Books and Authors Quiz 1

#1. Which journalist and author wrote the “Chitty chitty bang bang” series of children’s stories?

Mark Twain

Ian Fleming

Enid Blyton

Carolyne Keene

#2. “Hori”, a poor farmer, is the main character of which famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand?

Vardaan

Godaan

Sevasadan

Gaban

#3. Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) is a Latin phrase by which philospher?

Friedrich Nietzsche

Plato

Rene Descartes

Aristotle

#4. George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was

an Irishman

a Welsh

a Scotsman

an Englishman

#5. Which of these was NOT written by Charles Dickens?

Northanger Abbey

David Copperfield

Pickwick Papers

A Christmas Carol

#6. The author of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is

Jules Verne

V S Naipaul

H G Wells

Jonathan Swift

#7. The book “A Farewell to Arms” was written by

Ernest Hemingway

William Shakespeare

Thomas Hardy

George Bernard Shaw

#8. The author of “The Diary of a Young Girl” is

Anne Frank

Rachel Carson

Malala Yusufsai

Lewis Caroll

#9. What is the first book in the Geronimo Stilton series?

Kingdom of Fantasy

The Karate Mouse

The Mouse Island Marathon

The Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

#10. “The Gathering Storm”, a definitive account of the Second World War, is authored by

Indira Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Winston Churchill

Romain Rolland

#11. The creator of the famous detective character “Sherlock Holmes” is

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Ian Fleming

Dr.Watson

J K Rowling

#12. The book “Gulliver’s Travels” was written by

Alexandra Dumas

Charles Dickens

Jonathan Swift

H G Wells

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

Rudali

Gaban

Nirmala

Mansarovar

#14. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mark Twain

Charles Dickens

Rabindranath Tagore

#15. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

Hunter S. Thompson

Joseph Heller

Ken Kesey

Kurt Vonnegut

#16. Rabindranath Tagore renounced the Knighthood in 1919 as a protest against which incident?

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Racial violence between Hindus and Muslims

The British refusing to grant Indendence to India

The Partition of Bengal

#17. The creator of the character “Tarzan” is

Rudyard Kipling

Stan Lee

Edgar Rice Burrough

Jules Verne

#18. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are two characters of which children’s book?

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Winnie-the-Pooh by A A Milne

#19. “Madhusala” the book of poetry is written by

Mahadevi Verma

Rabindranath Tagore

Sumitranandan Pant

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

#20. Who was the wife of Othello?

Cordelia

Desdemona

Cressida

Portia

#21. Under what pen-name did Samuel Langhorne Clemens write?

Mark Twain

Saki

Lewis Caroll

Charles Dickens

#22. The book titled “A season of ghosts” is written by

R K Narayan

Susan Hill

Stephen King

Ruskin Bond

#23. Who is the father of English Poetry?

Wordsworth

Keats

Chaucer

Milton

#24. The Jnanpith Award is given for outstanding contribution in the field of

Journalism

Science

Cinema

Literature

#25. Who is the author of “The Immortals of Meluha”?

Amish Tripathi

Amitav Ghosh

Anita Desai

Chetan Bhagat

#26. “You too, Brutus!” is a dialogue from ________________.

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Othello

Julius Caesar

#27. The famous book "Anna Karenina" is written by

Ivan Turgenev

George Orwell

Boris Pasternak

Leo Tolstoy

#28. “25 Years Of a life” is the biography of whom among the following?

Asha Bhonsle

Sunil Gavaskar

Shah Rukh Khan

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

#29. Which among the following is NOT a work of Rabindranath Tagore?

Chitra

Kapala Kundala

Gora

Chithrangada

#30. The second sequel of which of the following of Roald Dahl’s books is an unfinished work?

James and the Giant Peach

Matilda

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The BFG

Roald Dahl began writing a third book in the Charlie Bucket series, titled Charlie in the White House, but did not complete it.

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#1. Which journalist and author wrote the “Chitty chitty bang bang” series of children’s stories?

#2. “Hori”, a poor farmer, is the main character of which famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand?

#3. Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) is a Latin phrase by which philospher?

#4. George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was

#5. Which of these was NOT written by Charles Dickens?

#6. The author of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is

#7. The book “A Farewell to Arms” was written by

#8. The author of “The Diary of a Young Girl” is

#9. What is the first book in the Geronimo Stilton series?

#10. “The Gathering Storm”, a definitive account of the Second World War, is authored by

#11. The creator of the famous detective character “Sherlock Holmes” is

#12. The book “Gulliver’s Travels” was written by

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

#14. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

#15. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

#16. Rabindranath Tagore renounced the Knighthood in 1919 as a protest against which incident?

#17. The creator of the character “Tarzan” is

#18. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are two characters of which children’s book?

#19. “Madhusala” the book of poetry is written by

#20. Who was the wife of Othello?

#21. Under what pen-name did Samuel Langhorne Clemens write?

#22. The book titled “A season of ghosts” is written by

#23. Who is the father of English Poetry?

#24. The Jnanpith Award is given for outstanding contribution in the field of

#25. Who is the author of “The Immortals of Meluha”?

#26. “You too, Brutus!” is a dialogue from ________________.

#27. The famous book "Anna Karenina" is written by

#28. “25 Years Of a life” is the biography of whom among the following?

#29. Which among the following is NOT a work of Rabindranath Tagore?

#30. The second sequel of which of the following of Roald Dahl’s books is an unfinished work?

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Books and Authors Quiz 1

Results

#1. Which journalist and author wrote the “Chitty chitty bang bang” series of children’s stories?

#2. “Hori”, a poor farmer, is the main character of which famous Hindi novel by Munshi Premchand?

#3. Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) is a Latin phrase by which philospher?

#4. George Bernard Shaw, the great dramatist, was

#5. Which of these was NOT written by Charles Dickens?

#6. The author of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is

#7. The book “A Farewell to Arms” was written by

#8. The author of “The Diary of a Young Girl” is

#9. What is the first book in the Geronimo Stilton series?

#10. “The Gathering Storm”, a definitive account of the Second World War, is authored by

#11. The creator of the famous detective character “Sherlock Holmes” is

#12. The book “Gulliver’s Travels” was written by

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

#14. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

#15. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

#16. Rabindranath Tagore renounced the Knighthood in 1919 as a protest against which incident?

#17. The creator of the character “Tarzan” is

#18. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are two characters of which children’s book?

#19. “Madhusala” the book of poetry is written by

#20. Who was the wife of Othello?

#21. Under what pen-name did Samuel Langhorne Clemens write?

#22. The book titled “A season of ghosts” is written by

#23. Who is the father of English Poetry?

#24. The Jnanpith Award is given for outstanding contribution in the field of

#25. Who is the author of “The Immortals of Meluha”?

#26. “You too, Brutus!” is a dialogue from ________________.

#27. The famous book "Anna Karenina" is written by

#28. “25 Years Of a life” is the biography of whom among the following?

#29. Which among the following is NOT a work of Rabindranath Tagore?

#30. The second sequel of which of the following of Roald Dahl’s books is an unfinished work?

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