Experiments with Truth' is the autobiography of :
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Question 331
Who is the author of 'Tom Sawyer'?
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Mark Twain
C. John Ruskin
D. William Shakespeare
Question 332
Who wrote "Romeo & Juliet"?
A. Jane Austen
B. Mark Twain
C. Toni Morrison
D. William Shakespeare
Question 333
The Discovery of India' was written in Ahmednagar Fort during imprisonment. Who wrote 'The Discovery of India'?
A. Swami Vivekanand
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 334
What was the pen name of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay?
A. Kamla Kant
B. Anila Devi
C. Jarasandha
D. Dhananjoy Bairagi
Question 335
Who is the author of "A Passage to England"?
A. E. M. Forster
B. Nirad C. Chaudhari
C. G. B. Shaw
D. Winston Churchill
Question 336
The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare -
A. Kalidasa
B. Tulsidas
C. Sudraka
D. Kautilya
Question 337
Amrita Pritam's work " A Revenue Stamp" is
A. A book of stories
B. A novel
C. A biography
D. An autobiography
Question 338
Technology giant Microsoft's India-born CEO ___________ has written his first book "Hit Refresh".
A. Satya Nadella
B. Indra Nooyi
C. Kiran Mazumdar
D. Sundar Pichai
Question 339
The celebrated Novel 'The Godfather' was authored by
A. John Milton
B. Victor Hugo
C. Mario Puzo
D. Harold Robbins
Question 340
The book "My Life, My Mission" is the autobiography of which Indian personality?
A. Baba Ramdev
B. Sania Mirza
C. Yuvraj Singh
D. Abdul Kalam
Question 341
Who is the author of " A River Sutra"?
A. V.S Naipaul
B. Nirad C. Choudhuri
C. Gita Mehta
D. Vikram Seth
Question 342
Which one of the following novels was not written by Charles Dickens?
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Oliver Twist
C. Pickwick Papers
D. Hard Times
Question 343
Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. The author of the novel 'Gilead' is Don Wirslo. 2. The author of the novel 'Wolf Hall' is Stephen Dobyns. 3. The author of the novel 'To Kill a Mocking bird' is Harper Lee.
A. 3
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 344
What was the pen name of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay?
A. Anila Devi
B. Kamla Kant
C. Jarasandha
D. Rupdarshi
Question 345
Who is the author of the famous book 'The Judgement'?
A. Janardan Thakur
B. R. Venkataraman
C. Anthony Mascarenhas
D. Kuldip Nayar
Question 346
The original name of 'Mahabharata' is
A. Katha Saritsagar
B. Jai Samhita
C. Vrahat Katha
D. Rajatarangini
Question 347
Who wrote 'A Passage to India'?
A. E. M. Forster
B. Kipling
C. Orwell
D. None of these
Question 348
What is the name of the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar?
A. Numbers Do Lie
B. Playing it my way
C. Once upon a Time
D. What is Remembered
Question 349
The famous book 'Anna Karenina' is written by -
A. Boris Pasternak
B. Victor Hugo
C. Lewis Carroll
D. Leo Tolstoy
Question 350
Who amongst the following is the author of the book ' Freedom from Fear '
A. Nelson Mandela
B. Aung San Suukyi
C. Taslima Nasreen
D. Benazir Bhutto
Question 351
The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by :
A. Charles Lamb
B. Charles Dickens
C. Alexander Dumas
D. Jonathan Swift
Question 352
The author of controversial book 'Lajja' is a citizen of
A. Pakistan
B. Indonesia
C. Bangladesh
D. India
Question 353
Which of the statements given below are correct?1. The author of 'My Country My Life' is L.K Advani.2. 'Wings of Fire' is an Autobiography of Subhash Chandra.3. The author of 'The Great Indian Novel' is Shashi Tharoor.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 354
'My Story' is an autobiography of which famous cricketer?
A. Kumar Sangakara
B. Brendon Mccullum
C. Kevin Peterson
D. Michael Clarke
Question 355
Who is the author of the book 'Why I am a Hindu' published in 2017?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Manmohan Singh
C. Arnab Goswami
D. Venkaiah Naidu
Question 356
Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy for ever '
A. P.B.Shelley
B. William Wordsworth
C. John Keats
D. Robert Browning
Question 357
The popular TV serial 'Neem ka Ped' was written by -
A. Rahi Masoom Raza
B. Sharad Joshi
C. Ashapurna Devi
D. Harivansh Rai Bachachan
Question 358
Mrichchhakatika' was written by -
A. Vikramaditya
B. Shudraka
C. Kalhana
D. Banabhatta
Question 359
Who authored the book titled 'Jinnah often came to our House', which won the 2016 The Hindu Prize?
A. Kiran Doshi
B. Salman Rushdie
C. K. Vijay Kumar
D. Yasser Usman
Question 360
Who authored the book 'Indica'?
A. Megasthanese
B. Stephen King
C. J.K. Rowling
D. Margaret Atwood
Question 361
Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?
A. Jane Austen
B. William Blake
C. Charles Dickens
D. Margaret Mitchell
Question 362
Who is the author of "Unhappy India"?
A. Vikram Seth
B. Lala Lajpath Roy
C. Chethan Bhagath
D. None
Question 363
What is the name of Merilin Monro
A. Merilin Monro
B. Norma Jean Bekar
C. Dorothi Manro
D. Kathrin Bekar
Question 364
Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. Author of 'Brave New World' is Aldous Huxley. 2. Author of 'An Affair Downstairs' is Sherri Browning. 3. Author of 'Darkness at Noon' is Victor La Valle.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 365
Which Indian author has chronicled the life in the Kumaon hills in the book 'Things to Leave Behind'?
A. Shashi Tharoor
B. Anosh Irani
C. Namita Gokhale
D. Vikram Seth
Question 366
Who is the author of the 'The Windfall'?
A. Manmohan Singh
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Diksha Basu
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 367
Which of the following is the name of a medieval Indian book on mathematics?
A. Vastushastra
B. Leelavati
C. Panchadashi
D. Roopmati
Question 368
Who is the Author of the book "You are the Best Wife: A True Love Story"?
