Daily GK Challenge

More practice: Books, Authors & Awards

5 more SSC CGL questions from the same chapter, with step-by-step solutions. Try each one, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1medium

   The epic novel 'War and Peace' was written by:

   • ALeo Tolstoy
   • BFyodor Dostoevsky
   • CAnton Chekhov
   • DMaxim Gorky
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   Correct answer: (A) Leo Tolstoy

   'War and Peace' was written by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

2. Q2hard

   The Sanskrit works 'Abhijnanasakuntalam' and 'Meghaduta' were composed by:

   • AJayadeva
   • BKalidasa
   • CBanabhatta
   • DBhasa
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   Correct answer: (B) Kalidasa

   Both 'Abhijnanasakuntalam' and 'Meghaduta' were composed by the classical Sanskrit poet Kalidasa.

3. Q3medium

   'A Brief History of Time' was authored by:

   • ACarl Sagan
   • BIsaac Newton
   • CAlbert Einstein
   • DStephen Hawking
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   Correct answer: (D) Stephen Hawking

   'A Brief History of Time', a popular book on cosmology, was written by physicist Stephen Hawking.

4. Q4hard

   The book 'Das Kapital', a foundational text of communism, was written by:

   • AFriedrich Engels
   • BVladimir Lenin
   • CAdam Smith
   • DKarl Marx
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   Correct answer: (D) Karl Marx

   'Das Kapital' was written by Karl Marx, with later volumes edited by Friedrich Engels.

5. Q5easy

   The novel 'Anandamath', from which India's national song 'Vande Mataram' is taken, was written by:

   • ARabindranath Tagore
   • BBankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
   • CSarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
   • DMichael Madhusudan Dutt
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   Correct answer: (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

   'Anandamath' is a Bengali novel published in 1882, set against the backdrop of the Sannyasi Rebellion. It contains the song 'Vande Mataram', later adopted as the national song. Tagore wrote the national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana', which is the usual confusion. Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.