Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Books and Authors-GK

The serial 'India's Rajiv' was produced and directed by Simi Garewal.

The Mahabharata in its original version was called Jaya Samhita, and it was written down by Ganesha and narrated by Maharishi Ved Vyasa. The original epic had only 8800 shlokas and was called Jaya. Then it was called Vijaya, then Bharata and finally Mahabharata.

Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher said that 'man without society is either a beast or a God'. According to him man can not live without a society and he is thus solely dependent on society.

Arnold Toynbee has written the famous book 'Mankind and Mother Earth'.

'Maya Memsaab' is a film directed by Ketan Mehta.

Balwant Gargi is the author of the book 'Naked Triangle'.

Bernardo Bertolucci was an Italian director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, Stealing Beauty, and The Dreamers.

'Hell's Angel' is a television documentary programme criticising Mother Teresa which premiered in the UK on Channel 4's Without Walls arts strand on 8 November 1994. It was hosted by Christopher Hitchens, directed by Jenny Morgan, and produced by journalist Tariq Ali.

Mark Twain was an American humorist, novelist, and travel writer. Today he is best remembered as the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).

'The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad' is a book by Fareed Zakaria analyzing the variables that allow a liberal democracy to flourish and the pros and cons of the global focus on democracy as the building block of a more stable society rather than liberty.