BOOKS AND AUTHORS 1 / 21 “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series was written by a) Ray Bradbury b) Isaac Asimov c) Arthur C. Clarke d) Douglas Adams 2 / 21 Who is the author of “The Great Gatsby”? a) F. Scott Fitzgerald b) John Steinbeck c) J.D. Salinger d) Ernest Hemingway 3 / 21 Winnie-the-Pooh was written by _______________________. a) Rudyard Kipling b) Maurice Sendak c) T. S. Eliot d) A. A. Milne 4 / 21 Name the author of the world famous children’s fiction, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. a) Lewis Carroll b) T. S. Eliot c) Rita Williams-Garcia d) Roald Dahl 5 / 21 __________________ is the author of the popular “Noddy” series for children. a) J. K. Rowling b) Enid Blyton c) William Shakespeare d) Eric Carle 6 / 21 Who wrote the book “The Chronicles of Narnia”? a) C. S. Lewis b) J.K. Rowling c) Lewis Carroll d) Charles Dickens 7 / 21 Which writer created the iconic detective character Sherlock Holmes? a) Agatha Christie b) Arthur Conan Doyle c) Raymond Chandler d) Dashiell Hammett 8 / 21 Who is the author of the epic tale “The Lord of the Rings”? a) J.R.R. Tolkien b) C.S. Lewis c) J.K. Rowling d) George Orwell 9 / 21 Who penned the classic novel “Pride and Prejudice”? a) Charles Dickens b) Jane Austen c) Emily Bronte d) F. Scott Fitzgerald 10 / 21 Who is the author of the famous book “We the People”? a) T.N. Kaul b) J.R.D Tata c) Kushwant Singh d) Nani Palkhiwala 11 / 21 “The Cat in the Hat” is one of the greatest children’s books written by _____________________. A. A. Milne Dr. Seuss T. S. Eliot Maurice Sendak 12 / 21 “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” was written by this world famous author. Name the author. C. S. Lewis Roald Dahl Eric Carle Charles Dickens 13 / 21 The ever-famous children’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was written by this famous author. Name the author. Roald Dahl J.K. Rowling Maurice Sendak William Shakespeare 14 / 21 Charles Dickens wrote a very popular English novel for children. Name the book. Jumanji David Copperfield One Crazy Summer The Big Book of Berenstain Bears 15 / 21 Winnie-the-Pooh was written by _______________________. Rudyard Kipling Maurice Sendak T. S. Eliot A. A. Milne 16 / 21 Name the author of the world famous children’s fiction, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. Lewis Carroll T. S. Eliot Rita Williams-Garcia Roald Dahl 17 / 21 _________________________ is the author of the popular “Noddy” series for children. J.K. Rowling Enid Blyton William Shakespeare Eric Carle 18 / 21 Who wrote the book “The Chronicles of Narnia”? C. S. Lewis J.K. Rowling Lewis Carroll Charles Dickens 19 / 21 The famous children’s book – “Jungle Book” was written by _____________________. Enid Blyton Dr. Seuss Rita Williams-Garcia Rudyard Kipling 20 / 21 Name the author who created the famous series of books – “Harry Potter”. William Shakespeare Charles Dickens J.K. Rowling Rudyard Kipling 21 / 21 Who has written the book 'Kashmir - Behind the Vale'? L. Ramdas Lt. Gen. Dipendra Singh M. J. Akbar Lt. Gen. S. C. Sardeshpande Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz BOOKS AND AUTHORS 1 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'No Full Stops in India'? Raj Mohan Gandhi Shyam lal E.M. Forster Mark Tully 2 / 20 Who directed the world famous film 'The Gandhi'? Ben Kingsley Satyajit Ray Mrinal Sen Richard Attenborough 3 / 20 Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi'? Sumitranandan Raj Anand Panini Gitta Piramal 4 / 20 'Gita Govinda' is written by Valmiki Jaya Dev Tulsidas Sharan Gupta 5 / 20 The book 'A Farewell to Arms' was written by Charles Dickens Ernest Hemingway Thomas Hardy Huxley 6 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars'? Donald L. Wright Jawaharlal Nahru Sheikh Abdullah Nelson Mandela 7 / 20 'Nature never did betray the heart that loved her' is a quotation from W.Wordsworth J.Brayon P.B.Shelly J.Keats 8 / 20 'Eight Lives' is a book written by Raja Ramana Savita Ambedkar Mahesh Yogi Raj Mohan Gandhi 9 / 20 Who has written the