A. Durjoy Datta
B. Savi Sharma
C. Ajay K Pandey
D. Preeti Shenoy
Question 369
The famous book 'Anandmath' was authored by
A. Sarojini Naidu
B. Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya
C. Sri Aurobindo
D. Rabindrnath Tagore
Question 370
Who was the first winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award
A. B.N.Sarkar
B. Prithvi Raj Kapoor
C. Devika Rani
D. Kana Devi
Question 371
Life Divine' is a book written by -
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
D. Shri Aurobindo
Question 372
Who wrote the book "Passage to India"?
A. Anita Desai
B. Khushwant Singh
C. Mark Twain
D. E. M. Foster
Question 373
The writer of the Harry Potter book series is
A. DBC Pierre
B. Dominique Lapierre and Lary Collins
C. Jhumpa Lahiri
D. J.K.Rowling
Question 374
Which of the following books is written by Rabindranath Tagore?
A. Rakta Karabi
B. Chidambara
C. Anand Math
D. Durgesh Nandini
Question 375
Who is the author of the book The Discovery of India ?
A. Kalhan
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Ashapurna Devi
D. None
Question 376
The Nobel Prize in Economics was started in
A. 1901
B. 1936
C. 1957
D. 1967
Question 377
David Copperfield is the name of -
A. novel
B. famous actor
C. poem
D. writer
Question 378
The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by
A. Alexandra Dumas
B. Charles Lamb
C. Charles Dickens
D. Jonathan Swift
Question 379
Who has written the famous book 'Mankind and Mother Earth'?
A. Arnold Toynbee
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. John Ruskin
D. Bertrand Russel
Question 380
The latest book 'Kurukshetra to Kargil' is written by :
A. Karan Singh
B. Kunal Bhardwaj
C. Suryanath Singh
D. Kuldip Singh
Question 381
A Secular Agenda' is a book written by -
A. M. J. Akbar
B. Prem Shankar Jha
C. Arun Shourie
D. Shashi Tharoor
Question 382
The book 'A Farewell to Arms' was written by -
A. Charles Dickens
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Thomas Hardy
D. Aldous Huxley
Question 383
Who formulated the 'Drain of Wealth' theory?
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. M. G. Ranade
C. R. C. Dutt
D. B. C. Pal
Question 384
Who is the author of "Gently Falls: The Bakula"?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Mitali Meelan
C. Ravinder Singh
D. Sudha Murty
Question 385
Who wrote the book 'Two Fates - The Story of My Divorce', which is a parody of Chetan Bhagat's 'Two States - The Story of My Marriage'?
A. Namita Gokhale
B. Judy Balan
C. Swati Kaushal
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 386
The book 'Worshipping False Gods' is written by :
A. R. K. Narayan
B. Arun Shourie
C. B. M. Oza
D. Mahasweta Devi
Question 387
Who is the author of the book 'Argumentative Indian writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity'?
A. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
B. Amit Chaudhuri
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Amartya Sen
Question 388
The controversial documentary 'Hell's Angel' broadcasted by Channel 4 on Independent British Television Station is based on who among the following?
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Adolf Hitler
C. Mother Teresa
D. Saddam Hussain
Question 389
Who is the author of "Two States"?
A. Chetan Bhagat
B. Rohit Sharma
C. Amish
D. Devdutta Patnaik
Question 390
Which of the following authors wrote the novel ‘The Black Hill’ ?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Amitav Ghosh
C. Ramesh Kuntal
D. Mamang Dai
Question 391
Who is the writer of the famous book 'Kabuliwala'?
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
B. Ravindra Nath Tagore
C. Munshi Prem Chand
D. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Question 392
Author of famous book “12 Years A Slave” is
A. Chetan Bhagat
B. Nelson Mandela
C. Solomon Northup Pirates
D. Morarji Desai
Question 393
Who is the author of the book 'Forbidden Verses'?
A. Salman Rushdie
B. Abu Nuwas
C. Ms. Taslima Nasrin
D. D. H. Lawrence
Question 394
'India of our Dreams' is a book written by
A. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
B. Dr. C. Subramanian
C. M.V. Kamath
D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Question 395
George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was
A. a Welsh
B. an Irishman
C. a Soctsman
D. an Englishman
Question 396
Who among the following is the author of the book, A comparison between Woman and Men?
A. Pandita Ramabai
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Tarabai Shinde
D. Rameshwari Nehru
Question 397
Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. Author of the novel 'Missile Gap' is Charles Stross. 2. The author of the novel 'Bird Box' is Victor Valle. 3. Author of 'The City and the city' is China Mieville.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 398
The World Outside My Window' is written by which author?
A. Emily Bronte
B. Ruskin Bond
C. Jane Austen
D. Henry Fielding
Question 399
The book 'To Live or Not Live' was written by -
A. V. S. Naipaul
B. Alexandra Dumas
C. George Elliot
D. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Question 400
Who is the author of the book "The Hungry Tide"?
A. Mitali Meelan
B. Ravinder Singh
C. Amitav Ghosh
D. Sudha Murty
Question 401
Who is the author of the book “A Life Less Ordinary : A Memoir”?
A. Salman Rushdie
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Baby Halder
D. Rohinton Mistry
Question 402
"Man without society is either a beast or a God". Who said this?
A. Plato
B. Gandhi
C. Tolstoy
D. Aristotle
Question 403
Who is the writer of "A Brief History of Time"?
A. Stephen Hawking
B. Edward Jenner
C. John Logie Baird
D. Louis Pasteur
Question 404
Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Charles Dickens
D. Kipling
Question 405
The book 'To Live or Not Live' was written by
A. V.S. Naipaul
B. Alexandra Dumas
C. George Elliot
D. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Question 406
Who among the following has directed the film 'Sardar'?
A. Tapan Sinha
B. Shyam Benegal
C. Ketan Mehta
D. Buddhadeb Das Gupta
Question 407
Who is the author of the book 'Kamayani'?
