Books and Authors Quiz 1

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

Gaban

Vardaan

Sevasadan

Godaan

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

Malala Yusufsai

Lewis Caroll

Anne Frank

Rachel Carson

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

Edgar Rice Burrough

Stan Lee

Rudyard Kipling

Jules Verne

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

Enid Blyton

Mark Twain

Carolyne Keene

Ian Fleming

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

Mansarovar

Gaban

Nirmala

Rudali

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

a Scotsman

an Englishman

an Irishman

a Welsh

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

A Christmas Carol

Northanger Abbey

David Copperfield

Pickwick Papers

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

Plato

Aristotle

Rene Descartes

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

Chithrangada

Gora

Kapala Kundala

Chitra

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

Winston Churchill

Indira Gandhi

Romain Rolland

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Cinema

Journalism

Literature

Science

#12. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

Kurt Vonnegut

Hunter S. Thompson

Joseph Heller

Ken Kesey

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

Boris Pasternak

Ivan Turgenev

George Orwell

Leo Tolstoy

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

Jonathan Swift

H G Wells

Jules Verne

V S Naipaul

#15. 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.

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

Hamlet

Othello

Julius Caesar

Romeo and Juliet

#17. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

Rabindranath Tagore

Mark Twain

Charles Dickens

Jawaharlal Nehru

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

Anita Desai

Chetan Bhagat

Amish Tripathi

Amitav Ghosh

#19. Who was the wife of Othello?

Portia

Desdemona

Cressida

Cordelia

#20. Who is the father of English Poetry?

Wordsworth

Chaucer

Milton

Keats

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

Ian Fleming

J K Rowling

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Dr.Watson

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

Charles Dickens

Lewis Caroll

Mark Twain

Saki

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

William Shakespeare

Ernest Hemingway

George Bernard Shaw

Thomas Hardy

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

Mahadevi Verma

Sumitranandan Pant

Rabindranath Tagore

Harivansh Rai Bachchan

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

Sunil Gavaskar

Shah Rukh Khan

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Asha Bhonsle

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

Winnie-the-Pooh by A A Milne

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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

Stephen King

R K Narayan

Ruskin Bond

Susan Hill

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

The Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

The Mouse Island Marathon

Kingdom of Fantasy

The Karate Mouse

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

Alexandra Dumas

Jonathan Swift

H G Wells

Charles Dickens

#30. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#12. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

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

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

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

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

#17. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

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

#19. Who was the wife of Othello?

#20. Who is the father of English Poetry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Books and Authors Quiz 1

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#12. Who wrote the novel Catch 22?

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

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

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

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

#17. “Glimpses of World History” Written by

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

#19. Who was the wife of Othello?

#20. Who is the father of English Poetry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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