Magazines, Books and Their Authors (Part-II)

Total Questions: 50

31. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists – [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

List-I (Authors)List-II (Works)
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee1. Anand Math
B. Michael Madhusudan Dutt2. Captive Lady
C. Rabindranath Tagore3. Gora
D. Sarojini Naidu4. The Broken Wing

Code:

ABCD
(a)1234
(b)2431
(c)1423
(d)4132

 

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:Anand Math is the masterpiece of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, "The Captive Lady" of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, "Gora" of Rabindranath Tagore and "The Broken Wing" of Sarojini Naidu. Thus, option (a) is the correct answer.

32. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: [U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

List-I (Authors)List-II (Works)
A. Mahatma Gandhi1. India Divided
B. Ram Manohar Lohia2. India Wins Freedom
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad3. Hind Swaraj
D. Abul Kalam Azad4. The Wheel of History

Code:

ABCD
(a)1342
(b)4321
(c)3412
(d)2341

 

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:
List-I (Authors)List-II (Works)
Mahatma GandhiHind Swaraj
Ram Manohar LohiaWheel of History
Dr. Rajendra PrasadIndia Divided
Abul Kalam AzadIndia Wins Freedom

33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]

List-I (Author)List-II (Book)
A. Rajendra Prasad1. Nation in Making
B. Dilip Mukherji2. India Divided
C. S.N. Banerjee3. My Experiments with Truth
D. Mahatma Gandhi4. Terrorist

Code:

ABCD
(a)1243
(b)2413
(c)4231
(d)2431

 

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:
List-I (Authors)List-II (Works)
Rajendra PrasadIndia Divided
Dilip MukherjiTerrorist
S.N. BanerjeeA Nation in Making
Mahatma GandhiThe Story of My Experiments with Truth

34. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2008]

List-I (Authors)List-II (Works)
A. Bankim Chandra1. Shatranj Ke Khilari
B. Dinabandhu Mitra2. Debi Chaudhrani
C. Prem Chand3. Nil Darpan
4. Chandrakanta

Code:

ABC
(a)241
(b)432
(c)231
(d)314

 

Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Dinabandhu Mitra wrote "Nil Darpan" based on Nil (Indigo) revolt in the Bengali language. The masterpiece of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, "Debi Chaudhrani" was published in 1884. Munshi Prem Chand wrote "Shatranj Ke Khilari" in Hindi. The title of this story in the Urdu language is "Shatranj Ki Bazi." "Chandrakanta" is the masterpiece of Devkinandan Khatri.

35. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: [U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]

List-IList-II
A. Amritlal Nagar1. Devdas
B. Sumitra Nandan Pant2. Geet Govind
C. Sharatchandra Chatterjee3. Amrit aur Vish
D. Jaidev4. Chidambara

Code:

ABCD
(a)3412
(b)3421
(c)4312
(d)4321

 

Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:
AuthorBook
Amritlal NagarVish aur Amrit
Sumitra Nandan PantChidambara
Sharatchandra ChatterjeeDevdas
JaidevGeet Govind

36. Who is the author of the book "Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyay"? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (b) Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'
Solution:"Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyay" is written by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, also known as Dinkar, was an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot and academic, who is considered one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He remerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence.
Important awards:
1959-Sahitya Akademi Award
1959 Padma Bhushan Award
1972 - Bharatiya Jnanpith Award
Urvashi was awarded the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award while Kurukshetra was ranked 74th among the world's 100 best poems.
Books - Amrit Manthan, Ardhanarishvara, Dhoop Chhah, Neel Kusum, Pandit Nehru, and other great men, Pant, Prasad, and Mathelisaran, Rashmirathi, Rashmimala, Rasavanti, Renuka, Sanskriti Ke Char Adhyay, Sri Aurobindo: In my sight.

37. The writer of Indian National Movement: The Long-Term Dynamics is : [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Bipan Chandra
Solution:Bipan Chandra was a historian of modern India. He wrote 'Indian National Movement: The Long-Term Dynamics.' Bipan Chandra was an Indian Marxist historian, specialising in economic and political history of modern India. An emeritus professor of modern history at Jawaharlal Nehru University, he specialized on the Indian independence movement and is considered a leading scholar on Mahatma Gandhi. He authored several books, including The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism.

38. "The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India" was written by [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (d) Bipan Chandra
Solution:The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India : Economic Policies of Indian National Leadership, 1880-1905' is famous book of Bipan Chandra.

39. Who is the author of the book "Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age"? [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

Correct Answer: (a) Professor George Brock
Solution:The author of the book "Out of Print: Newspapers, Journalism and the Business of News in the Digital Age" is Professor George Brock. During his career as a journalist he worked for the Observer and The Times, where he was Foreign Editor, Managing Editor and Saturday Editor.

40. The Book "Mother India" was written by : [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (a) Catherine Mayo
Solution:The book 'Mother India' was written by Catherine Mayo. 'Unhappy India' is the masterpiece of Lala Lajpat Rai, 'Geeta Rahasya' of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and 'Memories of My Life and Times' of Bipin Chandra Pal.