A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. Prem Chand
C. Jaishankar Prasad
D. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Question 408
The first history book was written by
A. Euclid
B. Herodotus
C. Aristotle
D. Julius Caesar
Question 409
A Critique of Pure Reason' book was written by
A. Charles Dickens
B. Immanuel Kant
C. Girish Karnad
D. Shashi Tharoor
Question 410
Who is the author of the book " The Argumentative "
A. V.S.Naipaul
B. Vikram Seth
C. Sashi Tharoor
D. Amartya Sen
Question 411
The book 'The Man who knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel is the biography of
A. Srinivasa Ramanujan
B. Sir C. V. Raman
C. Homi Bhabha
D. Vikram Sarabhai
Question 412
Who is the author of the book "My Truth".
A. Khuswant Singh
B. Kiran Bedi
C. Narendra Modi
D. Indira Gandhi
Question 413
Three Decades in Parliament' is a collection of -
A. L. K. Advani
B. A. B. Vajpayee
C. N. G. Ranga
D. S. Chatterjee
Question 414
Who has written the book 'My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir'?
A. Anees Jung
B. Jagmohan
C. M. J. Akbar
D. Nissim Ezekiel
Question 415
Which of the following periodicals is not correctly matched with its editor?
A. Bande Mataram:Aurobindo Ghosh
B. New India:Bipin Chandra Pal
C. Yugantar:Bhupendranath Dutta
D. Sandhya:Barindra Ghosh
Question 416
Who wrote the famous book - 'We the people'?
A. T.N.Kaul
B. J.R.D. Tata
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Nani Palkhivala
Question 417
"My Unforgettable Memories" is the autobiography of :
A. Mayawati
B. Pratibha Patil
C. Mamata Banerjee
D. Suu Kyi
Question 418
Sir Charles Wilkins is known and remembered for which of the following translations?
A. 'The Old Testament' to Hindi
B. 'The Bible' to Hindi
C. 'Bagavad Gita' to English
D. 'Shakuntalam' to English
Question 419
Charles Darwin, the famous evolutionist, proposed his theory in which one of his books ?
A. The families of flowering plant
B. The origin of species
C. The life on earth
D. The story of the living world
Question 420
The Old Man and the Sea' was a short novel written by
A. Graham Greene
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Albert Camus
D. Saul Bellow
Question 421
The book " Truth, love and A Little Malice " is written by
A. Tarun Tejpal
B. Vikram Seth
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Question 422
Who is the author of 'India Wins Freedom'?
A. Dominique Lapierre
B. Maulana Azad
C. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
D. Jawaharlal Nahru
Question 423
The famous book "A Better India, A Better World" has been written by :
A. Azim Premji
B. N. R. Narayan Murthy
C. Praveen Mahapatra
D. Rajiv Sikri
Question 424
The book entitled, 'Playing it my way' has been authored by
A. Sachin Tendulkar
B. V V S Laxman
C. Saurav Ganguly
D. Chetan Chauhan
Question 425
Who of the following wrote "The story of My Experiments with Truth"?
A. Babasaheb B. R. Ambedkar
B. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Question 426
The television serial 'Charitraheen' is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya
C. Tara Sankar Bandhopadhya
D. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
Question 427
Maya Memsaab' is a film directed by -
A. Shyam Benegal
B. Ketan Mehta
C. Bhupen Hazarika
D. Tapan Sinha
Question 428
Who is the author of "Chokher Bali"?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Jhumpa Lahiri
C. Amish Tripathi
D. Chetan Bhagat
Question 429
India of our dreams' is a book written by -
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
C. Dr. C. Subramaniam
D. M. V. Kamath
Question 430
The famous book 'The Daughter of the East' is written by -
A. Ms. Taslima Nasreen
B. Ms. Benazir Bhutto
C. Ms. Aunsan Suu Kyi
D. Ms. Bandaranaike Sirimavo
Question 431
Panchatantra has been written by :
A. Kalidas
B. Surdas
C. Vishakhadatta
D. Vishnu Sharma
Question 432
Who has written the book 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'?
A. Patrick Suskind
B. Anne Frank
C. J. K. Rowling
D. Elena Ferrante
Question 433
Who is the author of the book titled 'Citizen and Society'?
A. Pranab Mukherjee
B. Hamid Ansari
C. Nandan Nilekani
D. Satyajit Ray
Question 434
Who is the author of the Indian English Novel 'Sita : Warrior of Mithila' published in 2017?
A. Rahul Mehta
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Amish Tripathi
D. Robin Sharma
Question 435
Who has authored the book titled "Insomnia : Army Stories" featuring stories based on life in the armed forces?
A. Anuradha Roy
B. Rachna Bisht Rawat
C. S. Hareesh
D. Chinmay Tumbe
Question 436
The owner of Star TV is -
A. Rupert Murdoch
B. Tata Group
C. Richard Attenborough
D. George Lucas
Question 437
Who wrote the book "The Broken Wing"?
A. APJ Abdul Kalam
B. Kiran Bedi
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Premchand
Question 438
Who is the Author of the book "A Passage to India"?
A. V.S.Naipaul
B. E.M.Foster
C. Amrita Pritam
D. L.Fischer
Question 439
Who is the author of the book, 'A Suitable Boy'?
A. Vikram Seth
B. Arun Shourie
C. Amrita Pritam
D. Mahashweta Devi
Question 440
Who is the author of the Indian English Novel 'When Dimple Met Rishi' published in 2017?
A. Chetan Bhagat
B. Rahul Mehta
C. Sandhya Menon
D. Nidhi Chanani
Question 441
'A Secular Agenda' is a book written by
A. Arun Shourie
B. Mani Shankar Aiyar
C. Prem Shankar Jha
D. M.J. Akbar
Question 442
The book ' All Under Heaven ' was written by
A. Pearl S. Buck
B. Sydney Sheldon
C. D.H.Lawrence
D. George Bernard Shaw
Question 443
Who is the author of the book 'Panchashati Galpo'?
A. Atin Bandyopadhyay
B. Samaresh Basu
C. Moti Nandi
D. Buddhadeb Guha
Question 444
The Biography of Humayun was written by ___________.
