Practice Books and authors - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) The book “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” was published in the year
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money was written by the English economist John Maynard Keynes. Published in February 1936, it is largely credited with creating the terminology and shape of modern macroeconomics.
Q-2) The English edition of ‘Gitanjali’ was published in the year
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Q-3) In which of the following year M.K. Gandhi wrote ‘Hind Swaraj’?
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Q-4) Karl Marx wrote
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Das Kapital (1867) by Karl Marx, is a critical analysis of political economy, intended to reveal the economic laws of the capitalist mode of production. Also known as Capital: Critique of Political Economy, it proposes that the motivating force of capitalism is in the exploitation of labour, whose unpaid work is the ultimate source of surplus value and then profit.
Q-5) Who wrote Jungle Book?
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English author Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book in 1894. It is a collection of stories.
Q-6) The author of the book “Zest for Life” is :
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‘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.
Q-7) Consider the following statements: - Bilhana was in the court of Vikramaditya VI Chalukya of Kalyani
- Lakshmidhara was in the court of Govindchandra of Gahadavalas of Kannauj
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Q-8) To whom the line ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is attributed ?
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‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is the opening line of ‘Endymion,’ a poem by John Keats that was first published in 1818. Endymion is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets). Keats based the poem on the Greek myth of Endymion, the shepherd beloved by the moon goddess Selene.
Q-9) ‘Natya Shastra’ was written by
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The Natya Shastra is an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre, dance and music. It was written during the period between 200 BCE and 200 CE in classical India and is traditionally attributed to the Sage Bharata.
Q-10) The book ‘Meghdootam’ is written by
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Meghdootam is written by Kalidasa. The meghaduta is a poem describing the message of departed Yaksha to his wife, to be conveyed through a cloud. Yaksha, a servant of lord, Kubera, made some mistake in his duty; Kubera punished him with a curse, banishing him from Alaka into exile for a period of one year.
Therefore, Yaksha sent his message to his wife through a cloud.
Q-11) Author of the book ‘One-day Wonders’ is
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Q-12) The book ‘Satanic Verses’ was written by
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Salman Rushdie
Q-13) Who is the author of the book “The Three Mistakes In My Life”?
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‘The 3 Mistakes of My Life’ is the third novel written by Chetan Bhagat. The book was published in May 2008. The novel follows the story of three friends and is based in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The movie version of the novel is Kai Po Che!
Q-14) The book ‘India’s Struggle for Independence’ was authored by
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Q-15) The Book ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’ is written by
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Q-16) Which amongst the following is a book written by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan?
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Harivansh Rai Shrivastav alias Bachchan (27 November 1907 – 18 January 2003), was a noted Indian poet of the Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. Prateeksha is one of his famous poems which reads like: “Madhur Prateeksha hi jab itnee, Priye tum aate tab kya hota? Maun raat is bhaanti ki jaise, koi geet veena par baj kar. Abhi abhi soi khoi si, sapno mein taaron par sir dhar.
Aur dishaaon se prati-dhwaniyaan, Jagrat swaro si aati hain. Kaan tumhaari taan kahin se, yadi sun paate tab kya hota? Tumne kab di baat, raat ke soone mein tum aane waale.
Par aise hi waqt praan mann mere ho uth-te matwaale. Saanse ghoom-ghoom phirphir se, asmanjas ke kshan ginti hain. Milne ki ghadiyaan tum nishchit yadi kar jaate tab kya hota?”
Q-17) ‘Na Khatam Honewali Kahani’ (The never ending story) is an autobiography of :
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Na Khatam Hone Wali Kahani is a book by Indian film maker Mahesh Bhatt. The book is his autobiography.
Q-18) The book entitled ‘Indian Struggle’ on Indian National Movement was written by
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Q-19) Consider the following statements: - The Tuzk-e-Babri, or the memoirs of Babur, were translated into Persian by Mirza Abdul Rahim Khan Khana
- Abul Fazl translated the Panch Tantra (Anwar-i-Sahili) into Persian.
- Faizi translated the story of Nal-Damayanti into Persian.
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Q-20) Which among the following is not a work of Rabindranath Tagore ?
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Kapalkundala is a Bengali romance novel by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Published in 1866, it is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love and got married to Nabakumar, a young gentleman from Saptagram, but eventually found that she is unable to adjust herself with the city life.
Following the success of Chattopadhyay’s first novel Durgeshnandini, he decided to write about a girl who is brought up in a remote forest by a Kapalik (Tantrik sage) and never saw anyone but his foster-father.