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Hard
  • A. Jonathan Swift
  • B. Bertrand Russell
  • C. Pearl.S. Buck
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Death in the Castle is a novel by Pearl S. Buck, the American author who also wrote The Good Earth.

Correct answer: Pearl.S. Buck
Moderate
  • A. William Blake
  • B. Michael H. Hart
  • C. Charles Dickens
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The book usually titled The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History was written by Michael H. Hart.

Correct answer: Michael H. Hart
Very hard
  • A. Allama Iqbal
  • B. Benazir Bhutto
  • C. Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari
  • D. Fiaz Ahmad Mazari

Explanation: A Journey to Disillusionment is the political memoir of Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari, a Pakistani politician and opposition leader.

Correct answer: Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari
Easy
  • A. Adolph Hitler
  • B. Plato
  • C. Leo Tolstoy
  • D. William Shakespeare

Explanation: “Hamlet” is William Shakespeare's tragedy about the Danish prince who seeks to avenge his father's death.

Correct answer: William Shakespeare
Hard
  • A. Mojeeb ur Rehman
  • B. KK Aziz
  • C. Ayesha Jalal

Explanation: “Friends and Foes” is attributed to Mujeeb ur Rehman in the standard Pakistan-affairs book lists.

Correct answer: Mojeeb ur Rehman
Hard
  • A. Plato
  • B. Stanley Wolpert
  • C. Richard Nixon
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Richard Nixon wrote “Seize the Moment,” a political book published in 1992 after his presidency.

Correct answer: Richard Nixon
Hard
  • A. J William Fulbright
  • B. Jaswant singh
  • C. Adam smith
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Arrogance of Power was written by J. William Fulbright, a US senator and prominent critic of interventionist foreign policy.

Correct answer: J William Fulbright
Moderate
  • A. Jane Eyre
  • B. Anna Karenina
  • C. Pardah
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Pardah, also written Purdah, is a work by Syed Abul Ala Maududi discussing Islamic social principles and modesty.

Correct answer: Pardah
Moderate
  • A. Allama Iqbal
  • B. Abul ala maudoodi
  • C. Mir Aman Delhvi
  • D. Sir syed ahmed khan

Explanation: Armughan-e-Hijaz was the final poetic collection of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, published after his death.

Correct answer: Allama Iqbal
Moderate
  • A. Kk Aziz
  • B. Mixim Gorky
  • C. Ibsen
  • D. Adam Dente

Explanation: A Doll's House is a realist play by Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, first performed in 1879.

Correct answer: Ibsen
Moderate
  • A. Allama iqbal
  • B. Molana Abdul Kalam Azad
  • C. Sikandar mirza
  • D. None of these

Explanation: India Wins Freedom is the political autobiography of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, an important leader of India’s independence movement.

Correct answer: Molana Abdul Kalam Azad
Hard
  • A. Jawaharlal Nehru
  • B. Molana Abul Kalam Azad
  • C. Quaid e Azam
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Toward Freedom, published in 1936, is the autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru wrote it during his imprisonment under British rule.

Correct answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Hard
  • A. Mathew Arnold
  • B. William Wordsworth
  • C. Rumi
  • D. Goethe

Explanation: Jalal al-Din Rumi was a major spiritual and literary influence on Allama Iqbal, who frequently drew on Rumi as his guide and symbolic…

Correct answer: Rumi
Hard
  • A. Rousseau
  • B. Philip Mason
  • C. G. Allana
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The Men Who Ruled India was written by Philip Mason, a British historian and author.

Correct answer: Philip Mason
Hard
  • A. Richard Nixon
  • B. Spengler
  • C. Kuldeep Nayyar
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Jinnah to Modi: India, Pakistan, and Kashmir was written by Indian journalist and author Kuldip Nayar.

Correct answer: Kuldeep Nayyar
Hard
  • A. 15 November
  • B. 16 November
  • C. 17 November
  • D. 18 November

Explanation: Barack Obama’s memoir A Promised Land was published on 17 November 2020.

Correct answer: 17 November
Fairly easy
  • A. Henry Clinton
  • B. Indira Gandhi
  • C. Michelle Obama
  • D. Melania Trump

Explanation: Becoming is the memoir of Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States.

Correct answer: Michelle Obama
Hard
  • A. Z A Bhutto
  • B. M K Gandhi
  • C. K K Aziz
  • D. Piloo Mody

Explanation: Piloo Mody wrote Zulfi, My Friend, a personal account of his association with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. K. K.

Correct answer: Piloo Mody
Moderate
  • A. Mother Teresa
  • B. Nelson Mandela
  • C. Liaqat Ali Khan
  • D. Sir Agha khan

Explanation: Higher Than Hopes: The Biography of Nelson Mandela was written by Fatima Meer.

Correct answer: Nelson Mandela
Moderate
  • A. K. M Munshi
  • B. B. S. Gidwani
  • C. Leo Tolstoy
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The novel The Sword of Tipu Sultan was written by B. S. Gidwani and fictionalizes the life and struggles of Tipu Sultan. K. M.

Correct answer: B. S. Gidwani