Magazines, Books and Their Authors – Old Year Questions and Answers
1. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Abul Kalam Azad – Hind Swaraj
(b) Annie Besant – New India
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Common Weal
(d) Mahatma Gandhi – India Wins Freedom
[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]
2. The memoir entitled ‘Bapu: My Mother’ was written by:
(a) B.R. Nanda
(b) Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
(c) Mahadev Desai
(d) Manubehn
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]
3. The book ‘India Wins Freedom’ is the autobiography of:
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Humayun Kabir
[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]
4. Who has written the book named ‘Gita Rahasya’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2005, M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]
5. Which one of the following books was written by Tilak?
(a) India in Transition
(b) Gita Rahasya
(c) Gokhale-My Political Guru
(d) Discovery of India
[53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]
6. ‘Srimad Bhagavat Gita Rahasya’ was written by :
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
[Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010]
7. Aurobindo Ghosh wrote :
(a) Extremist Movement
(b) Moderate Movement
(c) Kesari
(d) The Life Divine
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]
8. Who was the first historian who wrote about ‘Feudalism’ in Rajasthan during the 19th Century?
(a) Col. James Tod
(b) Dr. L.P. Tessitori
(c) George Grearson
(d) John Thomas
[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2010]
9. The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by :
(a) Gopal Baba Walangkar
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Mohandas Karamchand Ghandhi
(d) Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2020]
10. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Unhappy India – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Durgesh Nandini – Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) India Wins Freedom – Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India – Dadabhai Naoroji
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]
11. Who among the following is the author of ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?
(a) R. C. Dutt
(b) Henry Cotton
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]
12. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre – Freedom at Midnight
(b) Durga Das – India from Curzon to Nehru and After
(c) K.K. Aziz – The Man Who Divided India
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam – India Wins Freedom Azad
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]
13. The book ‘The Man Who Divided India’ was written by
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Rafi q Zakaria
(d) Larry Collins and Dominque Lapierre
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]
14. Match the following correctly –
(A) India Wins Freedom 1. Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Runs and Ruins 2. Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Young India 3. Mahatma Gandhi
(D) New India 4. Annie Besant
Code :
(a) A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
(b) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-1
(c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
(d) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]
15. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Editor/Writer Newspaper/Magazine/Book
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh – Vande Mataram
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale – Satyagraha
(c) Annie Besant – New India
(d) Mahatma Gandhi – Young India
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2016]
16. Who among the following is associated with ‘Songs from Prison’, a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi
(d) Sarojini Naidu
[I.A.S. (Pre.) 2021]
17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Book) (Writer)
A. The Story of My Deportation 1. Surendranath Banerjee
B. Gita Rahasya 2. Maulana Abul Ka lam Azad
C. A Nation in Making 3. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. India Wins Freedom 4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Codes :
A B C D
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 4 2 1 3
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2020]
18. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
A. Samachar Darpan 1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B. Mirat-ul-Akhbar 2. B.G. Tilak
C. Kesari 3. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Young India 4. J.C. Marshman
Codes :
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 4 1 2 3
[U.P. R.O./A.R.O. 2017]
19. What was the name of the newspaper published by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa?
(a) The Indian Opinion
(b) National Herald
(c) Leader
(d) The Pioneer
[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]
20. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Writer Books
(a) Valentine Chirol – Indian Struggle
(b) Rafi q Zakaria – The Man Who Divided India
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose – Indian Unrest
(d) V.D. Savarkar – Unhappy India
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2003, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]
21. Who was the author of Indian Unrest?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Valentine Chirol
[39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]
22. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer:
List- I List- II
A. Surendranath Banerjee 1. Hind Swaraj
B. M.K. Gandhi 2. The Indian Struggle
C. Subhash Chandra Bose 3. Autobiographical Writings
D. Lajpat Rai 4. A Nation in Making
Code :
A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 1 4 3 2
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 4 1 2 3
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1996]
23. Who wrote the book ‘A Nation In The Making’?
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Surendra Nath Bannerjee
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) S. C. Bose
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2009]
24. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru – Hind Swaraj
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – India Wins Freedom
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose – Indian Struggle
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai – Unhappy India
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]
25. The book entitled ‘Indian Struggle’ on Indian National Movement was written by:
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) None of the above.
