100 Static GK Questions on Books and Authors
This list of questions and answers on famous books and authors is curated for candidates preparing for various competitive examinations like SSC, UPSC, IBPS, and other state-level exams.
Ancient and Medieval Indian Literature
Who is the author of the ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, "Arthashastra"?
Kautilya (Chanakya)
The epic poem "Ramayana" is attributed to which sage?
Valmiki
Who wrote the epic "Mahabharata"?
Ved Vyasa
The famous Sanskrit play "Abhijnanasakuntalam" was written by which classical Indian poet?
Kalidasa
Kalidasa's collection of poems about the seasons is titled what?
"Ritu Samhara"
The ancient Indian text "Panchatantra," a collection of fables, was authored by whom?
Vishnu Sharma
Who wrote the Sanskrit grammar treatise "Ashtadhyayi"?
Panini
"Harshacharita," the biography of King Harshavardhana, was written by which court poet?
Banabhatta
The "Panchsidhantika" and "Brihat Samhita," important works in Indian astronomy, were written by whom?
Varahamihira
The historical book "Rajatarangini," a chronicle of the kings of Kashmir, was written by whom?
Kalhana
"Kitab-ul-Hind," which provides an account of India in the 11th century, was written by which scholar?
Al-Biruni
Who wrote the famous book "Akbarnama," the official history of the reign of Akbar?
Abul Fazl
The autobiography of the Mughal Emperor Babur is known as what?
"Baburnama" (or Tuzuk-e Babri)
Who wrote the devotional poem "Gita Govinda" in Sanskrit?
Jayadeva
Which Sufi poet and scholar, known as the "Parrot of India," wrote "Tughlaqnama"?
Amir Khusrau
Who is the author of "Prithviraj Raso," an epic poem about the life of Prithviraj Chauhan?
Chand Bardai
The famous Persian book "Humayun-nama" was written by whom?
Gulbadan Begum
Who wrote "Ain-i-Akbari," a detailed document on the administration of the Mughal Empire under Akbar?
Abul Fazl
"The Interpretation of Dreams," a foundational text in psychoanalysis, was written by whom?
Sigmund Freud
Who wrote "The Rights of Man," a key text of the Age of Enlightenment?
Thomas Paine
Modern Indian Literature
Who wrote the patriotic novel "Anandamath," which contains the national song "Vande Mataram"?
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
"Gitanjali," a collection of poems for which the author won the Nobel Prize, was written by whom?
Rabindranath Tagore
Which autobiography, written by Mahatma Gandhi, is a crucial text of the Indian freedom movement?
"My Experiments with Truth"
Who authored "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India," a book that exposed the economic exploitation by the British?
Dadabhai Naoroji
"India Wins Freedom," an account of the Partition of India, is the autobiography of which freedom fighter?
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Who wrote "The Discovery of India" and "Glimpses of World History" while in prison?
Jawaharlal Nehru
"The Golden Threshold" and "The Broken Wing" are poetic works by which "Nightingale of India"?
Sarojini Naidu
Which Indian writer, known for his fictional town of Malgudi, wrote "Swami and Friends" and "The Guide"?
R. K. Narayan
The novel "Coolie," which depicts the plight of the poor in British India, was written by whom?
Mulk Raj Anand
"Train to Pakistan," a historical novel about the Partition, was authored by whom?
Khushwant Singh
The Booker Prize-winning novel "The God of Small Things" was written by which author?
Arundhati Roy
Who wrote "Midnight's Children," a novel that won the Booker Prize in 1981?
Salman Rushdie
The novel "The White Tiger," which won the Booker Prize in 2008, was written by whom?
Aravind Adiga
The author of "A Suitable Boy," one of the longest novels ever published in the English language, is whom?
Vikram Seth
The autobiography "Wings of Fire" is the life story of which former Indian President?
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Which author wrote the novel "Tomb of Sand," for which she won the International Booker Prize in 2022?
Geetanjali Shree
"The Great Indian Novel," a satirical novel re-imagining the Mahabharata in the context of Indian politics, was written by whom?
Shashi Tharoor
The book "I Too Had a Love Story" was written by which author?
Ravinder Singh
"Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition" is a novel by which popular Indian author?
Chetan Bhagat
Who wrote "Pinjar," a novel about the abduction of a Hindu girl by a Muslim man during the Partition?
Amrita Pritam
Which author wrote "The Immortals of Meluha," the first book in the Shiva Trilogy?
Amish Tripathi
"Godan," a novel about the socio-economic exploitation of the Indian peasantry, was written by whom?
Munshi Premchand
Who is the author of "My Unforgettable Memories," the autobiography of a former Chief Minister of West Bengal?
Mamata Banerjee
The autobiography of former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla is titled what?
"Every Vote Counts: The Story of India's Elections"
"The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" is a self-help book written by whom?
Robin Sharma
The book "What Young India Wants" was written by which author?
