GK- Famous books & their author Mcq Quiz|question with answers for all competative exams

Name of Authors and their wrote books for competitive exams 

For competitive exams, There are a variety of questions arise from the books and author. Book and author is the most important gk question for both competitive and govt jobs exams. The questions mainly asked in the examination of SSC /Railway/PSC /RRB/IBPS). The question asked in the general awareness section of the examination up to 2 - 3 questions. The questions asked sometimes on Books, Fiction, prize and Novel and Plays, Dramas.

Most Important questions and answer Books and authors for competitive exams.

1.India wins Freedom written by? 

a)Amitav Gosh 

b)Arun Shourie

c)Abul Kalam Azad 

d)Mahatma Gandhi 

Answer: C 

2. Who wrote the book "Discovery of India" 

a)Mahatma Gandhi 

b)Jawaharlal Nehru 

c)Sarojini Naidu 

d) Rabindranath Tagore 

Answer: B 

3) who is the author of the book"A suitable boy"

a)Ved Mehta

b)Sarojini Naidu

c)R.K Narayan 

D)Vikram Seth 

Answer : D

4. "Long walk to freedom" is written by? 

a)V. V. Giri 

b)Nelson Mandela 

c)Mahatma Gandhi 

d)Arundhati Roy 

Answer: B 

5. Who are the authors of Heat and dust and my life and times? 

a)R. P Jhabwala and V. V Giri 

b)Rajendra Prasad and Sunil Gavaskar 

c)R. N Tagore and Arundhati Roy  

D)L. K Advani and K. P. S Menon 

Answer: A

6. Who is the author  of the book "The Four Noble Truths "

a)B.R Ambedkar 

b)Atal Bihari Vajpayee 

c)Aurobindo Gosh 

d)Dalai Lama 

Answer : D 

7. Who wrote the book "India Of My Dreams" 

a) Vikram Seth 

b)Rabindranath Tagore 

c)Sam Pitroda 

d)Mahatma Gandhi 

Answer: D 

8.Name the author of the book "My truth "

a) Mahatma Gandhi 

b) Indira gandhi 

c)Jawaharlal Nehru 

d)Sardar Patel

Answer: B

9.Which of the following is written by Arundhati Roy? 

a)The post office 

b)Power politics 

c)The march of mobile 

d)Broken nest 

Answer: B

10."A Brief History of time " written by? 

a)William Shakespeare 

b)Stephen  Hawkings 

c)EM Forster 

d)Edward Luce 

Answer: B

11.Name the author of the book"Essays on Gita" 

a)Rabindranath Tagore 

B)Aurobindo Ghosh 

c)Mahatma Gandhi 

d)Sam Pitroda

Answer: B 

12. Which one is not the book of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam? 

a)Wings on fire 

b)The luminous  spark 

c)life tree 

d)An Area of Darkness 

Answer: D 

13.'The God of small things ' is a book written by? 

a) V S Naipaul 

b)Vikram seth 

c)Arundhati Roy 

d)Amitav Gosh 

Answer: C 

14.The author of the book ' The inheritance of loss is? 

a)Mahatma Gandhi

b)Milan Kundera

c)Kiran Desai

d)V.V Giri

Answer: C

15. The book was written  by Hitler "Mein Kampf " means 

a)My struggle 

b)My Victory 

c)My revenge 

d)My dream 

Answer: A

16.which of the following book has been written by a Non - Indian?  

a)Mother India 

b)many worlds

c)My Son's Father 

d)The gardener

Answer: A 

Note: American author  Katherine mayo written a book mother India. 

17.Name the author of the book 'Unhappy India'

a)Bhagat Singh 

b)Lala Lajpat Rai

c)Mangal Pandey

d)Bal Gangadhar tilak

Answer: B 

18. Who is the author of the book 'The Three Musketeers? 

a) William  Shakespeare 

b)Javier Moro

c)Alexander Dumas

d)Ruskin Bond 

Answer: Alexander Dumas 

19)Who was the first Indian writer to win the Booker prize? 

a)Salman Rushdie

b) Arundhati Roy

c) R.K.Narayn 

D)Vikram Seth 

Answer: B

20) which of the following is a book of Manmohan Singh? 

a)The heart of India 

b)Changing India

c)India divided 

d)India wins freedom 

Answer: B 

21.Revolution 2020 is the name of 

a)Book

b)Novel

c)Fiction

D)drama 

Answer: B

22.Who is the author of the Famous Novel 'What young India wants? 

a) Sashi Tharoor

b)Chetan Bhagat 

c)Ravinder Singh

d)Jhumpa Lahiri

Answer: B 

23.Who was the first Indian writer to win the Pulitzer prize? 

a)Jhumpa Lahiri

b)Gobind Behari Lal

c)Geeta Anand

d)Siddhartha  Mukharjee 

Answer: B

24. Which among the following is not a work of Mahatma Gandhi? 

a)The way of God

b)The Story of My experiment with truth

c)Health Guide 

d)The religion  of Man 

Answer : D

25. Which of the following is not written by William Shakespeare? 

a)Romeo and Juliet

b)The  Comedy of errors 

c)Macbeth

d)The gardener

Answer: D 

26.who is the author of the book"The Battle of Belonging''

a) Rajnath singh 

b) Manmohan singh 

c) Sashi Tharoor 

d)Narendra modi

Answer: C

27.Who is the author of the book " Harry Potter series"? 

a) J. K Rowling

b) Alice Munro

c) David Mitchell

d)Danny Boyle

Answer: A  

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