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2007, U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]
26. Match the names mentioned in column I with the names mentioned in column II and select the right answer using the codes given below :
Column I Column II
(Books) (Authors)
A. History of the Freedom Movement in India 1. Tara Chand
B. History of the Freedom Movement in Bihar 2. W.W. Hunter
C. Anand Math 3. Raja Rammohan Roy
D. Precepts of Jesus 4. Father Bulke
E. Our Indian Musalmans 5. K.K. Dutta
6. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Code :
A B C D E
(a) 1 4 6 3 2
(b) 2 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 5 6 3 2
(d) None of these
[41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996]
27. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) V. D. Savarkar – The Indian War of Independence
(b) R. C. Majumdar – The Sepoy Mutiny and Revolt of 1857
(c) Radha Kamal – Awadh in Revolt Mukharjee (1857-1858)
(d) S.B. Chaudhuri – Civil Rebellions in the Indian Mutinies, 1857-1859
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O (Pre) 2016]
28. Which one of the following is correctly matched:
(a) Ailan-i-Haq – Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Al-Helal – Dr. Zapir Hussain
(c) Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq – Sir Syed Ahmad
(d) Yugantar – Aurobindo Ghosh
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]
29. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose-Towards Struggle
(b) Hugh Toye – Springing Tiger
(c) Louis Fischer – American witness to India’s Partition
(d) Abul KalamAzad – India Divided
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]
30. The book “Springing Tiger” is the biography of :
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(d) Ramprasad Bismil
[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]
31. The book ‘Springing Tiger’ was written by –
(a) Hugh Toye
(b) Louis Fisher
(c) Webb Miller
(d) None of the above
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]
32. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Bhagat Singh – An Introduction to the Dreamland
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose – Bandi Jivan
(c) Sachindranath Sanyal – Indian Struggle
(d) Bhagwati Charan Vohra – Why I am an Atheist?
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]
33. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(a) Bhagat Singh: The Indian Sociologist
(b) Sachindranath Sanyal: Bandi Jivan
(c) Lala Ramsaran Das: Dreamland
(d) Bhagwati Charan Vohra: The Philosophy of Bomb
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]
34. Who is the author of “Annihilation of Caste”?
(a) Jyotirao Phule
(b) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(c) Kanshi Ram
(d) Ram Mohan Roy
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]
35. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Durga Das: The Life of Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Louis Fischer Nehru: India From Curzon to and After
(c) Frank Moraes : Jawaharlal Nehru – A Biography
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam : India Divided
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]
36. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) S.C. Bose: Indian Struggle
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(c) Rajendra Prasad : India Divided
(d) Frank Maraes : India from Curzon to Nehru and After
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]
37. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) Lajpat Rai: Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji: Unhappy India
(c) Rafi q Zakaria: The Man Who Divided India
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose: Guilty Men of India’s Partition
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013, U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2010]
38. Who wrote the book, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?
(a) R.C. Dutt
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) Lajpat Rai
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
[64th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]
39. The book “Guilty Man of India’s Partition” was authored by:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Sarojini Naidu
[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]
40. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(a) William Wedderburn – The Great Divide
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru – Hind Swaraj
(c) Ram Manohar Lohia – The Guilty Men of India’s Partition
(d) Mahatma Gandhi – Glimpses of the World History
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]
41. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists –
List-I (Authors) List-II (Works)
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 1. Anand Math
B. Michael Madhusudan Dutt 2. Captive Lady
C. Rabindranath Tagore 3. Gora
D. Sarojini Naidu 4. The Broken Wing
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 4 1 3 2
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]
42. The English edition of ‘Gitanjali’ was published in the year :
(a) 1910
(b) 1911
(c) 1912
(d) 1913
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]
43. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer From the codes given below the lists :
List-I (Authors) List-II (Works)
A. Mahatma Gandhi 1. India Divided
B. Ram Manohar Lohia 2. India Wins Freedom
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 3. Hind Swaraj
D. Abul Kalam Azad 4. The Wheel of History
Code :
(a) A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
(b) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
(c) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
(d) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2001]
44. The author of ‘Hind Swaraj’ was –
(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) Vinoba Bhave
(c) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
[U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2003, M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]
45. The book ‘India Wins Freedom’ is written by :
(a) A.K. Azad
(b) M.K. Gandhi
(c) M.A. Ansari
(d) Sarojini Naidu
[U.P.R.O.A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]
46. In which of the following books did Mahatma Gandhi call the British Parliament as sterile and prostitute?
(a) Sarvodaya or Universal dawn
(b) An Autobiography or the Story of My Experiments with Truth
(c) Hind Swaraj
(d) The Story of a Satyagrahi
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]
47. Who wrote the book “Gokhale- my political guru”?
(a) M.A. Jinnah
(b) M.K. Gandhi
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) C.R. Das
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013]
48. Who wrote the book, India for Indians?
(a) C. R. Das
(b) M.G. Ranade
(c) V. D. Savarkar
(d) S.N. Banerjee
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
[65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]
49. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Author) List-II (Book)
A. Rajendra Prasad 1. Nation in Making
B. Dilip Mukherji 2. India Divided
C. S.N. Banerjee 3. My Experiments with Truth
D. Mahatma Gandhi 4. Terrorist
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 1 4 2 3
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 2 4 3 1
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]
50. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) D.P. Mishra – Living an Era
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru – India Divided
(c) Rajendra Prasad – Discovery of India
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose – Freedom at Midnight
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]
51. The author of the book ‘India Divided’ was :
(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Narendra Deva
(d) Asaf Ali
[U.P. P.C.S (Pre) 2010]
52. The famous book “Foundation of Indian Culture” is authored by
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Shri Aurobindo
(c) Radhakrishnan
(d) Bhagwan Das
(e) None of these
[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]