A. Nur Jehan
B. Jodha
C. Anarkali
D. Gulbadan Begum
Question 445
The religious text of the Jews is named as
A. The Analectus
B. Torah
C. Tripatika
D. Zend Avesta
Question 446
Beyond time' is the book written by -
A. Namita Gokhale
B. Ruskin Bond
C. William Balrymple
D. None of these
Question 447
Who said the words, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to Death your right to say it'?
A. George Bernard Shaw
B. Vladimir Lenin
C. Voltaire
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Question 448
Who is the author of the book 'Lone Fox Dancing : My Autobiography'?
A. Ruskin Bond
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Shobha De
D. V.S. Naipaul
Question 449
Bhatnagar Prize is given in the field of
A. Peace
B. Music and dance
C. Science and Technology
D. Fine arts
Question 450
Who wrote the book -"The Argumentative Indian"?
A. Amartya Sen
B. Anita Desai
C. Arun Shourie
D. Arundhati Roy
Question 451
Choose the most appropriate answer:Vinod Mehta an eminent Indian journalist and founder editor-in-chief of ‘Outlook’ published his autobiography by the name of
A. Lucknow Boy: A Memoir
B. One Life is Not Enough
C. Accidental Prime Minister
D. The Substance and the Shadow
Question 452
Who said the words, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to Death your right to say it'?
A. George Bernard Shaw
B. Lenin
C. Voltaire
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Question 453
Who has written the book 'Kashmir - Behind the Vale'?
A. L. Ramdas
B. Lt. Gen. Dipendra Singh
C. M. J. Akbar
D. Lt. Gen. S. C. Sardeshpande
Question 454
What is the name of Kalhana's book?
A. Arthashastra
B. Indica
C. Purana
D. Rajatarangini
Question 455
Who is the author of "The Hungry Tide"?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Mitali Meelan
C. Ravinder Singh
D. Sudha Murty
Question 456
Who is the author of the controversial book 'Forbidden verses'
A. Abu nuwaz
B. Salman Rushdie
C. D.H.Lawrence
D. Ms. Taslima Nasreen
Question 457
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book“President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” on 2ndJuly 2017 from ________ at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
A. Sumitra Mahajan
B. Arun Jaitley
C. Hamid Ansari
D. Narendra Modi
Question 458
Who is the author of the book 'WE INDIANS'
A. Khushwant Singh
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. Nirad C. Chaudhary
D. Subramanya Swamy
Question 459
Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy forever'?
A. John Keats
B. Robert Browing
C. P.B.Shelley
D. William Wordsworth
Question 460
Who of the following wrote "The Story of My Experiments with Truth"?
A. B. R. Ambedkar
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Question 461
Prime Minister NarendraModi released a book authored by LokSabha Speaker SumitraMahajan in New Delhi, recently. The book is titled as __________.
A. Matopadesh
B. Bhagyashree
C. Preranadayini
D. Matoshree
Question 462
My Story' is an autobiography of which famous cricketer?
A. Kumar Sangakkara
B. Kevin Pietersen
C. Brendon McCullum
D. Michael Clarke
Question 463
Name the autobiography of Sanjay Manjrekar, the former India batsman-turned-commentator, which was launched in Mumbai on 17 January 2018.
A. Playing It My Way
B. Imperfect
C. The Definitive Biography
D. Sunny Days
Question 464
'Neela Chand' which won the Vyas Samman for 1992 is written by
A. Shiv Prasad Singh
B. Subash Mukhopadhyay
C. Ram Vilas Sharma
D. Ramakant Rath
Question 465
The book ' Discovery of India ' is written by
A. Maithilisharan Gupt
B. Mahadevi Verma
C. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
D. Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala
Question 466
A book 'Simplicity & Wisdom' was written by
A. Dinesh Shahra
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Andrea Levy
D. Abdul Aziz Muhamat
Question 467
Who is the author of the book 'Wings of Fire'?
A. Abul Kalam Azad
B. Abdul Kalam
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Chetan Bhagat
Question 468
Who is the author of "Life of Pi"?
A. Eleanor Catton
B. Aravind Adiga
C. Yann Martel
D. Kiran Desai
Question 469
George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was -
A. a Welsh
B. a Indonesian
C. an Englishman
D. an Irishman
Question 470
Who is the author of "Our Impossible Love"?
A. Preeti Shenoy
B. Ravinder Singh
C. Keshav Aneel
D. Durjoy Datta
Question 471
Who among the following is the author of the book 'A Book of Light: When a Loved One Has a Different Mind'?
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Jelly Pinto
D. Harper Lee
Question 472
Author of the book 'The City of Joy' is :
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Dominique Lapierre
C. Salman Rushdie
D. H. G. Wells
Question 473
A Secular Agenda' is a book written by -
A. Arun Shourie
B. Mani Shankar Aiyar
C. Prem Shankar Jha
D. M.J. Akbar
Question 474
Which of the film is directed by Mr. Buddhadeb Gupta?
A. Mohra
B. Krantiveer
C. 1942 - A Love Story
D. Charachar
Question 475
Who is the author of the book 'No Full Stops in India'?
A. Raj Mohan Gandhi
B. Shyam Lal
C. E. M. Forster
D. Mark Tully
Question 476
Who is the writer of 'Swamy and Friends'?
A. Munshi Premchand
B. Raman
C. Max Muller
D. R. K. Narayan
Question 477
The owner of Star TV is
A. Rupert Murdoch
B. Tata Group
C. Richard Attenborough
D. George Lucas
Question 478
Who among the following is the author of the book, "Pakistan Paradox : Instability and Resilience"?
A. Christophe Jaffrelot
B. Gopalaswami Parthasarathy
C. Imran Khan
D. Mamnoon Hussain
Question 479
Who is author of the book 'Preparing for the Twenty First Century '
A. V.S.Naipaul
B. John Ruskin
C. Paul Kennedy
D. Henry Kissinger
Question 480
The book 'Springing Tiger' was written by -
A. Hugh Toye
B. Louis Fisher
C. Webb Miller
D. None of the above
Question 481
Who is the author of ' Tom Sawyer '
A. John Ruskin
B. William Shakespeare
C. Leo Tolstoy
D. Mark Twain
Question 482
Who wrote the book 'The Prince'?
