Books and authors - Question Bank
1. Who wrote the famous Indian epic 'Mahabharata'?
2. 'Animal Farm' is a satirical novella by which author?
3. Who wrote the novel 'A Tale of Two Cities'?
4. 'Frankenstein' is a novel by which author?
5. Who wrote the epic poem 'The Ramayana'?
6. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' is a novel by:
7. Who wrote the collection of fables known as 'Panchatantra'?
8. 'Jane Eyre' is a novel by which author?
9. Who wrote the influential book 'The Prince'?
10. 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' is a famous work by:
11. Who is the author of 'The Mahabharata'?
12. 'Don Quixote' is a seminal novel by which Spanish writer?
13. Who wrote 'The Wealth of Nations'?
14. 'The Catcher in the Rye' is a novel by:
15. Which book is famously associated with the Indian independence movement and written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
16. 'Sense and Sensibility' is a novel by:
17. Who wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
18. 'The Canterbury Tales' is a collection of stories by which English poet?
19. Who authored 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?
20. 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy was written by:
21. Who wrote the influential book 'The Communist Manifesto'?
22. 'The Great Gatsby' is a novel by which American author?
23. Who is credited with writing the ancient Indian treatise 'Arthashastra'?
24. 'The Kite Runner' is a novel by which Afghan-American author?
25. Who wrote the famous novel 'Moby Dick'?
26. 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad' are epic poems attributed to:
27. Who is the author of the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
28. 'Wings of Fire' is the autobiography of which Indian personality?
29. Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
30. 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' was written by:
31. Which work is attributed to Kalidasa?
32. 'The Alchemist' is a novel by which Brazilian author?
33. Who wrote the novel 'The God of Small Things'?
34. 'A Brief History of Time' is a popular science book by which physicist?
35. Who authored the famous play 'Oedipus Rex'?
36. 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' were written by whom?
37. Which Indian poet is known for his work 'The Golden Threshold'?
38. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is a dystopian social science fiction novel by which author?
39. Who wrote the novel 'The Guide'?
40. 'My Experiments with Truth' is the autobiography of which prominent Indian leader?
41. Who is the author of 'The Jungle Book'?
42. 'Gitanjali', a collection of poems, won Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Prize. Who translated it into English?
43. The famous book 'The Republic' is attributed to which Greek philosopher?
44. Who wrote the historical novel 'Malgudi Days'?
45. 'War and Peace' is a renowned novel by which Russian author?
46. Which book is famously associated with Swami Vivekananda?
47. Who penned the classic play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
48. 'The Discovery of India' was written by whom?
49. Which Indian author wrote the epic poem 'Ramcharitmanas'?
50. Who is the author of the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?