Chetan Bhagat
Who is the author of "Unbreakable," the autobiography of the Indian boxer Mary Kom?
Mary Kom
The book "A Century Is Not Enough" is the autobiography of which former Indian cricket captain?
Sourav Ganguly
The biography "The Idea of India" was written by whom?
Sunil Khilnani
"The Argumentative Indian," a book of essays on Indian history and culture, was written by whom?
Amartya Sen
World Literature and Authors
"Hamlet" and "Macbeth" are classic tragedies written by whom?
William Shakespeare
The novel "War and Peace," which depicts the French invasion of Russia, was written by whom?
Leo Tolstoy
Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice," a novel about the Bennet sisters and their search for husbands?
Jane Austen
The fantasy series "Harry Potter," a global phenomenon, was written by which author?
J. K. Rowling
Who wrote the science-fiction novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four"?
George Orwell
The novel "The Alchemist," a story about an Andalusian shepherd boy, was written by which Brazilian author?
Paulo Coelho
Who wrote "The Lord of the Rings," a high fantasy novel?
J. R. R. Tolkien
The famous children's book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was written by whom?
Lewis Carroll
"The Great Gatsby," a novel about the American Dream, was written by whom?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a masterpiece of magical realism by which author?
Gabriel García Márquez
Who wrote the famous Gothic novel "Frankenstein"?
Mary Shelley
The children's book series "The Chronicles of Narnia" was written by which British author?
C. S. Lewis
Who is the author of the novel "David Copperfield" and "A Tale of Two Cities"?
Charles Dickens
"Mein Kampf" (My Struggle), the autobiography of Adolf Hitler, was written during his imprisonment in 1924.
Adolf Hitler
The book "A Brief History of Time," which popularizes cosmology, was written by whom?
Stephen Hawking
Who wrote "The Origin of Species," a foundational work of evolutionary biology?
Charles Darwin
The novel "Jane Eyre," a famous work of Gothic fiction, was written by whom?
Charlotte Brontë
Who wrote the popular series "A Song of Ice and Fire," which was adapted into the TV series "Game of Thrones"?
George R. R. Martin
"The Old Man and the Sea," a novel about an aging Cuban fisherman, was written by whom?
Ernest Hemingway
The book "The World as I See It," a collection of essays and letters, was written by whom?
Albert Einstein
The novel "Animal Farm" is a satirical novella about a farm where animals overthrow their human farmer. Who wrote it?
George Orwell
"The Jungle Book," a collection of stories about a boy named Mowgli, was written by whom?
Rudyard Kipling
Who wrote "Ulysses," a novel considered one of the most important works of modernist literature?
James Joyce
The novel "The Stranger," a classic of existentialist philosophy, was written by whom?
Albert Camus
Who wrote the famous detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes?
Arthur Conan Doyle
The novel "Don Quixote," a seminal work of modern Western literature, was written by whom?
Miguel de Cervantes
Who wrote the collection of short stories "Interpreter of Maladies," which won the Pulitzer Prize?
Jhumpa Lahiri
The novel "The Inheritance of Loss," which won the Man Booker Prize in 2006, was written by whom?
Kiran Desai
Who is the author of the philosophical novel "Siddhartha"?
Hermann Hesse
"The Diary of a Young Girl," a book about a teenager hiding from the Nazis, was written by whom?
Anne Frank
Miscellaneous Books and Authors
"The Room on the Roof" is the debut novel of which Indian author of British descent?
Ruskin Bond
Who wrote the political drama "Mudrarakshasa"?
Vishakhadatta
The book "Pather Panchali," which was later adapted into a famous film, was written by whom?
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Who wrote the historical novel "The Last Mughal"?
William Dalrymple
The book "We, the People" is a classic work on the Indian Constitution written by whom?
N. A. Palkhivala
Who is the author of "Tamas," a Hindi novel about the Partition of India?
Bhisham Sahni
The book "My Life, My Mission" is the autobiography of which yoga guru?
Baba Ramdev
"I Dare," an autobiography, was written by which former Indian police officer?
Kiran Bedi
Who wrote the book "Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India"?
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
The book "The Making of India" was written by which author?
Akhilesh Tilotia
Who is the author of the book "India Unbound"?
Gurcharan Das
"The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo" are adventure novels by whom?
Alexandre Dumas
The book "The Old Man and the Sea" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in which year?
1953
The novel "The Guide" by R. K. Narayan was adapted into a classic film in which year?
1965
"Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Life, Work and Leadership" is the autobiography of which former SBI Chairman?
Arundhati Bhattacharya
The book "Straight from the Heart" is the autobiography of which Indian cricket legend?
Kapil Dev
Who wrote "The Golden House"?
Salman Rushdie
Who is the author of the book "Interpreter of Maladies," which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000?
Jhumpa Lahiri
The book "The Kiss of Life," an account of his battle with cancer, was co-authored by whom?
Emraan Hashmi and Bilal Siddiqi
Who wrote "The God of Small Things"? * Arundhati Roy
