WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2023

Q. Which one of the following is a novel by Rabindranath Tagore?

(A) Jagir
(B) Durgeshnandini
(C) Gora
(D) Ganadevata

Correct Answer: (C) Gora.

Q. Who is the author of the book “India After Gandhi The History of the World’s Largest Democracy”?

(A) Madhav Gandhi
(B) Romila Thapar
(C) Ramachandra Guha
(D) Sujit Mukherjee

Correct Answer: (C) Ramachandra Guha.

Q. “The Last Ethic” is a book written by

(A) Leopold
(B) Carson
(C) Hardin
(D) White

Correct Answer: (A) Leopold.

Q. Which book was written by Kalhana?

(A) Harshacharita
(B) Arthashastra
(C) Indika
(D) Rajatarangini

Correct Answer: (D) Rajatarangini.

Q. Who is the author of the book “The Idea of India”?

(A) Sunil Khilnani
(B) Kiran Nagarkar
(C) Shiv K Kumar
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) Sunil Khilnani.

Q. For which novel Nayantara Sahgal was awarded Sahitya Academy Award for English?

(A) A Time to be Happy
(B) The Day in Shadow
(C) Rich Like Us
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (C) Rich Like Us.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2022

Q. The real name of Gulzar, the noted poet and lyricist is

(A) Sampooran Singh Kalra
(B) Sadanand Singh Kalra
(C) Surjeet Singh Kohli
(D) Probodh Chandra Bhatt

Correct Answer: (A) Sampooran Singh Kalra.

Q. Who among the following is associated with ‘Songs from Prison’, a translation of ancient Indian religious lyrics in English?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(D) Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer: (C) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Q. Which of the following is the oldest Smriti?

(A) Narad Smriti
(B) Yajnavalkya Smriti
(C) Brihaspati Smriti
(D) Manu Smriti

Correct Answer: (D) Manu Smriti.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2021

Q. ‘Chitragupta’ was the pen name of which of the following writers?

(A) Samaresh Basu
(B) Buddhadeb Basu
(C) Sunil Gangopadhyay
(D) Satinath Bhaduri

Correct Answer: (A) Samaresh Basu.

Q. Who is the author of the book ‘No Full Stops in India’?

(A) E. M. Forster
(B) Balgangadhar Tilak
(C) Raj Mohan Gandhi
(D) Mark Tully

Correct Answer: (D) Mark Tully.

Q. Which of the following books is based on Astrology?

(A) Romak Siddhanta
(B) Hora Shastra
(C) Brahma Siddhanta
(D) Manu Samhita

Correct Answer: (B) Hora Shastra.

Q. ‘The God of Small Things’ was authored by

(A) Salman Rushdie
(B) Nirad C. Chowdhury
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) Kiran Desai

Correct Answer: (C) Arundhati Roy.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2019

Q. A book containing English translation of the 100 year old classic Punjabi poem about Jallianwala Bagh massacre, “Khooni Vaisakhi” has been released in Abu Dhabi. What is the name of Jallianwala Bagh survivor who wrote it after witnessing first-hand the events of April 13, 1919?

(A) Manmohan Singh
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Lal Singh Dil
(D) Nanak Singh

Correct Answer: (D) Nanak Singh.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2018

Q. “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” – who said this?

(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) Aristotle
(C) Thomas Fuller
(D) George Orwell

Correct Answer: (D) George Orwell.

Q. Who wrote “The Last Moghul”?

(A) William Dalrymple
(B) Bipan Chandra
(C) Chetan Bhagat
(D) Orhan Pamuk

Correct Answer: (A) William Dalrymple.

Q. “A Century Is Not Enough” is the autobiography of

(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Don Bradman
(C) Sourav Ganguly
(D) Brian Lara

Correct Answer: (C) Sourav Ganguly.

Q. “ISBN” stands for

(A) International Standard Business Number
(B) International Standard Book Number
(C) International Standard Bond Number
(D) International Service Book Number

Correct Answer: (B) International Standard Book Number.

Q. Who wrote “Canterbury Tales”?

(A) Geoffrey Chaucer
(B) Charles Dickens
(C) William Wordsworth
(D) John Milton

Correct Answer: (A) Geoffrey Chaucer.

Q. “Crossing The Line” is the autobiography of

(A) Sunil Chhetri
(B) Luis Suarez
(C) Maradona
(D) Roy Keane

Correct Answer: (D) Roy Keane.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2017

Q. Who is the writer of “Satyartha Prakash”?

(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Aurobindo Ghosh
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Raja Rammohan Ray

Correct Answer: (A) Dayanand Saraswati.

Q. Who is the writer of Solo?

(A) Rana Dasgupta
(B) Upamanyu Chatterjee
(C) Shobhaa De
(D) Rahul Mehta

Correct Answer: (A) Rana Dasgupta.

Q. Who authored ‘The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’?

(A) Kitty Kelley
(B) Javier Moro
(C) Philip Pullman
(D) Aamer Hussein

Correct Answer: (C) Philip Pullman.

Q. Who wrote the book “Utopia”?

(A) Machiavelli
(B) Erasmus
(C) Thomas More
(D) Cervantes

Correct Answer: (C) Thomas More.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2016

Q. Graham Green was associated with

(A) Science
(B) Painting
(C) Music
(D) Literature

Correct Answer: (D) Literature.

Q. Which of the following books is written by Shashi Tharoor?

(A) Thoughts and Reflections
(B) Beyond Survival
(C) Standing Guard—a year in Opposition
(D) India Shastra: Reflections on the nation in our time

Correct Answer: (D) India Shastra: Reflections on the nation in our time.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2015

Q. ‘The Gathering Storm’ is written by

(A) Winston Churchill
(B) George Washington
(C) Voltaire
(D) Romain Rollands

Correct Answer: (A) Winston Churchill.

Q. ‘Mrichchakatika’ was written by

(A) Vikramaditya
(B) Shudraka
(C) Kalhana
(D) Banabhatta

Correct Answer: (B) Shudraka.

WBCS Mains General Knowledge Books & Literature Questions 2014

Q. The highest literary award in India is

(A) Jnanpeeth
(B) Bharat Ratna
(C) Rabindra Puraskar
(D) Sahitya Academy Award

Correct Answer: (A) Jnanpeeth.