A. Bernard Shaw
B. Niccolo Machiaveli
C. V. S. Sharma
D. Emile Zola
Question 483
Who wrote the book "Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT"?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Kiran Bedi
D. Chetan Bhagat
Question 484
Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand?
A. Gaban
B. Godan
C. Godaveri
D. Guide
Question 485
The author of controversial book 'Lajja' is a citizen of -
A. Pakistan
B. Indonesia
C. Bangladesh
D. India
Question 486
24 Brand Mantras' is a book written by -
A. Bimal Chowdhary
B. Shiv Khera
C. Arindam R. Chowdhary
D. Jagdeep Kapoor
Question 487
The religious text of the Jews is named as :
A. Analectus
B. Torah
C. Tripitaka
D. Avesta
Question 488
What is Harry Potter's owl's name
A. Hedwig
B. Honey Dukes
C. Money Duke
D. Eagle
Question 489
Who among the following authors wrote books namely Among the Believers, India - A Million Mutinies, An Area of Darkness?
A. Sulman Rushdie
B. Shiva Naipal
C. Paul Theroux
D. V. S. Naipaul
Question 490
Who has released a book on the noted author and journalist Khushwant Singh titled 'Khushwant Singh: In Wisdom and in Jest' ?
A. Yogi Adityanath
B. Vijay Rupani
C. Shivraj Singh
D. Amarinder Singh
Question 491
Who is the author of the book 'The Prince' ?
A. Niccolo Machiaveli
B. Emile Zola
C. Bernard Shaw
D. V.S. Sharma
Question 492
A Voice for Freedom' is a book written by -
A. Corazon Aquino
B. Nayantara Sahgal
C. Aung San Suu Kyi
D. Benazir Bhutto
Question 493
The book “Indira Gandhi – A life in Nature”, authored by _____________.
A. Jairam Ramesh
B. Anand Sharma
C. Ghulam Nabi Azad
D. Chetan Bhagath
Question 494
The film 'Salaam Bombay' was directed by
A. Shyam Benegal
B. Mira Nair
C. Aparna Sen
D. Mrinal Sen
Question 495
Who is the author of the book "Flaming Tresses of Draupadi" ?
A. Smriti Irani
B. Veerappa Moily
C. Mallikarjun Kharge
D. None
Question 496
Who is the author of the book 'Chronicles of Corpse Bearer' ?
A. Victor Hugo
B. John Milton
C. Cyrus Mistry
D. None of the above
Question 497
A Passage to India was written by -
A. Nirad C. Chaudhuri
B. E. M. Foster
C. Thomas Hardy
D. Rabindranath Tagore
Question 498
' Neela Charid ' which won the vyas Samman in 1992 is written by
A. Subhash Mukhopadhyay
B. VS. Naipaul
C. Ram Vilas Sharma
D. Shiv Prasad Singh
Question 499
'Zulfi, MyFriend ' is a book written by
A. Z.A. Bhutto
B. Md. Ali Jinnah
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Piloo Modi
Question 500
Who is the author of "The Kalam effect : My years with the president"?
A. M. J. Akbar
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. Anees Jung
D. P. M. Nair
Question 501
A China Passage' book was written by -
A. M. J. Akbar
B. Jagmohan
C. Anees Jung
D. John Kenneth Galbraith
Question 502
The author of the book "Zest for Life" is -
A. Mark Twain
B. Emile Zola
C. Virginia Wolf
D. H. G. Walls
Question 503
Who is the author of the book PrisonDairy?
A. Amitav Ghosh
B. Jay Prakash Narayan
C. Kapil Dev
D. Mala Sen
Question 504
Who was the author of the book, Plagues and Peoples?
A. W.L. Thomas
B. Rachel Carson
C. David Cannadine
D. William H.McNeill
Question 505
Who among the following has written the book Growth & Finance?
A. C. Rangrajan
B. Bimal Jalan
C. Amartya Sen
D. K Subba Rao
Question 506
Who is the author of the book "The State of the Nation"?
A. Kuldip Nayar
B. Fali S. Nariman
C. Mark Tully
D. Vinod Mehta
Question 507
The celebrated novel the godfather was authored by
A. Mario Puzo
B. John Milton
C. Vito Corleone
D. Harold Robbins
Question 508
The book 'Anything but Khamosh: The Shatrughan Sinha Biography' is authored by
A. Khaled Ahmed
B. Shatrughan Sinha
C. Bharathi S Pradhan
D. Deepti Naval
Question 509
Who among the following has directed the film 'Sardar'
A. Tapan Sinha
B. Shyam Benegal
C. Ketan Mehta
D. Buddhadeb Das Gupta
Question 510
Which Kannada writer received the Sahitya Academy Award for his novel 'Swatantryada Ota'?
A. C.N. Ramachandran
B. Vaidehi
C. Girish Karnad
D. Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi
Question 511
The book 'All Under Heaven' was written by :
A. Pearl S. Buck
B. Sydney Sheldon
C. D. H. Lawrence
D. George Bernard Shaw
Question 512
Who wrote the book 'Gulamgiri'?
A. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B. Rammohan Roy
C. Jyotiba Phule
D. Ambedkar
Question 513
Who has authored the book titled 'Narendra Modi : A Political Biography'?
A. Andy Marino
B. David Irving
C. Jeffrey Dell
D. Kingsley Amis
Question 514
The first feature film (talkie) produced in India was -
A. Haatim Tai
B. Alam Ara
C. Pundalik
D. Raja Harishchandra
Question 515
'The Gathering Storm' is written by
A. Winston Churchill
B. George Washington
C. Voltaire
D. Romain Rolland
Question 516
The third Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) distinguished Indologist Award for the year 2017 was awarded to Japanese Professor -
A. Hiroshi Marui
B. Hiroshima Marui
C. Nagasaki Marui
D. Jayota Marui
Question 517
Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named -
A. Gitanjali
B. Rajatarangini
C. Chokher Bali
D. None of these
Question 518
Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi'?
