Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Books and Authors-GK

Geoffrey Chaucer is called as "The Father of English Poetry".

Neem Ka Ped is an Indian television drama - series that was edited and directed by Gurbir Singh Grewal and produced by Nawman Malik. It was written by Rahi Masoom Raza.

The Power and the Glory is a 1940 novel by British author Graham Greene.

George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.

Mrichchhakatika (The Little Clay Cart) is a ten - act Sanskrit drama attributed to Shudraka, an ancient playwright who is possibly from the 5th century CE, and who is identified by the prologue as a Kshatriya.

Anandmath is a 1952 Hindi patriotic - historical film directed by Hemen Gupta, based on 'Anandmath', the famous Bengali novel written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882. The novel and film are set in the events of the Sannyasi Rebellion, which took place in the late 18th century in eastern India, especially Bengal.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is an Indian film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, lyricist and actor. His better known films include Parinda, 1942 : A Love Story, Munna Bhai film series, 3 Idiots, PK, Sanju, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga and Shikara.

Henry David Thoreau in 1849 said :
"We've heard it said, that government is best which governs least.
That government is best which governs not at all,
and when men are prepared for it,
that will be the kind of government they will have".

M. O. Mathai (Mundapallil Oommen Mathai) was the Private Secretary to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He is primarily famed for his controversial memoirs in 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age' (1978) and 'My Days with Nehru' (1979).

'Savitri : A Legend and a Symbol' is an epic poem in blank verse by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, based upon the theology from the Mahabharata.