Famous Books and Authors

Question 1

'Discovery of India' was written by:‌​‍

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Jawaharlal Nehru — Jawaharlal Nehru wrote Discovery of India in 1946 while in prison.‌​‍

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Gandhi

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Ambedkar

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Tagore

Question 2

'My Experiments with Truth' is the autobiography of:‌​‍

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Mahatma Gandhi — Gandhi's autobiography 'My Experiments with Truth' was originally in Gujarati.‌​‍

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Ambedkar

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Tagore

Question 3

Arthashastra was written by:‌​‍

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Kautilya — Kautilya (Chanakya) wrote Arthashastra — a treatise on statecraft and economics.‌​‍

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Megasthenes

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Aryabhata

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Kalidasa

Question 4

'Wings of Fire' is the autobiography of:‌​‍

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Abdul Kalam — A.P.J. ‌​‍Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire — his autobiography describing his life and career.

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Vikram Sarabhai

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Homi Bhabha

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C.V. Raman

Question 5

'Gitanjali' was written by:‌​‍

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Tagore — Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.‌​‍

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Premchand

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Bankim Chandra

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Sarojini Naidu

Question 6

'Indica' was written by:‌​‍

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Megasthenes — Megasthenes (Greek ambassador to Chandragupta Maurya) wrote Indica about India.‌​‍

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Fa Hien

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Ibn Battuta

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Hiuen Tsang

Question 7

'Mein Kampf' was written by:‌​‍

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Adolf Hitler — Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle) outlining his ideology.‌​‍

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Stalin

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Mussolini

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Churchill

Question 8

'Origin of Species' was written by:‌​‍

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Charles Darwin — Charles Darwin wrote Origin of Species (1859), proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection.‌​‍

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Newton

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Einstein

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Mendel

Question 9

'Wealth of Nations' was written by:‌​‍

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Adam Smith — Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations (1776) — foundation of modern economics.‌​‍

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Karl Marx

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Keynes

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Ricardo

Question 10

'Abhijnanashakuntalam' was written by:‌​‍

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Kalidasa — Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala) — considered the finest Sanskrit drama.‌​‍

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Bhasa

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Bharavi

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Magha

Question 11

'Communist Manifesto' was written by:‌​‍

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Marx and Engels — Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848.‌​‍

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Lenin

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Stalin

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Mao

Question 12

The autobiography 'Long Walk to Freedom' is by:‌​‍

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Nelson Mandela — Nelson Mandela wrote Long Walk to Freedom about his life and struggle against apartheid.‌​‍

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Barack Obama

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Mahatma Gandhi

Question 13

'Panchatantra' was written by:‌​‍

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Vishnu Sharma — Vishnu Sharma wrote Panchatantra — a collection of animal fables for teaching practical wisdom.‌​‍

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Valmiki

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Vyasa

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Tulsidas

Question 14

'Si-Yu-Ki' was written by:‌​‍

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Hiuen Tsang — Hiuen Tsang (Chinese traveller) wrote Si-Yu-Ki about his travels in India during Harsha's reign.‌​‍

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Fa Hien

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Marco Polo

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Ibn Battuta

Question 15

'Rihla' was written by:‌​‍

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Ibn Battuta — Ibn Battuta wrote Rihla (Travels) about his journeys including his time in Muhammad bin Tughlaq's India.‌​‍

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Al-Biruni

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Marco Polo

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Megasthenes

Famous Books and Authors