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(Q1) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who among the following was the author of the famous work “Sangita Ratnakara”?

A

Ramamatya

B

Sharngadeva

C

Lochan Kavi

D

Jaidev

(Q2) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Which Indian cartoonist’s autobiography is titled ‘The Tunnel of Time’?

A

RK Laxman 

B

 OV Vijayan

C

 Ajit Ninan

D

Mario Miranda

(Q3) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who is the author of ‘The Interpreter of Maladies’?

A

Amitav Ghosh

B

Jhumpa Lahiri

C

Anita Desai

D

Alberto Vourvoulias

(Q4) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

The Novel ‘Train to Pakistan’ dealing with the tragedy of India’s Partition is written by whom among the following authors?

A

Mulk Raj Anand 

B

Khushwant Singh  

C

 Ruskin Bond 

D

 M L Malgaonkar 

(Q5) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Which of the following novel is written by Bhisham Sahni?

A

Gunahon Ka Devta

B

Tamas

C

Vande Mataram

D

Nirmala

(Q6) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘Jakhan Choto Chilam’ is the autobiography of __________.

A

Satyajit Ray

B

Debesh Roy

C

Taslima Nasrin

D

Sukumar Ray

(Q7) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘Raavan - Enemy of Aryavarta’ is written by which of the following writers?

A

Chetan Bhagat

B

Vikram Seth

C

Amish Tripathi

D

Aravind Adiga

(Q8) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Which of the following is the autobiography of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad?

A

Freedom at Midnight

B

India Wins Freedom

C

The Man Who Divided India

D

Partition

(Q9) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

The book ‘Man Kautuhal’ was compiled by which of the following kings of Medieval India?

A

Rajashekhara Varman

B

Raja Mansingh Tomar

C

Parantaka Viranarayana

D

Krishna II

(Q10) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who is the author of the historical book ‘Delhi: A Novel’?

A

Anita Desai

B

Khushwant Singh

C

Ahmed Ali

D

Nayantara Sahgal

(Q11) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Which of the following novels is written by Anita Desai?

A

The Blue Umbrella

B

The White Tiger

C

Jaya

D

Clear Light of Day

(Q12) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Ghare Baire (The home and the World) is written by

A

Bankimchandra Chatterjee

B

Rabindranath Tagore

C

Devendranath Tagore

D

Aurobindo Ghosh

(Q13) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

The book title “i do what I do” i s Authored by

A

 Dr. Manmohan Singh

B

Pranab Mukharjee

C

Dr. Raghuram Rajan

D

Vinod Rai

(Q14) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Who gave the theory of “The Theory of Evolution by Natural selection”?

A

Theodor Schwann

B

Mendel

C

Walter Cannon

D

Charles Darwin

(Q15) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

The book "Klara and the Sun" has been authored by_______.

A

Kazuo Ishiguro

B

Peter Handke

C

Mark Romanek

D

William Golding

(Q16) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Hugh Hefner, died at the age of 87 in September 2017. He was the founder of _________.

A

L’Oreal Cosmetics

B

Johnson & Johnson

C

Playboy Magazine

D

Science Journal

(Q17) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

In which of the following languages did Jyotiba Phule write ‘Gulamgiri’ in 1873?

A

English

B

Hindi

C

Marathi

D

Gujarati

(Q18) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Which of the following offices was NOT held by the poet Harishena?

A

Sandhi-vigrahika

B

Nagara-shreshthi

C

Maha-danda-nayaka

D

Kumar-amatya

(Q19) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

Dadabhai Naoroji offered a scathing criticism of the economic impact of British rule through his book entitled ‘__________’.

A

The History of British India 

B

India Today  

C

Poverty and Un-British Rule in India 

D

The Idea of India

(Q20) General Knowledge » Books and Authors

‘Imperfect’ is an autobiography of:

A

Rahul Dravid 

B

Milkha Singh

C

Sanjay Manjrekar

D

Ravi Shastri