Books and Authors MCQ Quiz with Answers Set 6

Quiz on Books and Authors

Question 1. The story of the book named ‘The Proudest Day’ is related to _________.

(A) The formation of NDA

(B) The Pokhran nuclear explosion

(C) The independence of India

(D) The integration of the Indian States

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(C) The independence of India

Question 2. Taslima Nasreen is not the author of __________.

(A) Amar Sonar Bangla

(B) Amar Meye Bela

(C) Utol Hawa Ki

(D) Lajja

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(A) Amar Sonar Bangla

Question 3. Who wrote the ‘Kamayani’?

(A) Mahadevi Verma

(B) Girija Kumar Mathur

(C) Shamsher Bahadur Singh

(D) Jai Shankar Prasad

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(D) Jai Shankar Prasad

Question 4. Who wrote the book ‘Geographical Factors in Indian History’?

(A) Jamna Das

(B) M.N. Srinivas

(C) Toyanbee

(D) K.M. Panikkar

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(D) K.M. Panikkar

Question 5. Who wrote the book named ‘Baiga’? 

(A) H. Rizle

(B) Verrier Elwin

(C) D.N. Majumdar

(D) S.C. Roy

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(B) Verrier Elwin

Question 6. Which of the following novels is not written by Sharat Chandra?

(A) Shesh Prashna

(B) Srikant

(C) Rangbhumi

(D) Charitraheen

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(C) Rangbhumi

Question 7. What is the name of Khushwant Singh’s autobiography?

(A) The Last Moor Last Sigh

(B) The End Racism

(C) Truth Love and a Little Malice

(D) None of the above

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(C) Truth Love and a Little Malice

Question 8. Who is the author of the book ‘New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy’?

(A) Yashwant Sinha

(B) P.C. Alexander

(C) Jaswant Singh

(D) A.B. Vajpayee

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(D) A.B. Vajpayee

Question 9. The author of ‘Ignited Minds’ is _________.

(A) Nayantara Sahgal

(B) Khushwant Singh

(C) Balasaheb Thackeray

(D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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(D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Question 10. Who is the author of the book named ‘The Post-American World’? 

(A) Jagmohan

(B) Fareed Zakaria

(C) Barack Obama

(D) Arun Shourie

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(B) Fareed Zakaria

Question 11. Who wrote the book – The Story of The Integration of the Indian States? 

(A) V.P. Menon

(B) Krishna Menon

(C) C. Rajagopalachari

(D) B.N. Rao

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(A) V.P. Menon

Question 12. The author of the book ‘World of All Human Rights: Soli J. Sorabjee A Festschriff’ is__________.

(A) Arun Jaitely

(B) R.N. Trivedi

(C) Vishnu Sahai

(D) Chetan Bhagat

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(B) R.N. Trivedi

Question 13. Who among the following translated the autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?

(A) Gobind Ballabh Pant

(B) Chaudhary Charan Singh

(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri

Question 14. Who among the following wrote the poem, Subh-e-Azadi?

(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Muhammad Iqbal

(C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz

(D) Sahir Ludhiyanvi

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(C) Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Question 15. The author of the book ‘World of All Human Rights: Soli J. Sorabjee A Festschriff’ is__________.

(A) Arun Jaitely

(B) R.N. Trivedi

(C) Vishnu Sahai

(D) Chetan Bhagat

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(B) R.N. Trivedi

Question 16. Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?

(A) Wildlife in India

(B) Himalayan expeditions

(C) Regional dances in India

(D) Historical monuments in India

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(B) Himalayan expeditions

Question 17. Who is the author of ‘The Audacity of Hope’?

(A) Hillary Clinton

(B) Bill Clinton

(C) Barack Obama

(D) Al Gore

View Answer
(C) Barack Obama

Question 18. Who authored the book ‘Politics in India’?

(A) A.K. Dubey

(B) Romila Thapar

(C) Rajni Kothari

(D) Bidyut Chakrabarty

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(C) Rajni Kothari

Question 19. Who is the ghostwriter of Parvez Musharraf’s biography ‘In the Line of Fire’?

(A) Humayun Gohar

(B) Hamidi Kashmiri

(C) Jabir Hussain

(D) None of the above

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(A) Humayun Gohar

Question 20. Who is the author of ‘Andhayug’?

(A) Mohan Rakesh

(B) Dharam Veer Bharti

(C) Mahaveer Prasad Diwedi

(D) Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’

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(B) Dharam Veer Bharti

Question 21. Who amongst the following drafted the ‘Sarvodaya Plan’?

(A) Shriman Narayan Aggarwal

(B) Morarji Desai

(C) Jai Prakash Narayan

(D) M.N. Roy

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(C) Jai Prakash Narayan

Question 22. Author of the book ‘One-day Wonders’ is___________.

(A) Dilip Vengasarkar

(B) G. Vishwanath

(C) Sunil Gavaskar

(D) Ravi Shastri

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(C) Sunil Gavaskar

Question 23. Which one of the following pairs (Author and Book) properly matched?

(A) Minoo Masani – The Struggle for Peace

(B) Dominique Lapierre – Myth of Mahatma

(C) Hillary Clinton – Living History

(D) Sunil Gavaskar – Cricket – My Style

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(C) Hillary Clinton – Living History

Question 24. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

 List-I  List-II
(a) Amritlal Nagar1. Devdas
(b) Sumitra Nandan Pant2. Geet Govind
(c) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee3. Amrit aur Vish
(d) Jaidev4. Chidambara

Code

(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)3412
(B)4312
(C)4321
(D)3421
View Answer
(A) 3 4 1 2

Question 25. Arrange the poems of Late Harivansh Rai Bachchan in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the code given below.

  1. Madhukalas
  2. Madhubala
  3. Madhushala

Code

(A) 2, 1, 3

(B) 3, 2, 1

(C) 2, 3, 1

(D) 1, 2, 3

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(B) 3, 2, 1