53. Who, among the following, wrote the book ‘Bahubivah’?
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Pandit Ramabai
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]
54. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Author) (Work)
A. Bankim Chandra 1. Shatranj Ke Khilari
B. Dinabandhu Mitra 2. Debi Chaudhrani
C. Prem Chand 3. Nil Darpan
4. Chandrakanta
Code:
A B C
(a) 2 4 1
(b) 3 4 2
(c) 2 3 1
(d) 3 1 4
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]
55. The author of the novel ‘Chandrakanta’ is :
(a) Bharatendu Harishchandra
(b) Premchand
(c) Ravindra Nath Tagore
(d) Devkinandan Khatri
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1994]
56. List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from The codes given below the lists :
List-I List-II
A. Amritlal Nagar 1. Devdas
B. Sumitra Nandan Pant 2. Geet Govind
C. Sharat Chandra 3. Amrit aur Vish
Chatterjee
D. Jaidev 4. Chidambara
Code :
A B C D
(a) 3 4 1 2
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 3 4 2 1
[U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]
57. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched:
(a) Indu Prakash – M.G. Ranade
(b) Native Opinion – B.N. Mandlik
(c) Bombay Chronicle- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Indian Mirror – Devendranath Tagore
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]
58. The famous book, “Das Capital” was written by :
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Gandhiji
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]
59. Which one of the following was an emigre Communist journal of M.N. Roy?
(a) Kisan Sabha
(b) The Worker
(c) Vanguard
(d) Anushilan
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1995]
60. Which one of the following books is associated with the rise of the national movement in India?
(a) Gitanjali
(b) Anandmath
(c) Satyarth Prakash
(d) Gita Rahasya
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2005]
61. The novel ‘Durgesha Nandini’ is written by :
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Taraknath Gangopadhyaya
(c) Swarna Kumari
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
[43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]
62. The author of ‘Rajaniti Ratnakara’ is –
(a) Chandesvara
(b) Vidyapati
(c) Jyotiresvara
(d) Haribrahmadeva
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
[60th to 62nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2016]
63. Who has authored “Kissa Radha Kanhaiya”?
(a) Syed Agha Hassan Kashmiri
(b) Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
(c) Babu Gopalchandra Alias Girdhardas
(d) Pandit Pratap Narain Mishra
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]
64. Which of the following books was known as the “Bible of Bengali Patriotism”:
(a) Gitanjali
(b) Anand Math
(c) Devdas
(d) Gora
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]
65. The song of Vande Mataram which served as a great inspiration to the patriotic song of India in their freedom struggle is in the book :
(a) Anand Math
(b) Durgesha Nandini
(c) Meghanad-Vadh
(d) Virangana Kavya
[U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2004, U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2003, U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2002]
66. With reference to the book “Desher Katha” written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements:
1. It warned against the Colonial State’s hypnotic conquest of the mind.
2. It inspired the performance of Swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
3. The use of ‘desh’ by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2020]
67. Who was the author of the revolutionary creation “Chetavani Ra Chugatiya”?
(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) Damodar Das Rathi
(c) Kesari Singh Barahath
(d) Rao Gopal Singh
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1996]
68. Mahatma Gandhi wrote his autobiography originally in:
(a) Hindi
(b) Marathi
(c) Gujarati
(d) English
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]
69. Who was the Author of “My Experiments with Truth”?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Narshimha Rao
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006, M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]
70. “Hind Swaraj” was written by Mahatma Gandhi in :
(a) Hindi
(b) Gujarati
(c) English
(d) Urdu
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]
71. Who wrote the book, Desher Katha?
(a) Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Nivaran Chandra
(d) Murali Mohan Prasad
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
[65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]
72. In which of the following year M.K. Gandhi wrote “Hind Swaraj”?
(a) 1908
(b) 1909
(c) 1910
(d) 1914
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013]
73. The famous work of Bharatendu Harishchandra is:
(a) Mayanka Manjari
(b) Bharat Durdasha
(c) Nutan Brahmachari
(d) Chandra Kanta Santati
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]
74. Who wrote the play “Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja”?
(a) Govardhan Ram M. Tripathi
(b) Munshi Premchand
(c) Fakir Mohan Senapati
(d) Bhartendu Harishchandra
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]
75. Subramaniam Bharati was the poet of which language?
(a) Telugu
(b) Tamil
(c) Kannada
(d) Malayalam
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]
76. Who is the author of ‘Bharat Bharati’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Mulkraj Anand
(c) Maithili Sharan Gupta
(d) Bankim Chandra
[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]
77. ‘Jhini Jhini Bini Chadariya’, a famous Novel of his times is written by –
(a) Kashi Nath Singh
(b) Neerja Jadhav
(c) Abdul Bismillah
(d) Ajay Mishra
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre.) 2021]
78. Who among the following assumed the title “Rashtrakavi” for emphatical cooperation in the Indian independence struggle through his literary creations?
(a) Maithili Sharan Gupta
(b) Jai Shankar Prasad
(c) Sumitra Nandan Pant
(d) Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar.’
