1
"Midnight's Children", which won the Booker Prize in 1981, was written by:
Correct answer: C. Salman Rushdie
The novel follows children born at the moment of India's independence; it later won the "Booker of Bookers".
easy
Famous Books and Their Authors MCQs
Solved static GK MCQs on famous books and authors: Booker-winning Indian novels, books by freedom fighters, ancient Indian classics and world classics.
20 MCQsUpdated 27 October 2026
Who wrote what? This set pairs famous Indian and world books with their authors, from Booker Prize winners and classic Indian novels to world literature such as War and Peace.
Book questions often use novels with a historical link, such as the novel containing the national song. Connect each book with its author and one fact about it, and close options become easy to rule out.
- 2
"The God of Small Things" (Booker Prize, 1997) was written by:
Correct answer: D. Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy's debut novel is set in Ayemenem, Kerala.
easy - 3
"The White Tiger", which won the Booker Prize in 2008, was written by:
Correct answer: B. Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga's novel follows a village boy who becomes a driver in Delhi.
medium - 4
"The Inheritance of Loss" (Booker Prize, 2006) was written by:
Correct answer: A. Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is the daughter of the novelist Anita Desai, who was herself shortlisted for the Booker three times.
medium - 5
"A Suitable Boy" was written by:
Correct answer: A. Vikram Seth
Published in 1993, it is one of the longest novels ever printed in a single volume in English.
easy - 6
"Malgudi Days", set in a fictional South Indian town, was written by:
Correct answer: A. R. K. Narayan
R. K. Narayan's stories about Malgudi were later turned into a popular TV series.
easy - 7
Which freedom fighter wrote "India Wins Freedom", an account of the national movement?
Correct answer: D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Azad's account of the freedom struggle was published in 1959; some pages were released only in 1988.
medium - 8
"The Story of My Experiments with Truth" is the autobiography of:
Correct answer: B. Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhiji wrote it in Gujarati as weekly instalments in the 1920s.
easy - 9
"Anandamath", the novel that contains the song "Vande Mataram", was written by:
Correct answer: B. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Bankim Chandra's Bengali novel (1882) is set during the Sannyasi Rebellion.
easy - 10
"Glimpses of World History", written as letters to his daughter from prison, is by:
Correct answer: A. Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru wrote these letters to Indira between 1930 and 1933.
medium - 11
"Annihilation of Caste" was written by:
Correct answer: D. B. R. Ambedkar
Dr Ambedkar wrote it in 1936 as a speech that the organisers refused to let him deliver, so he published it himself.
medium - 12
"Train to Pakistan", a novel about the Partition, was written by:
Correct answer: C. Khushwant Singh
Published in 1956, it is set in the fictional border village of Mano Majra.
easy - 13
The novel "Untouchable" (1935) was written by:
Correct answer: C. Mulk Raj Anand
It describes one day in the life of Bakha, a young sweeper, and shows the cruelty of untouchability.
medium - 14
The Sanskrit political drama "Mudrarakshasa", about Chanakya and Chandragupta, was written by:
Correct answer: D. Vishakhadatta
Vishakhadatta's play shows Chanakya winning over Rakshasa, the minister of the Nandas.
hard - 15
"Rajatarangini", a history of the kings of Kashmir, was written in the 12th century by:
Correct answer: C. Kalhana
Kalhana completed it around 1148–49 CE; it is one of the earliest works of history in India.
medium - 16
The Persian epic "Shahnameh" (Book of Kings) was written by:
Correct answer: B. Firdausi
Firdausi completed it around 1010 CE; it tells the history and legends of Persia's kings.
medium - 17
"War and Peace" was written by:
Correct answer: D. Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy's novel (1869) is set in Russia during Napoleon's invasion.
easy - 18
"Das Kapital" was written by:
Correct answer: B. Karl Marx
Marx's critique of capitalism (volume 1, 1867); Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations".
easy - 19
"On the Origin of Species" (1859), which set out the theory of evolution by natural selection, was written by:
Correct answer: A. Charles Darwin
Darwin's book argued that species change over generations through natural selection.
easy - 20
The novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", about a society under total surveillance, was written by:
Correct answer: C. George Orwell
Orwell (born in Motihari, Bihar, in 1903) published it in 1949; "Big Brother" comes from this book.
medium