book 'The Famished Road'? Ian Austin V.S. Naipaul Ben Okri Zola Emile 10 / 20 Who is the author of the novel 'Les Miserable'? Victor Hugo ALium tofler G.Wynne Fedric 11 / 20 Which of the following Newspapers are published in Bengali Language? Lok Satta Pratap Din Mani Jugantar 12 / 20 Who has won the Gyan Peeth Award for her book 'Yama'? Maheswari Devi Asha Poorna Devi Amrita Preetam Mahadevi Verma 13 / 20 The book 'Satanic Verses' was written by Gunnar Myrdal William Golding Salman Rushdie Agatha Christie 14 / 20 'Ek Doctor Ki Maut' is a film directed by Gautam Gosh Tapan Sinha Meera nair Shyam Benegal 15 / 20 'Maya Memsaab' is a film directed by Shyam Benegal Ketan Mahta Bhupen Hazarika Tapan Sinha 16 / 20 Who has written the famous book 'Mankind and Mother Earth'? Arnold Toynbee Leo Tolstoy John Ruskin Bertrand Russel 17 / 20 'Man without society is either a beast or a God'. Who said this? Plato Gandhi Aristotle Henry Maine 18 / 20 The original name of 'Mahabharata' is Katha Saritsagar Jai Samhita Vrahat Katha Rajatarangini 19 / 20 The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by Simmi Garewal Satyajit Ray Shyam Benegal Mira Nair 20 / 20 Who is the author of 'Tom Sawyer'? Leo Tolstoy Mark Twain John Ruskin William Shakespeare Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz BOOKS AND AUTHORS 1 / 20 The controversial documentary 'Hell's Angel' broadcasted by Channel 4 on Independent British Television Station is based on who among the following? Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Mother Teresa Saddam Hussein 2 / 20 Who directed the film 'Little Buddha'? Richard Attenborough Bernardo Bertolucci Ben Johnson Mani Kaul 3 / 20 The book 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by Alexandra Dumas Charles Lamb Charles Dickens Jonathan Swift 4 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Naked Triangle'? R.K.Narayan Amrita Pritam Balwant Gargi Khushwant Singh 5 / 20 The book 'The Man who knew Infinity' by Robert Kanigel is the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan Sir C. V. Raman Homi Bhabha Vikram Sarabhai 6 / 20 Which of the following books is written by Rabindranath Tagore? Rakta Karabi Chidambara Anand Math Durgesh Nandini 7 / 20 The celebrated novel 'The Godfather' was authored by Harold Robbins John Milton Victor Hugo Mario Puzo 8 / 20 Who said the words, 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to Death your right to say it'? George Bernard Shaw Lenin Voltaire Mahatma Gandhi 9 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'The Future of Freedom'? Richard Wolfee Peter Hudson Tamara Lipper Fareed Zakaria 10 / 20 The author of the book 'Waiting for the Mahatma' is R.K. Narayan N.A. Palkhiwala Amrita Pritam Manohar Malgonkar 11 / 20 Which is not a correct combination? Prithivi Raj Raso - Chand Bardai Idols - Sunil Gavaskar Midnight Children - A. Sanderson Meghdoot - Kalidaas 12 / 20 The famous book 'The Daughter of the East' is written by Ms. Taslima Nasreen Ms. Benazir Bhutto Ms. Aunsan Suu Kyi Ms. Bandaranaike Sirimavo 13 / 20 David Copperfield is the name of novel famous actor poem writer 14 / 20 Who is the author of 'Betrayal of the Defence Forces'? Vishnu Bhagat Tarun Tejpal George Fernandes Jaswant Singh 15 / 20 'Crime and Punishment' was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky Vladimir Nabakov Lewis Carrol Alexander Solzhenitsyn 16 / 20 What is unique about the film 'Adi Shankaracharya'? It has won the National Award. It is the first Bengal film. It is the first Sanskrit film. It has no female actress. 