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MCQ on Books and Authors


The author of 'The Song of India' is

  • Sarojini Naidu
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Rudyard Kipling
  • Jawahar Lal Nehru
  • Correct Option: A  [ Sarojini Naidu ]

    Remark:

Which Veda contains cure of diseases ?

  • Sama Veda
  • Atharva Veda
  • Rig Veda
  • Yajur Veda
  • Correct Option: B  [ Atharva Veda ]

    Remark:

Who is the author of the book "Age of Anger: A History of the Present"?

  • Pankaj Mishra
  • Shashi Tharoor
  • Nabaneeta Dev Sen
  • VS Naipaul
  • Correct Option: A  [ Pankaj Mishra ]

    Remark:

Which Veda is important for Indian Music ?

  • Sama Veda
  • Atharva Veda
  • Rig Veda
  • Yajur Veda
  • Correct Option: A  [ Sama Veda ]

    Remark:

Who wrote Train to Pakistan:

  • Amit Choudhury
  • Khushwant Singh
  • Arundhati Roy
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Correct Option: B  [ Khushwant Singh ]

    Remark:

Which of the following books is/are not written jointly by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre?

(i) Is Paris Burning?

(ii) Freedom at Midnight

(iii) O Jerusalem!

(iv) City of Joy

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

  • Both (i) and (iii)
  • Both (i) and (iv)
  • Only (ii)
  • Only (iv)
  • Correct Option: D  [ Only (iv) ]

    Remark: City of Joy

The novel "The God of Small Thing" which won the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 1997, was written by

  • Mahasweta Devi
  • Arundhati Roy
  • Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Vikram Sth
  • Correct Option: B  [ Arundhati Roy ]

    Remark:

The author of the famous play 'Mrichchakatika' was:

  • Banabhatta
  • Kalidas
  • Sudraka
  • Bhasa
  • Correct Option: C  [ Sudraka ]

    Remark:

Name the author of the book 'My Seditious Heart'.

  • Sayantara Sahagal
  • Arundhati Roy
  • Suketu Mehta
  • Tishani Doshe
  • Correct Option: B  [ Arundhati Roy ]

    Remark:

Co-author of 'Playing It My Way', an autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar, is :

  • Boria Majumdar
  • Ravi Shastri
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Anjali Tendulkar
  • Correct Option: A  [ Boria Majumdar ]

    Remark: