BOOKS AND AUTHORS MCQS SET 21

BOOKS AND AUTHORS MCQS SET 21

101) Match the following
List - I       List - II
A. Scarlet Pimpernel       1. Sarojini Naidu
B. Scenes from a Writer's Life       2. Ruskin Bond
C. Sceptred Flute       3. Baroness Orczy
D. Schindlr's List       4. Thomas Keneally
Codes
A B C D
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 4 3 2 1
C) 3 1 4 2
D) 3 2 1 4
Answer: 3 2 1 4
   
102) 'Beyond the Lines' is written by
A) Kuldip Nayar
B) K Aramugam
C) Shashi Tharoor
D) Cissy Houston
Answer: Kuldip Nayar
   
103) Ramachandra Guha wrote which of the following book?
1. Makers of Modern India
2. India After Gandhi : The History of the World's Largest Democracy
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 or 2
Answer: 1 and 2
   
104) Which of the following books has been written by Vikram Seth?
A) Look Back in Anger
B) Islamic Bomb
C) A Suitable Boy
D) My God Died Young
Answer: A Suitable Boy
   
105) 'A Passage to England' was written by
A) Nirad C Chowdhry
B) RK Narayan
C) Khushwant Singh
D) Nayantara Segal
Answer: Nirad C Chowdhry

106) In which language Mahatma Gandhi had written his biography?
A) Gujarati
B) Marathi
C) Hindi
D) English
Answer: Gujarati
   
107) Which of the following was Daniel Defoe's contribution to English literature?
A) The True Born Englishman
B) Robinson Crusoe
C) The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
D) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
   
108) An author sums up the human condition thus, “Human life is everywhere a state, in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed." Who said this and where?
A) Alexander Pope - Essay on Man
B) Oliver Goldsmith - The Vicar of Wakefield
C) Albert Camus - The Stranger
D) Dr Johnson - Resells
Answer: Dr Johnson - Resells
   
109) What is common about these novels Parthiban Kanavu, Sivagamiyin Sabadham, Ponniyin Selvan?
1. They are written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.
2.They are all historic novels.
3.They are written in Tamil.
A) 1 and 2 are correct
B) 2 and 3 are correct
C) All are correct
D) None of the above
Answer: All are correct
   
110) William Dalrymple (historian) wrote which of the following book?
1. White Mughals
2. The Last Mughal
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2