17 / 20 Who wrote the book 'The Prince'? Bernard Shaw Niccolo Machiaveli V.S. Sharma Emile Zola 18 / 20 'In Custody', an English novel is written by which one of the following? Anita Desai Vikram Seth Shoba De V.S. Naipaul 19 / 20 Who is the author of 'India Wins Freedom'? Dominique Lapierre Maulana Azad Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Jawaharlal Nahru 20 / 20 Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book India Divided Unhappy India Mother India Hind Swaraj Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz BOOKS AND AUTHORS 1 / 20 Who is the author of 'Ashtadhyayi'? Sumitranandan Raj Anand Panini Gitta Piramal 2 / 20 'Gita Govinda' is written by Valmiki Jaya Dev Tulsidas Sharan Gupta 3 / 20 Who said "I therefore, want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn, if it can be had"? Jawaharlal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi Rajendra Prasad Nelson Mandela 4 / 20 Who is the author of famous book 'The Judgement'? Anthony Mascarenhasa R. Vankataraman Kuldip Nayar Janardhan Turkur 5 / 20 The famous book 'Anna Karenina' written by ? Boris Pasternak Victor Hugo Lewis Carroll Leo Tolstoy 6 / 20 'Neela Chand' which won the Vyas Samman for 1992 is written by Shiv Prasad Singh Subash Mukhopadhyay Ram Vilas Sharma Ramakant Rath 7 / 20 Which of the film is directed by Mr. Buddhadeb Gupta? Mohra Krantiveer 1942 - A Love Story Charachar 8 / 20 Who is the author of the book - 'Preparing for the Twenty - First Century'? Larry Collins V.S. Naipul V.R. Krishna Iyer Paul Kennedy 9 / 20 'India of our Dreams' is a book written by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Dr. C. Subramanian M.V. Kamath Dr. Rajendra Prasad 10 / 20 Who is the author of book 'We Indians'? Nirad C. Choudry Subramaniya Swamy Khushwant Singh Muluk Raj Anand 11 / 20 Who directed the famous TV Serial 'Tandoori Nights'? Farukh Dhondy Jon AMiel Zohra Sehgal Saeed Jaffrey 12 / 20 The creator of 'Sherlock Holmes' was Arthur Conan Doyle Ian Fleming Dr.Watson Shakespeare 13 / 20 'Sports Channel' a monthly video magazine has been launched by Kapil Dev Sunil Gavaskar Ajit Wadekar Nawab Pataudi 14 / 20 'The General Happiness is the end of the state' who said this? Hegel Benthem Plato Green 15 / 20 The famous character 'Pickwick' was created by Steven Spielberg Leo Tolstoy Walt Disney Charles dickens 16 / 20 Who said 'Man is a political animal'? Dante Aristotle Socrates Plato 17 / 20 The book named 'Three Decades in Parliament' is a collection of the speeches of A. B. Vajpayee Somnath Chatterjee L. K. Advani N. G. Ranga 18 / 20 Aurobindo was the author of Discovery of India Hindu view of life Yogashastra Savitri 19 / 20 Who wrote the book 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age'? C.D.Deshmukh Dr. P.C.Alexander M.O.Mathai S.C.Rajagopalachari 20 / 20 Which of the following English films was the first one to be dubbed in Hindi? Aladdin Universal Soldier Speed Iron Man Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz BOOKS AND AUTHORS 1 / 20 Who is the writer of 'Swamy and Friends'? Munshi Premchand Raman Max Muller R. K. Narayan 2 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'? Mahatma Gandhi Michael Anderson Winston Churchill Jarnes Morris 3 / 20 The programme 'Gyan Vani' is broadcasted by Zee TV AIR Sony TV Doordarshan 4 / 20 The television serial 'Charitraheen' is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors? Rabindranath Tagore Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya Tara Sankar Bandhopadhya Bankim Chandra Chatterji 5 / 20 'The Gathering Storm' is written by Winston Churchill George Washington Voltaire Romain Rolland 6 / 20 The owner of Star TV is Rupert Murdoch Tata Group Richard Attenborough George Lucas 7 / 20 'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV serial is based on a book written by Father Discoste Thomas Hardy Charles Dickens Lewis Caroll 8 / 20 The film 'Salaam Bombay' was directed by Shyam Benegal Mira Nair Aparna Sen Mrinal Sen 9 / 20 Who said "God helps those who help themselves"? Andre Maurois Andre Gide Algernon Sidney Swami Vivekananda 10 / 20 Who directed the film 'Sardar'? Das Gupta Shyam Benegal Tapan Sinha Ketan Mehta 11 / 20 In which year was the 'All India Radio' set up? 1936 1927 1947 1950 12 / 20 Which of the following is a biography of the Lady Mountbatten? Edwina Mountbatten - A Life of Her Own. Edwina Mountbatten - Her relationship with Nehru Mountbatten Edwina Mountbattten 13 / 20 Aurobindo was the author of Discovery of India Hindu view of life Yogashastra Savitri 14 / 20 Who wrote the