Books and Authors Quiz 1

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

Indira Gandhi

Winston Churchill

Romain Rolland

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Alexandra Dumas

H G Wells

Charles Dickens

Jonathan Swift

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

Malala Yusufsai

Lewis Caroll

Anne Frank

Rachel Carson

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

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Winnie-the-Pooh by A A Milne

#5. “25 Years Of a life” is the biography of whom among the following?

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Sunil Gavaskar

Shah Rukh Khan

Asha Bhonsle

#6. Who was the wife of Othello?

Desdemona

Cressida

Cordelia

Portia

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

Jules Verne

Jonathan Swift

V S Naipaul

H G Wells

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

Cinema

Science

Literature

Journalism

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

Dr.Watson

Ian Fleming

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

J K Rowling

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

Aristotle

Rene Descartes

Plato

#11. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

Kurt Vonnegut

Hunter S. Thompson

Ken Kesey

Joseph Heller

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

Ruskin Bond

R K Narayan

Stephen King

Susan Hill

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

A Christmas Carol

David Copperfield

Pickwick Papers

Northanger Abbey

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

Stan Lee

Rudyard Kipling

Edgar Rice Burrough

Jules Verne

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

Mansarovar

Rudali

Gaban

Nirmala

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

Othello

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Julius Caesar

#17. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

Mark Twain

Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Charles Dickens

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

Charles Dickens

Mark Twain

Lewis Caroll

Saki

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

Chitra

Kapala Kundala

Chithrangada

Gora

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

Godaan

Vardaan

Sevasadan

Gaban

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

Amish Tripathi

Chetan Bhagat

Anita Desai

Amitav Ghosh

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

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

James and the Giant Peach

The BFG

Matilda

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

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

George Bernard Shaw

William Shakespeare

Ernest Hemingway

Thomas Hardy

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

The British refusing to grant Indendence to India

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Racial violence between Hindus and Muslims

The Partition of Bengal

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

Boris Pasternak

George Orwell

Ivan Turgenev

Leo Tolstoy

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

Mahadevi Verma

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Sumitranandan Pant

Rabindranath Tagore

#27. Who is the father of English Poetry?

Milton

Chaucer

Wordsworth

Keats

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

Mark Twain

Ian Fleming

Enid Blyton

Carolyne Keene

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

The Karate Mouse

Kingdom of Fantasy

The Mouse Island Marathon

The Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

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

an Englishman

an Irishman

a Scotsman

a Welsh

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

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

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

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

#5. “25 Years Of a life” is the biography of whom among the following?

#6. Who was the wife of Othello?

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

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

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

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

#11. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

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

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

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

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

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

#17. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#27. Who is the father of English Poetry?

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

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

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

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Books and Authors Quiz 1

Results

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

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

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

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

#5. “25 Years Of a life” is the biography of whom among the following?

#6. Who was the wife of Othello?

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

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

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

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

#11. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

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

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

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

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

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

#17. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#27. Who is the father of English Poetry?

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

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

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

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