1. 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
Ans: John Keats
2. Who wrote the famous book – ‘We the people’?
A.T.N.Kaul
B.J.R.D. Tata
C.Khushwant Singh
D.Nani Palkhivala
Ans: Nani Palkhivala
3. Mirchchhakatika’ was written by
A.Vikramaditya
B.Shudraka
C.Kalhana
D.Banabhatta
Ans: Banabhatta
4. A Voice for Freedom’ is a book written by
A.Corazon Aquino
B.Nayantara Sahgal
C.Aung San Suu Kyi
D.Benazir Bhutto
Ans: Nayantara Sahgal
5. Who is the father of English Poetry?
A.Milton
B.Wordsworth
C.Chaucer
D.Charles Dickens
Ans: Chaucer
6. Who wrote ‘War and Peace’?
A.Leo Tolstoy
B.Mahatma Gandhi
C.Charles Dickens
D.Kipling
Ans: Leo Tolstoy
7. Aurobindo was the author of
A.Discovery of India
B.Hindu view of life
C.Yogashastra
D.Savitri
Ans: Savitri
8. 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
Ans: Edwina Mountbatten – A Life of Her Own.
9. Who is the author of the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
A.Mahatma Gandhi
B.Michael Anderson
C.Winston Churchill
D.Jarnes Morris
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi
10. ‘The Gathering Storm’ is written by
A.Winston Churchill
B.George Washington
C.Voltaire
D.Romain Rolland
Ans: Winston Churchill
11. ‘The Naked Face’, a very popular book is written by
A.Dominique Lapierre
B.Larry Collins
C.Sidney Sheldon
D.Juan Benet
Ans: Juan Benet
12. ‘A Secular Agenda’ is a book written by
A.Arun Shourie
B.Mani Shankar Aiyar
C.Prem Shankar Jha
D.M.J. Akbar
Ans: Arun Shourie
13. 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
Ans: A. B. Vajpayee
14. The creator of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ was
A.Arthur Conan Doyle
B.Ian Fleming
C.Dr.Watson
D.Shakespeare
Ans: Arthur Conan Doyle
15. Who is the author of book ‘We Indians’?
A.Nirad C. Choudhry
B.Subramaniya Swamy
C.Khushwant Singh
D.Mulk Raj Anand
Ans: Mulk Raj Anand
16. 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
Ans: Paul Kennedy
17. Who is the author of famous book ‘The Judgement’?
A.Anthony Mascarenhasa
B.R. Vankataraman
C.Kuldip Nayar
D.Janardhan Turkur
Ans: Kuldip Nayar
18. ‘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
Ans: Shiv Prasad Singh
19. ‘Gita Govinda’ is written by
A.Valmiki
B.Jaya Dev
C.Tulsidas
D.Sharan Gupta
Ans: Jaya Dev
20. The book ‘A Farewell to Arms’ was written by
A.Charles Dickens
B.Ernest Hemingway
C.Thomas Hardy
D.Huxley
Ans: Ernest Hemingway
21. Who is the author of the novel ‘Les Miserable’?
A.Victor Hugo
B.ALium tofler
C.G.Wynne
D.Fredric
Ans: Victor Hugo
22. 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
Ans: Mark Tully
23. ‘Eight Lives’ is a book written by
A.Raja Ramana
B.Savita Ambedkar
C.Mahesh Yogi
D.Raj Mohan Gandhi
Ans: Raj Mohan Gandhi
24. ‘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
Ans: M.V. Kamath
25. Who is the writer of ‘Swamy and Friends’?
A.Munshi Premchand
B.Raman
C.Max Muller
D.R. K. Narayan
Ans: R. K. Narayan
26. Who has written the famous book ‘Mankind and Mother Earth’?
A.Arnold Toynbee
B.Leo Tolstoy
C.John Ruskin
D.Bertrand Russel
Ans: Arnold Toynbee
27. Who is the author of the book ‘The Future of Freedom’?
A.Richard Wolfee
B.Peter Hudson
C.Tamara Lipper
D.Fareed Zakaria
Ans: Fareed Zakaria
28. The book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ was written by
A.Alexandra Dumas
B.Charles Lamb
C.Charles Dickens
D.Jonathan Swift
Ans: Jonathan Swift
29. Who is the author of the book ‘Naked Triangle’?
A.R.K.Narayan
B.Amrita Pritam
C.Balwant Gargi
D.Khushwant Singh
30. Who is the author of ‘Tom Sawyer’?
A.Leo Tolstoy
B.Mark Twain
C.John Ruskin
D.William Shakespeare
Ans: Mark Twain
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