A. Sumitranandan
B. Raj Anand
C. Panini
D. Gitta Piramal
Question 519
The Naked Face', a very popular book is written by -
A. Dominique Lapierre
B. Larry Collins
C. Sidney Sheldon
D. Juan Benet
Question 520
Who is the author of the book - 'Preparing for the Twenty - First Century'?
A. Larry Collins
B. V.S. Naipul
C. V.R. Krishna Iyer
D. Paul Kennedy
Question 521
The important book written by Kautilya is
A. Arthashastra
B. Indica
C. Arya Manju Sri Mula Kapa
D. Rajatarangini
Question 522
Consider the following statements: "If you feel you are trapped in a black hole, don't give up. There is a way out." Who among the following made the above statement?
A. Albert Einstein
B. Stephen Hawking
C. C. V. Raman
D. Abdus Salam
Question 523
Who is the author of the book ' The Rights of Man '
A. Thomas Hardy
B. Thomas Mann
C. Thomas Moore
D. Thomas Paine
Question 524
'The World Outside My Window' is written by which author?
A. Emily Bronte
B. Ruskin Bond
C. I. Jan Austen
D. Henry Fielding
Question 525
'Gita Govinda' is written by
A. Valmiki
B. Jaya Dev
C. Tulsidas
D. Sharan Gupta
Question 526
Who wrote 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'?
A. D. H. Lawrence
B. Lynn Vincent
C. Sir Walter Scott
D. Anton Chekhov
Question 527
Neela Chaand' which won the Vyas Samman in 1992 is written by -
A. Subhash Mukhopadhyay
B. V. S. Naipaul
C. Ram Vilas Sharma
D. Shiv Prasaad Singh
Question 528
Neela Chand' which won the Vyas Samman for 1992 is written by -
A. Shiv Prasad Singh
B. Subash Mukhopadhyay
C. Ram Vilas Sharma
D. Ramakant Rath
Question 529
Which of the following newspapers was published in Bengali Language
A. Jugantar
B. Pratap
C. Din Mani
D. Lok Satta
Question 530
Who wrote the book, Cry, the Peacock?
A. Khushwant Singh
B. Morarji Desai
C. Anita Desai
D. Arun Gandhi
Question 531
The book 'Satanic Verses' was written by
A. Gunnar Myrdal
B. William Golding
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Agatha Christie
Question 532
The author of the book 'Waiting for the Mahatma' is -
A. R. K. Narayan
B. N. A. Palkhiwala
C. Amrita Pritam
D. Manohar Malgonkar
Question 533
Which Indian author in May 2016 won the prestigious 2016 Scholastic Asian Book Award for her work 'Codex : The Lost Treasure of the Indus' ?
A. Anita Desai
B. Aditi Krishna Kumar
C. Rupa Iyer
D. Preethi Nair
Question 534
Who is the author of "Koonalamma Padalu" ?
A. Arudra
B. Gaddar
C. Sri Sri
D. Devulapalli Krishnasastry
Question 535
The famous book Kankal is authored by ?
A. Ketan Bhagat
B. Mahesh Rao
C. Nirmal Verma
D. Jaishankar Prasad
Question 536
Who wrote the Indian historical fiction novel 'The Rise of Sivagami' published in March 2017?
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Devdutt Pattanaik
D. Anand Neelakantan
Question 537
'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV serial is based on a book written by
A. Father Discoste
B. Thomas Hardy
C. Charles Dickens
D. Lewis Caroll
Question 538
Who is the author of the book 'No Full Stops in India'?
A. Shyam Lal
B. E. M. Foster
C. Mark Tully
D. Raj Mohan Gandhi
Question 539
Who among the following is the author of the book 'A Comparison between Women and Men'?
A. Pandita Ramabai
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Tarabai Shinde
D. Rameshwari Nehru
Question 540
Who is the author of the book 'Akhada: The Authorized Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat'?
A. Rabi Thapa
B. Saurabh Duggal
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Tana French
Question 541
Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named
A. Geetanjali
B. Rajtarangini
C. Chokher Bali
D. None of these
Question 542
Who is the author of the book "Book at Noon"?
A. V. S. Naipaul
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Vikram Seth
D. None of these
Question 543
Which of the statements given below are correct?1. The author of the novel 'An Affair Downstairs' is Sherri Browning.2. The author of the novel 'White Teeth' is Zadie Smith.3. The author of the novel 'Atonement' is Ian McEwan.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 544
The creator of 'Sherlock Holmes' was -
A. Arthur Conan Doyle
B. Ian Fleming
C. Dr. Watson
D. William Shakespeare
Question 545
Who wrote the book ' The Prince '
A. V.S.Sharma
B. Bernard Shaw
C. Emile Zola
D. Niccolo Machiavelli
Question 546
The book 'India of our Dreams' was written by ___ ?
A. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B. M.V. Kamath
C. Dr. C. Subramanian
D. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Question 547
Which one of the following is not an award given on the National Awards Day
A. Rajiv Khel Ratna
B. Arjun Award
C. Dhyanchand Award
D. Vishwamitra Award
Question 548
Who has written the book 'Two Lives'?
A. Salman Rushdie
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Vikram Seth
D. Shiv Khera
Question 549
Who is the author of the book 'Naked Triangle'?
A. R. K. Narayan
B. Amrita Pritam
C. Balwant Gargi
D. Khushwant Singh
Question 550
Who is the author of the book 'No Full Stops in India'?
A. Raj Mohan Gandhi
B. Shyam lal
C. E.M. Forster
D. Mark Tully
Question 551
Whose biography is the book 'Anything but Khamosh'?
A. Manoj Bajpai
B. Shatrughan Sinha
C. Nana Patekar
D. Sonakshi Sinha
Question 552
Who is the author of the book "The Interpreter of Maladies"?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Sunetra Gupta
C. Arundhati Roy
D. Kiran Desai
Question 553
Sonia, a Biography' was written by -
A. Sonia Gandhi
B. Rasheed Kidvai
C. Arundhati Roy
D. V. K. Madhavan Kutty
Question 554
Which tennis player has authored a book titled "Unstoppable : My Life So Far" ?
