Practice Books and Authors – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Which of the following pairs of ruler and the writer at his court is correctly matched?

In which work by Kalidasa does a monsoon cloud carry a message between two separated lovers?

Consider the following statements about the Aryabhatiyam:

1. It was written in Sanskrit by the mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata.

2. It explains that day and night are caused by the rotation of the earth.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which Tamil epic tells the story of Kovalan and Kannagi, and who wrote it?

Both the Arthashastra and the Indica are linked to the court of which ruler?

Which fourteenth-century traveller wrote the travel book Rihla in Arabic?

Consider the following statements:

1. Abul Fazl wrote the Akbar Nama in three volumes.

2. The third volume, the Ain-i Akbari, deals with Akbar's administration.

3. The Akbar Nama was written in Sanskrit.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In which language did Babur originally write his memoirs, which were later translated into Persian as the Babur Nama?

Match List-I with List-II.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Jyotirao Phule writes Gulamgiri

2. Gandhiji writes Hind Swaraj

3. Rabindranath Tagore receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali

Select the correct chronological order.