book 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age'? C.D.Deshmukh Dr. P.C.Alexander M.O.Mathai S.C.Rajagopalachari 15 / 20 Which of the following English films was the first one to be dubbed in Hindi? Aladdin Universal Soldier Speed Iron Man 16 / 20 The lead character in the film 'The Bandit Queen' has been played by Rupa Ganguly Seema Biswas Pratiba Sinha Shabama Azmi 17 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Forbidden Verses'? Salman RushDie Abu Nuwas Ms. Taslima Nasrin D.H. Lawrence 18 / 20 Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand? Gaban Godan Guide Manasorovar 19 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'? Thomas Hardy Emile Zola George Orwell Walter Scott 20 / 20 Who wrote the famous book - 'We the people'? T.N.Kaul J.R.D. Tata Khushwant Singh Nani Palkhivala Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz BOOKS AND AUTHORS 1 / 20 Who is the writer of 'Swamy and Friends'? Munshi Premchand Raman Max Muller R. K. Narayan 2 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'? Mahatma Gandhi Michael Anderson Winston Churchill Jarnes Morris 3 / 20 The programme 'Gyan Vani' is broadcasted by Zee TV AIR Sony TV Doordarshan 4 / 20 The television serial 'Charitraheen' is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors? Rabindranath Tagore Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya Tara Sankar Bandhopadhya Bankim Chandra Chatterji 5 / 20 'The Gathering Storm' is written by Winston Churchill George Washington Voltaire Romain Rolland 6 / 20 The owner of Star TV is Rupert Murdoch Tata Group Richard Attenborough George Lucas 7 / 20 'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV serial is based on a book written by Father Discoste Thomas Hardy Charles Dickens Lewis Caroll 8 / 20 The film 'Salaam Bombay' was directed by Shyam Benegal Mira Nair Aparna Sen Mrinal Sen 9 / 20 Who said "God helps those who help themselves"? Andre Maurois Andre Gide Algernon Sidney Swami Vivekananda 10 / 20 Who directed the film 'Sardar'? Das Gupta Shyam Benegal Tapan Sinha Ketan Mehta 11 / 20 In which year was the 'All India Radio' set up? 1936 1927 1947 1950 12 / 20 Which of the following is a biography of the Lady Mountbatten? Edwina Mountbatten - A Life of Her Own. Edwina Mountbatten - Her relationship with Nehru Mountbatten Edwina Mountbattten 13 / 20 Aurobindo was the author of Discovery of India Hindu view of life Yogashastra Savitri 14 / 20 Who wrote the book 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age'? C.D.Deshmukh Dr. P.C.Alexander M.O.Mathai S.C.Rajagopalachari 15 / 20 Which of the following English films was the first one to be dubbed in Hindi? Aladdin Universal Soldier Speed Iron Man 16 / 20 The lead character in the film 'The Bandit Queen' has been played by Rupa Ganguly Seema Biswas Pratiba Sinha Shabama Azmi 17 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Forbidden Verses'? Salman RushDie Abu Nuwas Ms. Taslima Nasrin D.H. Lawrence 18 / 20 Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand? Gaban Godan Guide Manasorovar 19 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'? Thomas Hardy Emile Zola George Orwell Walter Scott 20 / 20 Who wrote the famous book - 'We the people'? T.N.Kaul J.R.D. Tata Khushwant Singh Nani Palkhivala Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz BOOKS AUTHORS 4 1 / 20 In which language did 'Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar' write? Malayalam Tamil Telugu Kannada 2 / 20 'A Secular Agenda' is a book written by Arun Shourie Mani Shankar Aiyar Prem Shankar Jha M.J. Akbar 3 / 20 The first history book was written by Euclid Herodotus Aristotle Julius Caesar 4 / 20 The author of controversial book 'Lajja' is a citizen of Pakistan Indonesia Bangladesh India 5 / 20 'The Naked Face', a very popular book is written by Dominique Lapierre Larry Collins Sidney Sheldon Juan Benet 6 / 20 Who is the writer of 'Swamy and Friends'? Munshi Premchand Raman Max Muller R. K. Narayan 7 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'? Mahatma Gandhi Michael