Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Books and Authors-GK

81

What is unique about the film 'Adi Shankaracharya'?

A) It has won the National Award. B) It is the first Bengal film. C) It is the first Sanskrit film. D) It has no female actress.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

Adi Shankaracharya is a 1983 Indian film in Sanskrit language directed by G. V. Iyer. The film depicts the life and times of 8^th century Hindu philosopher, Adi Shankaracharya, who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta (Non - dualism) in Hindu philosophy. It was the first film in India to be made in Sanskrit.

82

'Crime and Punishment' was written by -

A) Fyodor Dostoevsky B) Vladimir Nabakov C) Lewis Carrol D) Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Crime and Punishment' was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

83

Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book -

A) India Divided B) Unhappy India C) Mother India D) Hind Swaraj

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Lala Lajpat Rai is the author of the book 'Unhappy India'

84

Who has written the book entitled 'Hind Swaraj' ?

A) Lala Lajpat Rai B) Mahatma Gandhi C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad D) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is a book written by Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1909.

85

The book 'Springing Tiger' was written by -

A) Hugh Toye B) Louis Fisher C) Webb Miller D) None of the above

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

The book 'Springing Tiger' was written by Hugh Toye.

86

'Beyond time' is the book written by -

A) Namita Gokhale B) Ruskin Bond C) William Balrymple D) None of these

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

'Beyond time' is the book written by Swapnil Jha.

87

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Who said this?

A) Mother Teresa B) Abraham Lincoln C) Walt Disney D) Kennedy

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world" was said by Mother Teresa.

88

Panchatantra has been written by :

A) Kalidas B) Surdas C) Vishakhadatta D) Vishnu Sharma

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

The Panchatantra means five books. It is possibly the oldest surviving collection of Indian fables, having been written around 200 BC by Pandit Vishnu Sharma, a Hindu scholar.

89

The author of the book "Zest for Life" is -

A) Mark Twain B) Emile Zola C) Virginia Wolf D) H. G. Walls

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

‘Zest for Life’ is a famous book by Emile Zola. It was originally published in 1884 as ‘La Joie de vivre.’ It was translated into English by Ernest A. Vizetelly as How Jolly Life Is! in 1888 (reissued in 1901 as The Joy of Life) and by Jean Stewart as Zest for Life in 1955.

90

The book "Six Machine : I don't Like Cricket .... I Love It" is the autobiography of which cricketer?

A) Yuvraj Singh B) Chris Gayle C) Virender Sehwag D) AB de Villiers

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option B

Solution:

The book “Six Machine: I Don’t Like Cricket … I Love It” is the autobiography of Chris Gayle, a Jamaican cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies. The book chronicles how a shy, skinny kid from a tin - roofed shack in the back streets of Kingston became one of the most well-known stars in the global cricketing arena.