A. Serena Williams
B. Maria sharapova
C. Sania Mirza
D. Venus Williams
Question 555
What is the unique about the film ' Adi Shankaracharya '
A. It is the first Sanskrit Film
B. It has no female actress
C. It is the first film of the director G.V.Iyer
D. It has won the National Award
Question 556
Who is the author of "India: From Midnight to the Millennium"?
A. Anuj Tiwari
B. Mitali Meelan
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. Jhumpa Lahiri
Question 557
Which is the first Harry Potter Book?
A. HP and the Philosopher's Stone
B. HP and The Chamber Of Secrets
C. HP and Goblet of Fire
D. None of the above
Question 558
Who is the author of the Book 'Social Exclusion and Justice in India'?
A. Rakesh Kumar
B. Arun Singh
C. M. Venkaiah Naidu
D. P.S. Krishnan
Question 559
Malgudi Days is based on the works of which Indian writer?
A. Shankar Nag
B. R.K. Lakshman
C. R.K. Narayan
D. Girish Kamad
Question 560
Who said "God helps those who help themselves"?
A. Andre Maurois
B. Andre Gide
C. Algernon Sidney
D. Swami Vivekananda
Question 561
Who wrote the English Bill of Rights?
A. Parliament of England
B. King James II
C. Mary II
D. None of the above
Question 562
Who has written the book 'Courtyards of my childhood - A Memoir'?
A. Romola Chatterjee
B. Kamala Markandey
C. Shobha De
D. Tabish Khair
Question 563
Which of the book was written by Graham Greene?
A. O' Jerusalem
B. The Power and Glory
C. Crisis in India
D. Of Human Bondage
Question 564
Which of the following sportspersons recently wrote the autobiographical book 'Ace Against Odds'?
A. Saina Nehwal
B. Anil Kumble
C. Yuvraj Singh
D. Sania Mirza
Question 565
The book "Azad Bachpan ki Aur" is written by which author?
A. Kailash Satyarthi
B. Radhakant Bharti
C. Dipak Misra
D. Subhash Chandra
Question 566
Aurobindo was the author of -
A. Yogashastra
B. Discovery of India
C. Savitri
D. Hindu view of life
Question 567
Regarding the Magna Carta, which statement is false?
A. The document assured all English citizens freedom of speech.
B. The document required trial by a jury of one's peers.
C. The meeting of the English Barons and King John occurred at Runnymede.
D. King John was forced to sign the document.
Question 568
Who is the author of 'A Suitable Boy'?
A. Vikram Seth
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Khushwant Singh
D. None of these
Question 569
The popular TV serial 'Neem ka Ped' was written by -
A. Ashapurna Devi
B. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
C. Sharad Joshi
D. Rahi Masoom Raza
Question 570
For which Novel Prominent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail will be awarded the Saraswati Samman for the year 2016 ?
A. Hawthan
B. Mandra
C. Chitt-Chete
D. None of the above
Question 571
Who directed the film 'Little Buddha'?
A. Richard Attenborough
B. Bernardo Bertolucci
C. Ben Johnson
D. Mani Kaul
Question 572
Which of the following books was written by Gandhiji
A. Discovery of India
B. My Experiments with Truth
C. India wins Freedom
D. Freedom at Midnight
Question 573
Who is the father of English Poetry?
A. John Milton
B. William Wordsworth
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Charles Dickens
Question 574
Which of the following books was NOT written by Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam?
A. The Scientific Indian
B. Envisioning an Empowered Nation
C. My Country, My Life
D. Ignited Minds
Question 575
The author of the book "The People's President: Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam" is:
A. Tarun Vijay
B. Sumitra Mahajan
C. KC Pant
D. SM Khan
Question 576
Who is the author of 'Tom Sawyer'?
A. John Ruskin
B. William Shakespeare
C. Leo Tolstoy
D. Mark Twain
Question 577
Who is the author of "Everyone Has A Story"?
A. Durjoy Datta
B. Savi Sharma
C. Ajay K Pandey
D. Preeti Shenoy
Question 578
The lead character in the film 'The Bandit Queen' has been played by -
A. Rupa Ganguly
B. Seema Biswas
C. Pratiba Sinha
D. Shabana Azmi
Question 579
Who has authored the book 'The Kingdom of God is Within You'?
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. John Ruskin
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Henry David
Question 580
Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. The author of the novel 'Dodgers' is Bill Beverly. 2. The author of the novel 'Forty Thieves' is Thomas Perry. 3. Author of 'The Corrections' is Jonathan Franzen.
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 581
The book 'The Audacity of Hope' has been written by -
A. Nayantara Sehgal
B. Aravind Adiga
C. Vikram Seth
D. Barack Obama
Question 582
Which of the following books is called the 'Bible of Socialism'?
A. Economics of welfare
B. Das Capital
C. Value and Capital
D. Asian Drama
Question 583
Who is the author of "Interpreter of Maladies"?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Ravinder Singh
D. Salman Rushdie
Question 584
Who directed the famous TV Serial 'Tandoori Nights'?
A. Farrukh Dhondy
B. Jon Amiel
C. Zohra Sehgal
D. Saeed Jaffrey
Question 585
The book 'Satanic Verses' was written by -
A. Gunnar Myrdal
B. William Golding
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Agatha Christie
Question 586
'Man without society is either a beast or a God'. Who said this?
A. Plato
B. Gandhi
C. Aristotle
D. Henry Maine
Question 587
Who has written the famous book 'Anna Karenina'?
A. Victor Hugo
B. Boris Pasternak
C. Anees Jung
D. Leo Tolstoy
Question 588
' In CUstody ' , an english novels, is written by which one of the following
A. Vikram Seth
B. Shoba De
C. Anita Desai
D. VS.Naipaul
Question 589
Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das?
