Poets and Authors Quiz Questions MCQs GK
1. Who wrote Khet Kautukam and Dwawishd Yogavalli ?
Answer: Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana(1556-1626)
2. Who wrote Bijak, Sakhi Granth, Kabir Granthawali and Anurag Sagar ?
Answer: Kabir (1398-1518)
3. Who wrote Padmavat ?
Answer: Malik Muhammad Jayasi(1477-1542)
4. Whose poems included in Guru Grantha Sahib ?
Answer: Swami Ramanand(1299-1410)
5. In which language Ramcharitmanas was written ?
Answer: Awadhi
6. Which Poet called the rebel poet for his fierce resistance to all forms of repression ?
Answer: Kazi Nazrul Islam
7. Which Writer considered to be the first Odiya writer ?
Answer: Sarala Das
8. In which topics Agam based on ?
Answer: It is based on personal and human aspects such as love and sexual things.
9. As per Tamil Tradition, who invented the Tamil Language ?
Answer: Rishi Agasyta
10. How many books are there in Tolkappiyam ?
Answer: Ezhuttadikaram, Solladikaram and Poruladikaram.
11. Which is the most famous book ascribed to Samarath Ramdas ?
Answer: Dasbodh
12. In which Script of Marathi Language Bakhars are written ?
Answer: Modi Script
13. Who has written famous play Natsamrat ?
Answer: Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar(1912-1999)
14. Who is the first Indian thinker to give the idea of a “welfare state” ?
Answer: Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade(1842-1901)
15. Who formed Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873 ?
Answer: Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule(1827-1890)
16. Who helped in the establishment of the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha and the Prarthana Samaj ?
Answer: Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade(1842-1901)
17. Who has written Pratham Pratisruti ?
Answer: Ashapoorna Devi(1909-1995)
18. Who has written “Early Indians: The story of our ancestors and where we came from” ?
Answer: Tony Joseph
19. Who has written “Lutyens Maverick” ?
Answer: Jay Panda
20. Who has written “A Crusade Against Corruption” ?
Answer: Manohar Manoj
21. Who is Known as Pioneer of Dalit writings in Marathi ?
Answer: Baburao Bagul
22. Which is the first Marathi-English Fortnightly Magazine ?
Answer: Darpan
23. Who was the first professional Marathi Journalist ?
Answer: Govind Vithal Kunte
24. Who has written “We are displaced” ?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai
25. Who has written Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India ?
Answer: P. Chidambaram
26. Who has written “Celestial Bodies” ?
Answer: Jokha Alharthi
27. Who has written “Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition” ?
Answer: Saba Naqvi
28. Who has written “The Forest of Enchantments” ?
Answer: Chitra Banerjee
29. Who has written “The Fate of Butterflies” ?
Answer: Nayantara Sahgal
30. Who has written “Dopehri” ?
Answer: Pankaj Kapur
31. Who has written “Khooni Vaisakhi” ?
Answer: Nanak Singh
32. Who has written “The Delhi Conspiracy” ?
Answer: Meenakshi Lekhi’s co-authored with Krishna Kumar
33. Who has written “Changing India” ?
Answer: Manmohan Singh
34. Who has written “India unmade: How the Modi Government Broke the Economy” ?
Answer: Yashwant Sinha
35. Who has written “Healed” ?
Answer: Manisha Koirala
36. Who has written “Blue Waters Ahoy” ?
Answer: Vice Admiral Anup Singh
37. Who has written “Chandalika” ?
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
38. Who has written “Comedy of Errors” ?
Answer: William Shakespeare
39. Who has written “Communist Manifesto” ?
Answer: Karl Marx
40. Who has written “death of City” ?
Answer: Amrita Pritam
41. Who has written “Essays of Gita” ?
Answer: Sir Aurobindo Ghosh
42. Who has written “Glimpses of World History” ?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
43. Who has written “Godfather” ?
Answer: Maria Puzo
44. Who has written “Hungry Stones” ?
Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore
45. Who has written “Mahatma Gandhi” ?
Answer: Romain Rolland