books & authors section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 6

Consider the following statements:

  1. Patron of Jinasena was Amoghavarsha (Rashtrakuta King)
  2. Patron of Jaideva was Lakshmanasena (Bengal)
Select the correct answer

a) Both 1 & 2

b) Neither of the above

c) 2 only

d) 1 only

Answer: (a)

Question : 7

The original name of ‘Mahabharata’ is

a) Vrahat Katha

b) Rajatarangini

c) Katha Saritsagar

d) Jai Samhita

Answer: (d)

Question : 8 [SSC CML 2001]

The author of the book ‘Animal Farm’ is

a) George Orwell

b) S.M. All

c) Leo Tolstoy

d) John Dryden

Answer: (a)

Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then on into the Stalin era in the Soviet Union.

Question : 9 [SSC SO 2005]

Who wrote the play “Uttararamacharita”?

a) Tulsidas

b) Sudraka

c) Harsha

d) Bhavabhuti

Answer: (d)

Bhavabhuti was an 8th-century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit. His plays are considered equivalent to the works of Kalidasa.

Bhavbhuti was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family of Padmapura, Vidarbha, central India, in Gondia district, on Maharashtra and MP border. His real name was SrikanthaNilakantha, and he was the son of Nilakantha and Jatukarni. He received his education at ‘Padmapawaya’, a place some 42 km South-West of Gwalior.

Question : 10 [IAS (Pre) 2003]

Who is the author of the book ‘New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy’?

a) P.C. Alexander

b) A.B. Vajpayee

c) Yashwant Sinha

d) Jaswant Singh

Answer: (b)

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