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1994]
79. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) ‘Neel Darpan’ was a play based on the exploitation of the indigo farmers
(b) The author of the play ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’s is Vijay Tendulkar
(c) The play ‘Nawab’ by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine in Bengal
(d) Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]
80. The author of the book ‘Towards Struggle’ was:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Ram Manohar Lohiya
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan
(d) J.B. Kriplani
[U.P.P.CS. (Mains) 2003]
81. Who wrote the book ‘Prison Diary’?
(a) Jai Prakash Narayan
(b) Munshi Premchand
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]
82. Who wrote the book “A Passage to India.”
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Minoo Masani
(c) E.M. Forster
(d) None of them
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]
83. The book ‘India’s Struggle for Independence was authored by :
(a) Tarachand
(b) S.N. Sen
(c) R.C. Majumdar
(d) Bipan Chandra
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2007]
84. The writer of Indian National Movement: The LongTerm Dynamics is :
(a) Satish Chandra
(b) Bipan Chandra
(c) Tarachand
(d) Sumit Sarkar
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]
85. Who is the author of the book “Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age”?
(a) Professor George Brock
(b) Rabbin Jafferey
(c) Nic Newman
(d) Mark Tully
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]
86. The Book ‘Mother India’ was written by :
(a) Catherine Mayo
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]
87. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists –
List- I (Books) List- II (Authors)
A. The first Indian War of Independence 1. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Anand Math 2. Sri Aurobindo
C. Life Divine 3. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
D. Sadhana 4. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Code :
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 3 4 2 1
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]
88. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(Author) (Title of the Book)
A. V.D. Savarkar 1. The Great Rebellion
B. R.C. Majumdar 2. The Indian War of Independence
C. S.B. Chaudhari 3.The Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of 1857
D. Ashok Mehta 4. Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies
Codes :
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 3 2 4 1
(d) 3 1 2 4
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]
89. Who wrote ‘Jhanda Geet’?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Maithili Sharan Gupta
(d) Shyamlal Parshad
[46th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2003]
90. Who is the author of the flag song (Jhanda Geet) of India?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(c) Shyamlal Parshad Gupta
(d) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
[U.P Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2004]
91. The Nationalist song ‘Aie Mere Watan Ke Logo’ had been written by the poet –
(a) Javed Akhtar
(b) Pradeep
(c) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
(d) Maithili Sharan Gupta
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]
92. Who is the author of the book “Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyay”?
(a) Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
(b) Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’
(c) Maithili Sharan Gupt
(d) Jaishankar Prasad
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre.) 2021]
93. Poet Iqbal, who wrote “Sare Jahan Se Achcha” was related to which State?
(a) Delhi
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Hyderabad
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]
94. Who wrote the famous song ‘Saare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara’?
(a) Sahir Ludhianvi
(b) Sir Sayyad Ahmed Khan
(c) Sir Muhammad Iqbal
(d) Bahadur Shah Zafar
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004, M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]
95. “Mazhab Nahi Sikhata Aapas Mein Bair Rakhna” Who wrote these lines in his works?
(a) Mirza Ghalib
(b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) Raghupati Sahai Firaq
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]
96. The pamphlet entitled ‘Why I Am an Atheist?’ was written by :
(a) B.K. Dutt
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Rajguru
(d) Yashpal
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]
97. The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
(a) Rajni Kanta Sen
(b) Dwijendralal Roy
(c) Mukunda Das
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]
98. Who composed ‘Jana Gana Mana’?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Sarojini Naidu
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]
99. Who of the following is the author of a collection of a poem called ‘ Golden Threshold’?
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]
100. What was the name of the poet, who wrote the popular poem “Firangiya” in Bhojpuri against ‘British Colonialism’?
(a) Manoranjan
(b) Ranjan Prasad
(c) Triloki Singh
(d) Rajendra Pandey
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre.) 2021]
101. Who is the author of the book, “Landmarks in Indian Constitutional and National Development”?
(a) Bipin Chandra
(b) Gurmukh Nihal Singh
(c) B.R. Nanda
(d) Ram Gopal
[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]
102. The Editor of “Congress Presidential Addresses,” was:
(a) G.A. Natesan
(b) B.P. Sitaramayya
(c) Ramanand Chatterjee
(d) H.N. Mitra
[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]
103. In which one of the following jails, the book “Discovery of India” was written by Jawaharlal Nehru:
(a) Alipur Central Jail
(b) Yervada Jail
(c) Naini Central Jail
(d) Ahmadnagar Fort Jail
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]
104. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
A. Lady Catherine Mayo 1. Freedom at Midnight
B. Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre 2. Mother India
C. Ram Manohar Lohia 3. Discovery of India
D. Jawaharlal Nehru 4. Guilty Men of India’s Partition
Code :
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]
105. Who is the author of the book “Discovery of India”?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
[Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010]
