Books And Authors Quiz & Current Affairs SET-01

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1.    Who wrote the famous book – ‘We the people’?

A.   T.N.KaulB.   J.R.D. TataC.   Khushwant SinghD.   Nani Palkhivala

Answer:    D

2. Who is the author of the book ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’?

A.   Thomas HardyB.   Emile ZolaC.   George OrwellD.   Walter Scott

Answer:    C

3.  Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand?

A.   Gaban   B.   GodanC.   Guide   D.   Manasorovar

Answer:    C

4.  Who is the author of the book ‘Forbidden Verses’

A.   Salman RushDieB.   Abu NuwasC.   Ms. Taslima NasrinD.   D.H. Lawrence

Answer:    B

5. The lead character in the film ‘The Bandit Queen’ has been played by

A.   Rupa GangulyB.   Seema BiswasC.   Pratiba SinhaD.   Shabama Azmi

Answer:    B

6. Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?

A.   My God Died YoungB.   Islamic BombC.   Look Back in AngerD.   A Suitable Boy

Answer:    D

7. Who wrote the line: ‘ A thing of beauty is a joy forever’?

A.   John KeatsB.   Robert BrowingC.   P.B.ShelleyD.   William Wordsworth

Answer:    A

8. Who has written the book ‘My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir’?

A.   Anees JungB.   JagmohanC.   M.J.AkbarD.   Nissim Ezekiel

Answer:    B

9. The book ‘To Live or Not Live’ was written by

A.   V.S. NaipaulB.   Alexandra DumasC.   George ElliotD.   Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Answer:    D

10. In India the first television programme was broadcasted in

A.   1959   B.   1965C.   1976   D.   1957

Answer:    A

11. ‘A Voice for Freedom’ is a book written by

A.   Corazon AquinoB.   Nayantara SahgalC.   Aung San Suu KyiD.   Benazir Bhutto

Answer:    B

12. Who is the father of English Poetry?

A.   Milton   B.   WordsworthC.   Chaucer   D.   Charles Dickens

Answer:    C

13. The popular TV serial ‘Neem ka Ped’ was written by

A.   Rahi Masoom RazaB.   Sharad JoshiC.   Ashapurna DeviD.   Harivansh Rai Bachachan

Answer:    A

14. Who wrote ‘War and Peace’?

A.   Leo TolstoyB.   Mahatma GandhiC.   Charles DickensD.   Kipling

Answer:    A

15. Which of the book was written by Graham Greene?

A.   O’ JerusalemB.   The Power and GloryC.   Crisis in IndiaD.   Of Human Bondage

Answer:    B

16.  George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was

A.   a WelshB.   an IrishmanC.   a SoctsmanD.   an Englishman

Answer:    B

17.  ‘Mirchchhakatika’ was written by

A.   Vikramaditya   B.   ShudrakaC.   Kalhana   D.   Banabhatta

Answer:    B

18.  The famous book ‘Anandmath’ was authored by

A.   Sarojini NaiduB.   Bankim Chandra ChottapadhyaC.   Sri AurobindoD.   Rabindrnath Tagore

Answer:    B

19.  Who directed the film ‘1942: A love story’?

A.   Mahesh BhattB.   Vidhu Vinod ChopraC.   Yash ChopraD.   Ketan Mehta

Answer:    B

20.  Who is the author of famous statement: “That Government is the best which governs least”?

A.   Herbert SpencerB.   Harold LaskiC.   Alexis De TocquevilleD.   Henry David Thoreau

Answer:    D

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