A. Witness the Night
B. The Red Devil
C. Earth and Ashes
D. Tonight, this Savage Rite
Question 590
The book "Six Machine : I don't Like Cricket .... I Love It" is the autobiography of which cricketer?
A. Yuvraj Singh
B. Chris Gayle
C. Virender Sehwag
D. AB de Villiers
Question 591
Which one of the following books was written by Tilak?
A. India in Transition
B. Geeta Rahasya
C. Gokhale - My Political Guru
D. Discovery of India
Question 592
The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by
A. Simmi Garewal
B. Satyajit Ray
C. Shyam Benegal
D. Mira Nair
Question 593
Who wrote the book 'Train to Pakistan'?
A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. Shobha Singh
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Khuswant Singh
Question 594
Who among the following has written the famous book 'Malgudi Days'?
A. V. S. Naipaul
B. Deepak Chopra
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. R. K. Narayan
Question 595
Who wrote Das Kapital?
A. Max Weber
B. Karl Marx
C. Adam Smith
D. Vladmir Lenin
Question 596
Lala lajapathi rai is the author of the book
A. India Divided
B. Hind Swaraj
C. Unhappy India
D. Mother India
Question 597
Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?
A. My God Died Young
B. Islamic Bomb
C. Look Back in Anger
D. A Suitable Boy
Question 598
Who wrote the novel 'Tamas'?
A. Bhisham Sahni
B. Balraj Sahani
C. Premchand
D. Amrita Pritam
Question 599
Which novel of Salman Rushdie was released in 2017?
A. Midnight's Children
B. The Golden House
C. The Satanic Verses
D. The Sellout
Question 600
Who has written the book ' The Famished Road '
A. Zolla Emile
B. VS. Naipaul
C. Ben Okri
D. Din Mani
Question 601
Who wrote 'Jungle Book'?
A. Mohd. Salim
B. Rudyard Kipling
C. Sibhu
D. None of the above
Question 602
Who amongst the following is the author of the classic book 'Life Divine'?
A. Ravi Shankar
B. Swami Vivekanand
C. Radha Krishnan
D. Aurobindo Ghosh
Question 603
Who of the following is the author of the book "The Audacity of Hope"?
A. Hillary Clinton
B. Barack Obama
C. Bill Clinton
D. Al Gore
Question 604
Who is the author of the speculative fiction book 'Half of What I Say'?
A. KR Meera
B. Anil Menon
C. Shashi Tharoor
D. Namitha Gokhale
Question 605
Which of the books is written by Kapil Dev
A. One day Wonders
B. Cricket - My Style
C. Twenty Years at the top
D. Cricket-Favourite Game
Question 606
' Asian Drama ', by Gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which of the following subjects
A. Theatre Movement in Asia
B. Economics
C. International Politics
D. Look East Policy of India
Question 607
Ek Doctor Ki Maut' is a film directed by -
A. Gautam Gosh
B. Tapan Sinha
C. Meera Nair
D. Shyam Benegal
Question 608
Which of the following books is written by Rabindranath Tagore?
A. Raktakarabi
B. Anand Math
C. Chidambara
D. Durgesh Nandini
Question 609
' Crime and Punishment ' was written by
A. Alexander Solzhenitysn
B. Lewis Carroll
C. Fyodor Dostoevsky
D. Valdimir Nabakov
Question 610
Crime and Punishment' was written by -
A. Alexander Solzhenitysn
B. Lewis Caroll
C. Fyodor Dostoevsky
D. Vladimir Nabakov
Question 611
Who wrote the book "Old History, New Geography"?
A. Anand Sharma
B. Digvijay Singh
C. Jairam Ramesh
D. Ashwini Kumar
Question 612
Who is the author of "I Too Had A Love Story"?
A. Jhumpa Lahiri
B. Amish Tripathi
C. Ravinder Singh
D. Salman Rushdie
Question 613
Who is the author of book 'We Indians'?
A. Nirad C. Choudry
B. Subramaniya Swamy
C. Khushwant Singh
D. Muluk Raj Anand
Question 614
Which of the following is a film directed by Mr. Buddhadeb Das Gupta
A. Krantiveer
B. Mohra
C. Character
D. 1942 - A Love Story
Question 615
The famous work 'Anandmath' was written by -
A. Sri Aurobindo
B. Sri Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C. Sri Rabindranath Tagore
D. Sri Aarti Chaudhary
Question 616
Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars '
A. Kiran Bedi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Nelson Mandela
D. Sheikh Abdullah
Question 617
Who wrote the book ' A Passage to India '
A. Ruskin Bond
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Victor Banerjee
D. E.M.Forster
Question 618
Karl Marx wrote
A. Asian Drama
B. Emma
C. Das Kapital
D. Good Earth
Question 619
Who has written the book 'The Famished Road'?
A. Ian Austin
B. V. S. Naipaul
C. Ben Okri
D. Zola Emile
Question 620
Long Walk to Freedom' is a book written by -
A. Sonia Gandhi
B. L. K. Advani
C. Nelson Mandela
D. Benazir Bhutto
Question 621
Who is the author of "It's All in the Planets"?
A. Preeti Shenoy
B. Ravinder Singh
C. Keshav Aneel
D. Durjoy Datta
Question 622
The Book "Romancing Targets: Get Closer to Selling in 7 Steps" was authored by
A. Nidhi Vadhera
B. Rakesh Khurana
C. Rashmi Bansal
D. Lynda Gratton
Question 623
Which of the statements given below is/are not correct?1. 'Open' is an Autobiography of Andre Agassi.2. The author of 'India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium'A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.3. The author of 'A Foreign Policy For India' is L.K Advani.
A. 3
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Question 624
Consider the following statement and identify the author of the statement using the code given below: "I shall work for an Indian in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country, in whose making they have an effective voice, an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people, an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony."
A. B. R. Ambedkar
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Rabindranath Tagore
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 625
Who wrote the book "War and Peace"?
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Charles Dickens
D. Kipling
Question 626
Author of the book named "Waiting for the Mahatma"?
A. P. C. Parakh
B. R. K. Narayan
C. Sanjay Baru
D. R. D. Pradhan