106. Who was the author of the book ‘Bandi Jiwan’?
(a) Dinabandhu Mitra
(b) Hema Chandrakar
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Sachindranath Sanyal
[U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]
107. The book “Mountbatten and the Partition of India” was written by :
(a) Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre
(b) M.N. Das
(c) Louis Fischer
(d) None of the above
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]
108. The report ‘Journey through the Kingdom of Oudh in the year 1849-50’ was written by :
(a) W.H. Sleeman
(b) Outram
(c) Bishop Heber
(d) None of the above
[U.P.P.C.S. (Main) 2013]
109. ‘Indian War of Independence 1857’ is written by :
(a) S.N. Sen
(b) R.C. Majumdar
(c) V.D. Savarkar
(d) S.B. Chaudhuri
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2013, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]
110. Match the names of the authors with that of the books and choose your answer from the codes given below: Authors Books
A. R.C. Dutt (i) Indian Economic Thought- 19th Century Perspectives
B. J.R. Mclane (ii) The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule
C. B.N. Ganguli (iii) Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress
D. Bipin Chandra (iv) The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India
Code:
A B C D
(a) ii iii i iv
(b) iii ii iv i
(c) i iv ii iii
(d) iv i iii ii
[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2013]
111. “The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India” was written by
(a) Partha Sarthi Gupta
(b) S. Gopal
(c) B.R. Nanda
(d) Bipin Chandra
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]
112. Who authored the book, Planned Economy for India?
(a) M. Visvesvaraya
(b) J.R.D. Tata
(c) G.D. Birla
(d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018]
113. ‘The Roots of Ancient India’ was written by
(a) D. K. Chakravarti
(b) D. P. Agrawal
(c) W. A. Fairservis
(d) A. Ghosh
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]
114. The writer of the book ‘India’s Second Freedom’ is :
(a) Soli Sorabji
(b) Loknayak Jai Prakash Narain
(c) Lal Krishna Advani
(d) Atal Bihari Bajpai
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]
115. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer From the code given below the lists :
List-I List-II
A. Priya Pravas 1. Indira Gandhi
B. Gaban 2. Ayodhya Prasad
C. Eternal India 3. Prem Chand
D. Shah Nama 4. Firdausi
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 3 2 4 1
(d) 4 3 2 1
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]
116. Match List-I (Book) with List-II (Author) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Book) List-II (Author)
A. Autobiography of a Unknown Indian 1. Mulk Raj Anand
B. India: A Wounded Civilization 2. Nirad C. Chaudhari
C. Confessions of a Lover 3. R. K. Narayan
D. The English Teacher 4. V.S. Naipaul
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 1 4 2 3
(d) 2 3 1 4
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2002]
117. The author of the book entitled ‘Planning and the Poor’ is–
(a) B.S. Minhas
(b) Gunnar Myrdal
(c) L.C. Jain
(d) L.K. Jha.
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1997]
118. Who among the following is the author of the book “The Problems of the Far East’?
(a) Lawrence
(b) Curzon
(c) Churchill
(d) Lytton
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]
119. Who wrote ‘The Untold Story’?
(a) Brigadier Dalvi
(b) General Kaul
(c) Admiral Bhagwat
(d) Air Marshal Keelor
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]
120. The Famous book “The Alphabet” was written by :
(a) Buhler
(b) David Diringer
(c) G.S. Ojha
(d) Sir William Jons
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]
121. The book ‘The Proudest Day’ was authored by :
(a) Alok Bhalla
(b) Durga Das
(c) Chandra Kumar & Mahindra Puri
(d) Anthony Read and David Fisher
[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]
122. Match List-I (Books) with List-II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List- I List- II (Books)
A. My Music My Life 1. Laxman Gaikwad
B. Adha Gaon 2. Rahi Masoom Raza
C. Radha 3. Ramakanta Rath
D. The Pilferer 4. Ravi Shankar
Code :
A B C D
(a) 3 2 4 1
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 3 1 4 2
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]
123. Whose autobiography is the book ‘My Music, My Life’?
(a) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
(b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
(c) Pandit Ravi Shankar
(d) Ustad Zakir Hussain
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]
124. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Baki Itihas – Badal Sarkar
(b) Sita Swayamvar – Vishnu Das Bhave
(c) Yayati – Girish Karad
(d) Giddha – Jabbar Patel
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]
125. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List- I (Writers) List- II (Books)
A. Sashi Tharoor 1. The clear light of Day
B. Amitav Ghosh 2. Circle of Reason
C. Anita Desai 3. Love and Longing in Bombay
D. Vikram Chandra 4. Show Business
Code :
A B C D
(a) 4 2 1 3
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 2 4 3 3
(d) 2 4 3 1
[I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]
126. The author of ‘Love and Longing in Bombay’ is:
(a) Vikram Chandra
(b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Raj Kamal Jha
(d) Kiran Desai
[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 1999]
127. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Book) (Author)
A. Ghar Aur Adalat 1. T.S.R. Subramaniam
B. Jhopri Se Rashtrapti Bhawan Tak 2. Nandan Nilekani
C. Imagining India Kulshrestha 3. Mahendra
D. Journey through Babudom and Neta land 4. Leila Seth
Code :
A B C D
(a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 4 3 2 1
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 3 2 4 1
[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]
128. ‘Godan’ and ‘Gaban’ are the works of the same author. What is his name?
(a) Rabindranath Thakur
(b) Munshi Premchand
(c) Kalidas
(d) Nirala
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]
129. The author of ‘Nirmala’ is :
(a) Jaishankar Prasad
(b) Munshi Premchand
(c) Maithili Sharan Gupta
(d) Mohan Rakesh
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]
130. Which one of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
(a) Meghadutam
(b) Kumarasambhavam
(c) Uttararamacharitam
(d) Ritusamharam
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]
131. Soj-e-Vatan is the book written by :
(a) Mahadevi Verma
(b) Premchand
(c) Sumitra Nandan Pant
(d) Suryakant Tripathi ‘Nirala.’
