MCQ – GK Questions

Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein' in 1818. It is considered one of the earliest science fiction novels.

Vishakhadatta wrote 'Mudrarakshasa', a historical play depicting the rise of Chandragupta Maurya with the help of Chanakya.

Govardhanram Tripathi wrote 'Saraswatichandra', a four-volume novel considered a masterpiece of Gujarati literature.

Dante Alighieri wrote 'The Divine Comedy' in the early 14th century. It describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born British novelist, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his uncompromising penetration of the effects of colonialism.

J.D. Salinger published 'The Catcher in the Rye' in 1951. It is a classic novel about teenage alienation.

Kalidasa wrote 'Meghaduta', a lyric poem where a yaksha asks a cloud to carry a message to his wife.

Aldous Huxley wrote 'Brave New World' in 1932. It depicts a futuristic society driven by technology and conditioning.

U.R. Ananthamurthy wrote 'Samskara' in 1965. It deals with caste and ritual purity in a Brahmin community.

Mulk Raj Anand wrote 'Coolie' in 1936, highlighting the exploitation of laborers in colonial India.

Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright, wrote 'A Doll's House' in 1879. It is a key work of modern realistic drama.

The Prix Goncourt is a French literary prize given to the author of 'the best and most imaginative prose work of the year'.

Leo Tolstoy wrote 'Anna Karenina', published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877. It is a tragic story of love and society.

The Charaka Samhita is one of the two foundational texts of Ayurveda, the other being the Sushruta Samhita.

Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar wrote 'Yayati', for which he won the Jnanpith Award in 1974.

James Joyce, an Irish modernist writer, published 'Ulysses' in 1922. It is a landmark novel paralleling Homer's Odyssey.

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. C.V. Raman won in Physics, Mother Teresa in Peace, and Amartya Sen in Economics.

Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian author, wrote 'The Alchemist' in 1988. It is a philosophical novel about following one's dreams.

Panini wrote the 'Ashtadhyayi', a foundational text of Sanskrit grammar, around the 5th century BCE.

6. Scott Fitzgerald published 'The Great Gatsby' in 1925. It is a critique of the American Dream during the Jazz Age.