QUIZ ON BOOKS AND AUTHORS

QUIZ ON BOOKS AND AUTHORS

1. Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi'?
              A. Sumitranandan
              B. Raj Anand
              C. Panini
              D. Gita Piramal

       Answer C. Panini

2. 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

     Answer D. R K Narayan

3. 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

      ANSWER 1. JOHN KEATS

4. Which of the following is NOT written
     by Munshi Premchand?
              A. Gaban
              B. Godan
              c. Guide
              D. Mansarovar

  Answer 3. Guide

5. The famous book 'Anandmath' was
     authored by
              a. Sarojini Naidu
              B. Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya
              C. Sri Aurobindo
              D. Rabindrnath Tagore

  Answer 4. Bankim Chandra  
                Chottapadhya

6. Who is the author of the book 'My
     Experiments with Truth'?
              A. Mahatma Gandhi
              B. Michael Anderson
              C. Winston Churchill
              D. Jarnes Morris

 Answer 5.Mahatma Gandhi

7. 'The Naked Face', a very popular book
      is written by
              A. Dominique Lapierre
              B. Larry Collins
              C. Sidney Sheldon
              D. Juan Benet

 Answer 6. Sidney Sheldon

8. The book named 'Three Decades in
    Parliament' is a collection of the
    speeches of
              A. Atal Bihari Bajpayi
              B. Somnath Chatterjee
              C. L. K. Advani
              D. N. G. Ranga

Answer a. Atal Bihari Bajpayi

9. Who is the author of book 'We
     Indians'?
              A. Nirad C. Choudry
              B. Subramaniya Swamy
              C. Khushwant Singh
              D. Muluk Raj Anand

 Answer C. Khushwant Singh

10. Gita Govinda' is written by
              A. Valmiki
              B. Jaydev
              C. Tulsidas
              D. Sharan Gupta

 Answer B. Jaydev

11.  Panchatantra has been written by  
     A.  Surdas
     B.  Kalidas
     C.  Vishnu Sharma
     D.  Vishakhadatta

Answer C.  Vishnu Sharma

12.  Who wrote the book Discovery of
      India?  
      A.  Vikram Seth
      B.  Rabindranath Tagore
      C.  Mahatama Gandhi
      D.  Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer D.  Jawaharlal Nehru

13.  Who has written Shakuntala?  
      A. Kalidasa
      B. Kabir
      C. Tulisidas
      D. none

Answer A. Kalidasa         

14. Who has written My Journey?
 
    A.   A PJ Abdul Kalam
    B.  Motilal Nehru
    C. Jawaharlal Nehru
    D. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer A. A PJ Abdul Kalam

15. ‘What Young India Wants’ is written
       by
      A. Anita Desai
      B. Arundhati Roy
      C. Chetan Bhagat
       D. Amrita Pritam

Answer C. Chetan Bhagat

16 Who is the author of ‘ Lajja’?
              A. Tasleema Nasreen
              B. Lakshmi Sehgal
              c. Vikram Seth
              D. Kiran Bedi

Answer A. Tasleema Nasreen

17. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian
      Shakespeare?
    A.Kalidasa
    B.Tulsidas
    C.Sudraka
    D.Kautilya

Answer A. Kalidas

18. The author of the controversial book
      'Lajja' is a citizen of
    A.India
    B.Burma
    C.Indonesia
    D.Bangladesh

Answer D. Bangladesh

19. Who is author of the book
     'Kamayani'?
    A.Mulk Raj Anand
    B.Prem Chand
    C.Jai Shankar Prasad
    D.Randhari Singh Dinkar

Answer C.Jai Shankar Prasad

20. Who is the author of the book 'Wings
     of Fire'?
      A.Abul Kalam Azad
      B. A P J Abdul Kalam
      C.Arundhati Roy
     D.Chetan Bhagat

Answer B. A P J Abdul Kalam