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]
132. The author of ‘Malgudi Days’ is –
(a) K. Abbas
(b) R.K. Narayan
(c) Laxman Seth
(d) Mulkraj Anand
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]
133. Hans Christian Andersen has authored –
(a) Social Novels
(b) Moral Dramas
(c) Love Poems
(d) Story of Fairies
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1993]
134. Who among the following were the ‘Kingmakers’ during the Mughal period?
(a) Hussain Ali and Abdullah
(b) Nasir Khan and Jakariya Khan
(c) Shah Hussain and Abdul Hussain
(d) Muhammad Zaman and Muhammad Junaidi
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]
135. Which of the following pairs is correct?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari – India Wins Freedom
(b) Manishankar Aiyar – The Pakistan Papers
(c) Savita Pande – The Path to Power
(d) Margaret Thatcher – The Future of N.P.T.
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1994]
136. Who is the author of the book ‘A Gallery of Rascals’?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) Vikram Seth
(d) Toni Morrison
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above
[65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]
137. The author of ‘The Golden Gate’ is-
(a) Amitabh Ghosh
(b) Ernest Hemingway
(c) Sir Walter Scott
(d) Vikram Seth
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]
138. Who among the following Journalists has written his autobiography entitled the “Lucknow Boy”?
(a) Vinod Mehta
(b) Alok Mehta
(c) Narendra Mohan
(d) Pritish Nandi
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]
139. The book ‘Lucknow Boy was written by –
(a) Kuldeep Nayar
(b) Muzaffar Ali
(c) Vinod Mehta
(d) Noorul Hasan
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2014]
140. “Silent Spring” was written by :
(a) Rachel Carson
(b) Linnaeus
(c) Richard Wetherald
(d) Joseph Fourier
[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2019, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]
141. Who wrote ‘The Satanic Verses’?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Taslima Nasreen
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]
142. “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights” is a book written by :
(a) Jai Ram Ramesh
(b) Ruskin Bond
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Re. Exam) (Pre) 2013]
143. Who is the author of the book ‘Namesake’?
(a) Kiran Desai
(b) Chetan Bhagat
(c) Arundhati Roy
(d) Jhumpa Lahiri
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]
144. The author of the book “The Road Ahead” is :
(a) Bill Clinton
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Vikram Seth
(d) Salman Rushdie
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]
145. The author of ‘Manas ke Hans’ is-
(a) Jai Shankar Prasad
(b) Premchand
(c) Amritlal Nagar
(d) None of the above
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]
146. Sumitra Nandan Pant has been known as:
(a) Bhaktivadi poet
(b) Chhayavadi poet
(c) Pragativadi poet
(d) Veer ras poet
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]
147. The author of ‘Dyna: A Tribute’ is-
(a) Peter Donnelly
(b) Tim Graham
(c) Julia Delano
(d) Andrew Morton
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1997]
149. Arrange the poems of Late Harivanshrai Bachchan in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
1. Madhukalash
2. Madhubala
3. Madhushala
Code :
(a) 1,2,3
(b) 2,3,1
(c) 3,2,1
(d) 2,1,3
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2003, U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2002]
150. The book ‘Bullet for Bullet: My Life as a Police Officer’ is authored by:
(a) K.P.S. Gill
(b) Julius Rebeiro
(c) Kiran Bedi
(d) Ashwani Kumar
[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 1999]
151. Who wrote the book entitled ‘Romancing with Life: An Autobiography’?
(a) Devanand
(b) Kalpana Chawla
(c) Amitabh Bachchan
(d) Anupam Kher
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]
152. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Books) List II (Author)
A. The Struggle in My Life 1. Lech Walesa
B. The Struggle and the Triumph 2. Nelson Mandela
C. Friends and Foes 3. Leonid Brezhnev
D. Rebirth 4. Zulfi qar Ali Bhutto
5. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 5 3
(b) 2 1 5 3
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 2 1 3 4
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2001]
153. Match the following :
List- I List- II
(Books) (Authors)
A. Price of Partition 1. Abdul Kalam
B. Anand Math 2. S.S. Gill
C. India 2020 3. Rafi q Zakaria
D. Pathology of Corruption Chatterjee 4. Bankim- Chandra
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
A B C D
(a) 3 4 2 1
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 4 3 2 1
[U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2002]
154. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below
(Books) List II (Authors)
A. The price of Partition 1. Abdul Kalam
B. Ulysses 2. S.S. Gill
C. India 2020 3. Rafi q Zakaria
D. Pathology of Corruption 4. James Joyce
5. P.N. Chopra
Choose the correct answer from the code given below-
Code :
A B C D
(a) 3 5 1 2
(b) 4 2 5 1
(c) 3 4 1 2
(d) 4 3 2 5
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2004, U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]
155. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) W.C. Smith – The Muslims of British India
(b) Khalid B. Sayeed – Pakistan: The Formative Phase (1857-1948)
(c) Peter Hardy – Khilafat to Partition
(d) Moin Shakir – Modern Islam in India
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]
156. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I List-II
(Authors) (Books)
A. Atul Kohli (i) Divide and Quit
B. Granville Austin (ii) The success of India’s Democracy
C. Penderal Moon (iii)The Republic of India: Development of its laws and Constitution
D. Alan Gledhill (iv) Working a Democratic
Constitution: A History of the Indian Experience
Codes :
A B C D
(a) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(b) (iii (i) (iii) (vi)
(c) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(d) (i) (ii) (iii) (vi)
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2018]
