Clear Light of Day, a novel about a family in Old Delhi, was written by whom?
Correct answer D. Anita Desai
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Books and Authors MCQs
Books and Authors MCQs test whether you can match famous books, poems and works with the writers who created them, a regular part of general knowledge papers. This small set on MCQs360 currently has questions, and each one shows its correct answer instantly so you can check yourself straight away.
The novella The Old Man and the Sea was written by whom?
Correct answer B. Ernest Hemingway
Things Fall Apart, a landmark of African literature, was written by whom?
Correct answer D. Chinua Achebe
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Wuthering Heights was written by which of the Bronte sisters?
Correct answer C. Emily Bronte
A Passage to India, set around an incident at the Marabar Caves, was written by whom?
Correct answer C. E. M. Forster
Who wrote the novel Kim, set in British India?
Correct answer B. Rudyard Kipling
Train to Pakistan, a novel about the Partition of 1947, was written by whom?
Correct answer A. Khushwant Singh
Ice-Candy-Man, published in the US as Cracking India, was written by which Pakistani novelist?
Correct answer D. Bapsi Sidhwa
The Guide and the Malgudi stories were written by which Indian author?
Correct answer A. R. K. Narayan
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The novel Untouchable (1935), about a day in the life of a sweeper, was written by whom?
Correct answer D. Mulk Raj Anand
Who wrote the long novel A Suitable Boy, set in newly independent India?
Correct answer A. Vikram Seth
Burnt Shadows, a novel beginning in Nagasaki in 1945, was written by which Pakistani author?
Correct answer D. Kamila Shamsie
Moth Smoke, a novel set in Lahore, was the debut novel of which author?
Correct answer D. Mohsin Hamid
A Golden Age, a novel set during the 1971 war in East Pakistan, was written by which author?
Correct answer A. Tahmima Anam
Twilight in Delhi, a 1940 novel about Muslim family life in old Delhi, was written by whom?
Correct answer C. Ahmed Ali
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Don Quixote, often called the first modern novel, was written by whom?
Correct answer B. Miguel de Cervantes
Who wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost?
Correct answer A. John Milton
The novel Crime and Punishment was written by which Russian author?
Correct answer A. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Who is the author of Oliver Twist?
Correct answer B. Charles Dickens
Les Miserables, the story of Jean Valjean, was written by whom?
Correct answer A. Victor Hugo
About Books and Authors MCQs
Books and Authors is a classic General Knowledge area in which you link titles with their writers, such as Bang-e-Dra with Allama Iqbal, Gitanjali with Rabindranath Tagore and The Wealth of Nations with Adam Smith. This section is still small, and its current questions lean towards international affairs, including the venue of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague and the Order of the Cloud and Banner, a military honour of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Keep a running list of notable works and authors from Urdu, English and world literature as you revise.
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Frequently asked questions
Who wrote Bang-e-Dra?
Bang-e-Dra was written by Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Published in 1924, it was his first collection of Urdu poetry and includes well-known poems such as Tarana-e-Hind and Shikwa. Iqbal's works are frequently asked about in Pakistani general knowledge and Pakistan Affairs papers.
Who wrote The Wealth of Nations?
The Wealth of Nations was written by the Scottish economist Adam Smith and published in 1776. It explains the division of labour, free markets and the idea of the invisible hand, and is often called the foundation of modern economics. It is a common question in GK and economics tests.
Last reviewed October 2026