Practice Books and Authors – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Consider the following statements about ancient Indian texts:

1. Banabhatta, the court poet of Harshavardhana, wrote the Harshacharita in Sanskrit.

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

3. Ashvaghosha wrote the Buddhacharita at the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Consider the following statements about accounts written by foreign travellers:

1. Megasthenes, the author of Indica, was a Greek envoy at the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

2. Al-Biruni wrote the Kitab-ul-Hind in Persian.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Mughal-period writings:

1. The Akbar Nama has three volumes, and the third volume, the Ain-i Akbari, deals with Akbar's administration.

2. The Humayun Nama was written by Gulbadan Begum, a daughter of Babur.

3. Babur originally wrote his memoirs in Persian.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Consider the following works:

1. Ibn Battuta's Rihla

2. Gandhiji's Hind Swaraj

3. Kalhana's Rajatarangini

4. Jyotirao Phule's Gulamgiri

Select the correct chronological order in which they were written.

Consider the following statements about modern Indian books:

1. Anandamath, which contained the song Vande Mataram, was written by Rabindranath Tagore.

2. Dadabhai Naoroji's Poverty and Un-British Rule in India criticised the economic impact of British rule.

3. The Discovery of India was written by Jawaharlal Nehru.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Arthashastra contains the ideas of Chanakya (Kautilya), adviser to Chandragupta Maurya.

2. The Jahangir Nama is a biography of Jahangir written by his court poet.

3. Rabindranath Tagore received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about the Rajatarangini:

1. It is a history of the kings of Kashmir.

2. It was written by Kalidasa.

3. It was written in Sanskrit in the twelfth century.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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