157. Who has written the book ‘Heart of India’?
(a) Khushwant Singh
(b) Mark Tully
(c) R.K. Narayanan
(d) Anita Desai
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]
158. The author of the book ‘LAJJA’ is :
(a) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman
(b) Taslima Nasrin
(c) Kiran Bedi
(d) Arundhati Roy
Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007
159. What is the name of the controversial novel written by Taslima Nasrin?
(a) Tamas
(b) Water
(c) Lajja
(d) Fire
M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005
160. The Book “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is written by
(a) R.K. Narayan
(b) Khushwant Singh
(c) George Orwell
(d) None of the above
[48th to 52nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008]
161. Who wrote the fiction ‘The God of Small Things’ in English?
(a) Shobha De
(b) R.K. Narayanan
(c) Mulkraj Anand
(d) Arundhati Roy
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]
162. Who is the author of ‘Mrignayani’?
(a) Vrindavan Lal Verma
(b) Acharya Chatursen
(c) Amritlal Nagar
(d) Bhagavati Charan Verma
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]
163. Which of the following Hindi works was written first?
(a) Indravati
(b) Padmavati
(c) Madhumalati
(d) Mrigavati
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]
164. ‘India from Curzon to Nehru’ is the book of :
(a) Kuldip Nayar
(b) Durgadas
(c) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1991]
165. The book entitled “India from Curzon to Nehru and After” was written by :
(a) Durga Das
(b) Web Miller
(c) Frank Moraes
(d) Louis Fischer
[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Pre) 2010]
166. Who has written ‘An Equal Music’?
(a) Shobha De
(b) Vikram Seth
(c) Khushwant Singh
(d) Anita Desai
[M.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2004]
167. The writer of ‘Bikhre Moti’ is –
(a) Muktibodh
(b) Agyeya
(c) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
(d) Dinkar Sonwalkar
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015, M.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Pre) 2004]
168. What is the name of the writer of ‘Naukar ki Kameez’?
(a) Ashok Vajpayee
(b) Vinod Kumar Shukla
(c) Bhawani Prasad Mishra
(d) Prabhakar Shukla
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]
169. Who was the writer of the novel ‘David Copperfield’?
(a) Thomas Hardy
(b) Charles Lamb
(c) Charles Dickens
(d) Thomas Mann
M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005
170. The story of the book named ‘The Proudest Day’ is related to –
(a) The integration of the Indian States
(b) The independence of India
(c) The Pokhran nuclear explosion
(d) The formation of the NDA Government in the center
[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2003, U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2002, U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2001]
171. Taslima Nasreen is not the author of :
(a) Lajja
(b) Utol Hawa Ki
(c) Amar Meye Bela
(d) Amar Sonar Bangla
[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002, U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2003]
172. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List-I List-I1
(Book) (Author)
A. Half a Life 1. Arun Shourie
B. Worshipping False Gods 2. Shiv Khera
C. Agni Ki Udaan 3. V. S. Naipaul
D. Jeet Apki 4. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
5. James and Jougeward
Code :
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 5
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 1 3 2 5
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]
173. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Books) (Authors)
A. Gandhian Constitution for India 1. D. Mackenzie Brown
B. The Republic of India 2. Sriman Narayan
C. The White Umbrella 3. A. Gledhill.
D. The Politics of India since Independence 4. Paul. R. Brass
Code :
A B C D
(a) ii iv i iii
(b) ii i iv iii
(c) ii iii i iv
(d) i ii iii iv
[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Re. Exam) (Pre) 2013]
174. Who wrote the ‘Kamayani’?
(a) Jai Shankar Prasad
(b) Shamsher Bahadur Singh
(c) Girija Kumar Mathur
(d) Mahadevi Verma
M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004
175. Who wrote the book ‘Geographical Factors in Indian History’?
(a) K.M. Panikkar
(b) Toynbee
(c) M.N. Srinivas
(d) Jamna Das
[Uttarakhand Lower (Sub) (Pre) 2010]
176. Who wrote the book named ‘Baiga’?
(a) S. C. Roy
(b) D. N. Majumdar
(c) Verrier Elwin
(d) H. Rizle
[M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1999]
177. Which of the following novels is not written by Sharat Chandra?
(a) Charitraheen
(b) Rangbhumi
(c) Srikant
(d) Shesh Prashna
M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1997
178. What is the name of Khushwant Singh’s autobiography:
(a) The Last Moor Last Sigh
(b) Truth Love and a Little Malice
(c) The End Racism
(d) None of these
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]
