Books and Authors— Concepts, Formulas & Shortcuts
- Autobiographies: My Experiments with Truth (Gandhi), Wings of Fire (A.P.J. Abdul Kalam).
- Jawaharlal Nehru wrote The Discovery of India and Glimpses of World History.
- Classical: Arthashastra (Kautilya), Abhijnanashakuntalam (Kalidasa), Rajatarangini (Kalhana).
- Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali.
- Modern Indian English: The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie).
- Hindi literature: Godan and Gaban by Munshi Premchand.
Books and Authors Practice Questions with Answers
Attempt each question first, then open the explanation. All 10 questions below are free to read and require no signup.
Q1.Who wrote The Discovery of India?
Easy- AMahatma Gandhi
- BJawaharlal Nehru
- CB.R. Ambedkar
- DSardar Patel
Books and Authors question 1 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: B. Jawaharlal Nehru
Explanation: Nehru wrote it during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort in 1944.
Q2.Wings of Fire is the autobiography of:
Easy- AVikram Sarabhai
- BA.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- CHomi Bhabha
- DC.V. Raman
Books and Authors question 2 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: B. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Explanation: It is Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's autobiography, co-written with Arun Tiwari.
Q3.Gitanjali was written by:
Easy- ASarojini Naidu
- BRabindranath Tagore
- CBankim Chandra Chatterjee
- DMunshi Premchand
Books and Authors question 3 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: B. Rabindranath Tagore
Explanation: Tagore's Gitanjali won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
Q4.My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of:
Easy- AJawaharlal Nehru
- BMahatma Gandhi
- CSubhas Chandra Bose
- DLal Bahadur Shastri
Books and Authors question 4 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: B. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: It is Gandhi's account of his own life and moral experiments.
Q5.The Arthashastra was written by:
Moderate- AKalidasa
- BKautilya
- CPanini
- DBanabhatta
Books and Authors question 5 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: B. Kautilya
Explanation: Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, wrote this treatise on statecraft and economics.
Q6.Godan was written by:
Moderate- AMunshi Premchand
- BHarivansh Rai Bachchan
- CMahadevi Verma
- DJaishankar Prasad
Books and Authors question 6 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: A. Munshi Premchand
Explanation: Godan is Munshi Premchand's celebrated Hindi novel about rural indebtedness.
Q7.The God of Small Things was written by:
Moderate- AKiran Desai
- BArundhati Roy
- CAnita Desai
- DJhumpa Lahiri
Books and Authors question 7 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: B. Arundhati Roy
Explanation: Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize for it in 1997.
Q8.Malgudi Days was written by:
Moderate- AR.K. Narayan
- BMulk Raj Anand
- CRaja Rao
- DKhushwant Singh
Books and Authors question 8 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: A. R.K. Narayan
Explanation: R.K. Narayan set his stories in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.
Q9.Abhijnanashakuntalam was composed by:
Moderate- AKalidasa
- BBhasa
- CKautilya
- DKalhana
Books and Authors question 9 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: A. Kalidasa
Explanation: Kalidasa wrote this classical Sanskrit play about Shakuntala.
Q10.Midnight's Children was written by:
Moderate- AVikram Seth
- BSalman Rushdie
- CAmitav Ghosh
- DRohinton Mistry
Books and Authors question 10 of 10+Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: B. Salman Rushdie
Explanation: Salman Rushdie's novel won the Booker Prize in 1981.
Books and Authors — Frequently Asked Questions
Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?+
Rabindranath Tagore, in 1913, for Gitanjali — he was also the first non-European laureate in that category.
Which books recur most often in exams?+
The Discovery of India, Wings of Fire, My Experiments with Truth, Gitanjali, Arthashastra and Godan appear repeatedly across SSC, banking and state papers.
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