Latest Books and Authors General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

Books and Authors - General Knowledge Questions

1 .

Who wrote the line: 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'?

A)

P. B. Shelley

B)

Robert Browning

C)

William Wordsworth

D)

John Keats

Correct Answer : Option (D) - John Keats

2 .

Which of the following books is written by Anita Desai?

A)

My God Died Young

B)

The Village By the Sea

C)

Magic Seeds

D)

None of the these

Correct Answer : Option (B) - The Village By the Sea

3 .

Who amongst the following is the author of the book "Development as Freedom"?

A)

C.Rangarajan

B)

Manmohan Singh

C)

Amartya Sen

D)

Y. V. Reddy

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Amartya Sen

4 .

Which of the following books is written by Kiran Desai?

A)

The Inheritance of Loss

B)

Tale of Two Cities

C)

A Tale of Two Sisters

D)

3 Mistakes of My Life

Correct Answer : Option (A) - The Inheritance of Loss

5 .

Who among the following has written the book Joseph Anton?

A)

Amitav Ghosh

B)

V.S. Naipaul

C)

Salman Rushdie

D)

Vikram Seth

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Salman Rushdie

6 .

Who wrote 'A Haunted House'?

A)

Bret Harte

B)

James Joyce

C)

Thomas Hardy

D)

Virginia Woolf

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Virginia Woolf

7 .

With which of the following books is Hobbes associated?

A)

Republic

B)

Leviathan

C)

Social Contract

D)

Lectures on Jurisprudence

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Leviathan

8 .

Who amongst the following is the author of the book The Algebra of Infinite Justice?

A)

Anita Nair

B)

Arundhati Roy

C)

Kiran Desai

D)

Anita Desai

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Arundhati Roy

9 .

Who is the Author of the book, Amitabh- the Making of the Superstar?

A)

Susmita Das Gupta

B)

Raj Kamal Jha

C)

Tushar Raheja

D)

Vijay Singhvi

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Susmita Das Gupta

10 .

The book "Unto the Last" which influenced Gandhiji, was written by?

A)

Ruskin Bond

B)

Pushkin

C)

John Ruskin

D)

Stalin

Correct Answer : Option (C) - John Ruskin