179. Who is the author of the book ‘New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy?
(a) A.B. Vajpayee
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) P.C. Alexander
(d) Yashwant Sinha
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2003]
180. The author of ‘Ignited Minds’ is:
(a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(b) Balasaheb Thackeray
(c) Khushwant Singh
(d) Nayantara Sahgal
[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2002, U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2001]
181. Who is the author of the book named ‘The PostAmerican World’?
(a) Arun Shourie
(b) Barack Obama
(c) Fareed Zakaria
(d) Jagmohan
[U.P. P.C.S. (Spl.) (Pre) 2008]
182. Who wrote the book The Story of The Integration of the Indian States?
(a) B.N. Rao
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Krishna Menon
(d) V.P. Menon
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]
183. Who of the following wrote the book named ‘Ayodhya: December 1992’?
(a) Chandra Shekhar
(b) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(c) Jaswant Singh
(d) Arun Shourie
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]
184. Match List- I with List- II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :
List- I List – II
(Person) (Book)
A. V.S. Naipaul 1. The Siege of Krishnapur
B. Salman Rushdie 2. In a Free State
C. Paul Scott 3. Midnight’s Children
D. J.G. Farrell 4. Staying On
Code :
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
I.A.S. (Pre) 2007
185. The author of the book “World of All Human Rights” is:
(a) Chetan Bhagat
(b) Vishnu Sahai
(c) Soli J. Sorabji
(d) Arun Jaitley
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]
186. Who among the following translated the autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Choudhary Charan Singh
(d) Gobind Ballabh Pant
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]
187. Who among the following wrote the poem, Subh-e Azadi?
(a) Sahir Ludhiyanvi
(b) Faiz Ahmed Faiz
(c) Muhammad Iqbal
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]
188. Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?
(a) Historical monuments in India
(b) Regional dances in India
(c) Himalayan expeditions
(d) Wildlife in India
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]
189. Match List- I and List- II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List- I List- II
(Book) (Author)
A. In Custody 1. Amartya Sen
B. Sea of Poppies 2. Amitav Ghosh
C. The Argumentative Indian 3. Anita Desai
D. Unaccustomed Earth 4. Jhumpa Lahiri
Code:
A B C D
(a) 4 1 2 3
(b) 4 2 1 3
(c) 3 2 1 4
(d) 3 1 2 4
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2009]
190. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Work ) (Author)
A. Tabaqat-i-Akbari 1. Al Utbi
B. Tabaqat-i-Nasiri 2. Minhaj-ud-din bin Siraj-ud-din
C. Tarikh-i-Firozshahi 3. Nizamuddin
D. Tarikh-i-Yamini 4. Zia-ud-din Barani
Code :
A B C D
(a) 3 2 4 1
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 1 3 2 4
(d) 3 4 1 2
[U.P.P.C.S. (Main) 2013]
191. The following painters are/are associated with the Bengal School of Modern Painting.
1. Ramanand Chatterjee
2. Raja Ravi Verma
3. Nand Lal Ghosh
4. M.F. Hussain
Code :
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
(e) All of these
[Chhattisgarh P.C.S (Pre) 2013]
192. Who is the author of “The Audacity of Hope”?
(a) Al Gore
(b) Barack Obama
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) Hillary Clinton
[I.A.S. (Pre) 2009, Uttarakhand U.D.A./LDA (Mains) 2007]
193. Who authored the book ‘Politics in India’?
(a) Bidyut Chakrabarty
(b) Rajni Kothari
(c) Romila Thapar
(d) A.K. Dubey
[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]
194. Who amongst the following wrote the book “Politics in India”?
(a) Rajni Kothari
(b) M.N. Srinivas
(c) Ashish Nandy
(d) D.L. Sheth
[U.P.R.O./A.R.O (Pre) 2016]
195. Who is the ghostwriter of Parvez Musharraf’s biography “In the Line of Fire”?
(a) Humayun Gohar
(b) Hamidi Kashmiri
(c) Jabir Hussain
(d) None of the above
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2007]
196. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Munshi Insha Alla Khan 1. Hathi Hamir
B. Babu Devki Nandan Khatri 2. Kankal
C. Pt. Pratap Narain Mishra 3. Kajar Ki Kothari
D. Jai Shankar Prasad 4. Udaibhan Charit
Code:
A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 1 2 3 4
[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]
197. Who is the author ‘ Andhayug’?
(a) Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar
(b) Mahaveer Prasad Diwedi
(c) Dharam Veer Bharti
(d) Mohan Rakesh
[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2008]
198. Who amongst the following drafted the ‘Sarvodaya Plan’?
(a) M.N. Roy
(b) Jai Prakash Narain
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Shriman Narayan Aggarwal
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]
199. The author of the book “One-day Wonders” is –
(a) Ravi Shastri
(b) Sunil Gavaskar
(c) G.. Vishwanath
(d) Dilip Vengasarkar
[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]
200. Which one of the following pairs (Author and Book) is properly matched?
(a) Sunil Gavaskar – Cricket – My Style
(b) Hillary Clinton – Living History
(c) Dominique Lapierre – Myth of Mahatma
(d) Minoo Masani – The Struggle for Peace
[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]