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Books and authors are critical components that determine human knowledge and understanding. It is also reflected within competitive exams, such as UPSC, SSC, Banking, JKSSB, and other state-level exams. Questions regarding old books and authors often appear to test a candidate’s familiarity with literary heritage, cultural history, and general awareness. This recognising of the books and their authors serves both as a huge exam requirement and enriches your complete understanding of major contributions to literature and knowledge.
This is a focused blog post on providing you with carefully selected MCQs on old books and their authors just for your exam preparation. Each question is designed to identify key literary works, understand the significance of those works, and associate them with the correct authors. These questions will guide you into recalling historical contexts and noteworthy contributions to literature often forming the basis for competitive exam questions.
So, practice these MCQs and get the glimpse of real knowledge along with absolute confidence in answering such types of questions during exams. Whether it is at the national level or state level, this compilation will be the best resource for grasping the topic from an exam point of view. Dive into these valuable insights to help strengthen your preparation journey!
MCQs
Q1. Who is the author of the Kadambari?
“कादम्बरी” के लेखक कौन ै?
Q.1.
a) Banabhatta
b) Kalhan
c) Kautilya
d) Bhas
Option : A
Kadambari is the great novel of Sanskrit literature. Its creator is Vanabhatta
Q2. Who is the author of the book Rajatarangini?
राजतरिं हिणी पुस्तक के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Banabhatta
b) Kalhan
c) Kautilya
d) Bhas
Option : B
Rajatarangini is the book of Kalhan in which the history of Jammu and Kashmir is described.
Q3. Who is the author of the book Indica?
इण्डिका पुस्तक के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Kalhan
c) Kautilya
d) Bhas
Option : A
- Megasthenes wrote a book called Indica, in which the socio-cultural depiction of the then Maurya Empire is found.
Q4. Who is the author of “Tughlaknama”?
“तुिलकनामा” के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Amir Khusro
b) Babar
c) Gulbadan Begum
d) Abul Faza
Option : A
Q5. Who is the author of Ramcharitmanas?
रामचररतमानस के रहचयता कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Tulsidas
c) Kautilya
d) Bhas
Option : B
Tulsidas, the author of Ramcharitmanas, Vinay Patrika, Kavitavali.
Q6. Who is the author of “Akbarnama”?
“अकबरनामा” के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Amir Khusro
b) Babar
c) Gulbadan Begum
d) Abul Fazal
Option : D
Akbarnama is the book of Abul Fazl, it is also Called Ain-e-Akbari.
Q7. Who is the author of “Life Divine”?
“लाइफ हिवाइन” के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Tulsidas
c) Kautilya
d) Arvind Ghosh
Aurobindo Ghosh is the author of Life Divine & ‘Essay on Gita’.
Option : D
Q8. Who is the author of Ratnavali?
रत्नावली के लेखक कौन ैं?
a) Harshvardhan
b) Arvind Ghosh
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Option : A
Q9. Who is the author of “Glimpses of World History”?
“हवश्व इहत ास की झलक” के लेखक कौन ैं?
a) Harshvardhan
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Arvind Ghosh
d) Rajendra Prasad
Option : B
Glimpses of World History and Discovery of India is authored by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Q10. Who is the author of “Satyarth Prakash”?
“सत्यार्थ प्रकाश” के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Arvind Ghosh
d) Rajendra Prasad
Option : A
Satyarth Prakash is the main book of Arya Samaj, which was composed by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati in Hindi in 1875 AD.
Q11. Who is the author of “Bandi Jeevan”?
“ बिंदी जीवन” के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Harshvardhan
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Sachindra Nath Sanyal
d) Rajendra Prasad
Option : C
The author of Bandi Jeevan is Sachindra Nath Sanyal, it is called the Bible of revolutionaries.
Q12. Who is the author of the book Ghulamgiri?
िुलामहिरी पुस्तक के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Harshvardhan
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Arvind Ghosh
d) Jyotiba Phule
Option : D
Jyotiba Phule wrote a book called “Ghulamgiri” in 1873.
Q13. Who is the author of Mudrarakshasa?
मुद्राराक्षस के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Vishakh Dutt
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Arvind Ghosh
d) Jyotiba Phule
Option : A
The author of Mudrarakshas is Visakh Dutt, it is also called a detective book.
Q14. Who is the author of Ashtadhyayi Granth?
अष्टाध्यायी ग्रिंर् के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Harshvardhan
b) Maharishi Panini
c) Arvind Ghosh
d) Jyotiba Phule
Option : B
It is a very ancient text of Sanskrit grammar Composed by Maharishi Panini.
Q15. Who is the author of Buddha Charitra?
बुद्ध चररत्र के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Ashvaghosh
c) Kautilya
d) Arvind Ghosh
Option : B
Ashvaghosha was the vicepresident of the Fourth Buddhist Association which
took place in Kundalvan Kashmir.
Q16. Who is the author of Abhigyan Shakuntalam?
अहिज्ञान शाकिंु तलम् के रचहयता कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Ashvaghosh
c) Kautilya
d) Kalidas
Option : D
Abhigyan Shakuntalam, Ritu Sanghar, Kumar Sambhav, Malavikagnimitram, all these plays have been written by Kalidas.
Q17. Who is the author of “Gita Rahasya”?
“िीता र स्य” के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Kautilya
d) Kalidas
Option : B
Famous magazines of Bal Gangadhar Tilak are Kesari and Maratha.
Q18. Who is the author of the book “Anandmath”?
“आनिंदमठ” पुस्तक के लेखक कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
d) Kalidas
Option : C
The national song of India, Vande Mataram, is taken from the novel Anand Math.
Quick revision of important books
- Geeta Rahasya — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Anandamath — Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- Kadambari — Banabhatta
- Ratnavali — Harshvardhan
- Life Divine — Aurobindo Ghosh
- India Divided — Dr Rajendra Prasad
- Satyarth Prakash — Swami Dayanand Saraswati
- Bandi Jeevan — Sachindra Nath Sanyal
- Ghulamgiri — Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
- Rajatarangini — Kalhan
- Geet Govind — Jaydev
- Ashtadhyayi — Maharishi Panini
- Arthashastra — Kautilya
- Mahabhashya — Patanjali
- Panchatantra — Vishnu Sharma
- Indica — Megasthenese
Question for You
Who is the author of Abhigyan Shakuntalam?
“अहिज्ञान शाकिंु तलम्” के रचहयता कौन ै?
a) Megasthenes
b) Ashvaghosh
c) Kautilya
d) Kalidas
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