Anderson Winston Churchill Jarnes Morris 8 / 20 The programme 'Gyan Vani' is broadcasted by Zee TV AIR Sony TV Doordarshan 9 / 20 The television serial 'Charitraheen' is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors? Rabindranath Tagore Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya Tara Sankar Bandhopadhya Bankim Chandra Chatterji 10 / 20 'The Gathering Storm' is written by Winston Churchill George Washington Voltaire Romain Rolland 11 / 20 The owner of Star TV is Rupert Murdoch Tata Group Richard Attenborough George Lucas 12 / 20 The film 'Salaam Bombay' was directed by Shyam Benegal Mira Nair Aparna Sen Mrinal Sen 13 / 20 Who said "God helps those who help themselves"? Andre Maurois Andre Gide Algernon Sidney Swami Vivekananda 14 / 20 Who directed the film 'Sardar'? Das Gupta Shyam Benegal Tapan Sinha Ketan Mehta 15 / 20 'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV serial is based on a book written by Father Discoste Thomas Hardy Charles Dickens Lewis Caroll 16 / 20 In which year was the 'All India Radio' set up? 1936 1927 1947 1950 17 / 20 Which of the following is a biography of the Lady Mountbatten? Edwina Mountbatten - A Life of Her Own. Edwina Mountbatten - Her relationship with Nehru Mountbatten Edwina Mountbattten 18 / 20 Aurobindo was the author of Discovery of India Hindu view of life Yogashastra Savitri 19 / 20 Who wrote the book 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age'? C.D.Deshmukh Dr. P.C.Alexander M.O.Mathai S.C.Rajagopalachari 20 / 20 Which of the following English films was the first one to be dubbed in Hindi? Aladdin Universal Soldier Speed Iron Man Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz BOOKS AND AUTHORS 3 1 / 20 Who is the author of famous statement: "That Government is the best which governs least"? Herbert Spencer Harold Laski Alexis De Tocqueville Henry David Thoreau 2 / 20 Who directed the film '1942: A love story'? Mahesh Bhatt Vidhu Vinod Chopra Yash Chopra Ketan Mehta 3 / 20 The famous book 'Anandmath' was authored by Sarojini Naidu Bankim Chandra Chottapadhya Sri Aurobindo Rabindrnath Tagore 4 / 20 'Mirchchhakatika' was written by Vikramaditya Shudraka Kalhana Banabhatta 5 / 20 George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was a Welsh an Irishman a Soctsman an Englishman 6 / 20 Which of the book was written by Graham Greene? O' Jerusalem The Power and Glory Crisis in India Of Human Bondage 7 / 20 Who wrote 'War and Peace'? Leo Tolstoy Mahatma Gandhi Charles Dickens Kipling 8 / 20 The popular TV serial 'Neem ka Ped' was written by Rahi Masoom Raza Sharad Joshi Ashapurna Devi Harivansh Rai Bachachan 9 / 20 Who is the father of English Poetry? Milton Wordsworth Chaucer Charles Dickens 10 / 20 'A Voice for Freedom' is a book written by Corazon Aquino Nayantara Sahgal Aung San Suu Kyi Benazir Bhutto 11 / 20 In India the first television programme was broadcasted in 1959 1965 1976 1957 12 / 20 The book 'To Live or Not Live' was written by V.S. Naipaul Alexandra Dumas George Elliot Nirad C. Chaudhuri 13 / 20 Who has written the book 'My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir'? Anees Jung Jagmohan M.J.Akbar Nissim Ezekiel 14 / 20 Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy forever'? John Keats Robert Browing P.B.Shelley William Wordsworth 15 / 20 Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth? My God Died Young Islamic Bomb Look Back in Anger A Suitable Boy 16 / 20 The lead character in the film 'The Bandit Queen' has been played by Rupa Ganguly Seema Biswas Pratiba Sinha Shabama Azmi 17 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Forbidden Verses'? Salman RushDie Abu Nuwas Ms. Taslima Nasrin D.H. Lawrence 18 / 20 Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand? Gaban Godan Guide Manasorovar 19 / 20 Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'? Thomas Hardy Emile Zola George Orwell Walter Scott 20 / 20 Who wrote the famous book - 'We the people'? T.N.Kaul J.R.D. Tata Khushwant Singh Nani Palkhivala Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz