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Books and Authors covers notable works of literature, history, politics, religion, science and biography, together with their authors, original titles, genres and subjects. It includes major Urdu, English and world writers, while separating a book's author from its translator, editor, narrator or historical subject.

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Moderate
  • A. Hassan Askari
  • B. Dr Ishrat Hussain
  • C. Mamnoon Hussain
  • D. Justice Nasir ul Mulk

Explanation: Governing the Ungovernable: Institutional Reforms for Democratic Governance was written by Dr Ishrat Hussain.

Correct answer: Dr Ishrat Hussain
Hard
  • A. Fatima Bhuto
  • B. Asifa Bhuto
  • C. Maryam Aurangzaib
  • D. Zartaj Gul

Explanation: Fatima Bhutto wrote the novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, set in a fictional town in Pakistan’s tribal border region.

Correct answer: Fatima Bhuto
Hard
  • A. Josef korbel
  • B. Lawrence Ziring
  • C. Alistair Lamb
  • D. KK Aziz

Explanation: Alastair Lamb wrote Kashmir: A Disputed Legacy, a historical study of the Kashmir dispute and its origins.

Correct answer: Alistair Lamb
Moderate
  • A. Ian Talbot
  • B. Lawrence Ziring
  • C. Anatol Lieven
  • D. K.K.Aziz

Explanation: Ian Talbot wrote Pakistan: A Modern History, a work tracing the country’s political and historical development.

Correct answer: Ian Talbot
Fairly easy
  • A. Al Beruni
  • B. Firdausi
  • C. Amir Khusrau
  • D. Rumi

Explanation: The Persian epic Shahnameh, or “Book of Kings,” was composed by the poet Firdausi around the turn of the eleventh century.

Correct answer: Firdausi
Very hard
  • A. Viny Mandela
  • B. Hennery Slag
  • C. Fatima Meer
  • D. None

Explanation: Higher Than Hope: A Biography of Nelson Mandela was written by Fatima Meer, a South African academic and anti-apartheid activist.

Correct answer: Fatima Meer
Hard
  • A. Hali
  • B. Shibli Nomani
  • C. Deputy Nazir Ahmad
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Shibli Nomani wrote Al-Farooq, a biography of Caliph Umar, and Al-Ghazali, a work on Imam al-Ghazali.

Correct answer: Shibli Nomani
Moderate
  • A. I.H. Qureshi
  • B. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  • C. Aysha Jalal
  • D. Shahid Rafique

Explanation: The Myth of Independence was written by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and published in 1969.

Correct answer: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Fairly easy
  • A. Stephen Hawking
  • B. Albert Einstein
  • C. Newton
  • D. Chadwick

Explanation: Stephen Hawking wrote Brief Answers to the Big Questions, a collection explaining major scientific and philosophical questions for general…

Correct answer: Stephen Hawking
Easy
  • A. Tito
  • B. Leo Tolstoy
  • C. Shelly
  • D. Daunte

Explanation: War and Peace is Leo Tolstoy’s historical novel about Russian society during the Napoleonic Wars. Shelley wrote poetry, not this novel.

Correct answer: Leo Tolstoy
Moderate
  • A. C.V Raman
  • B. Dr. Abdul Salam
  • C. I.A Bunin
  • D. Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore became the first Asian Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali. C. V.

Correct answer: Rabindranath Tagore
Fairly easy
  • A. Mohsin Hamid
  • B. Nazir Ahmed
  • C. Hafeez Ali Jan
  • D. Rafiq Tarar

Explanation: The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a 2007 novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.

Correct answer: Mohsin Hamid
Fairly easy
  • A. Anatol lieven
  • B. Ruskin Dom
  • C. I H Qureshi
  • D. Stephan Job

Explanation: Pakistan: A Hard Country was written by British historian and political analyst Anatol Lieven.

Correct answer: Anatol lieven
Fairly easy
  • A. Mohsin Hamid
  • B. Nadeem Aslam
  • C. Ayesha jala
  • D. Zahid Hamid

Explanation: The Blind Man's Garden is a novel by Pakistani-born British writer Nadeem Aslam.

Correct answer: Nadeem Aslam
Moderate
  • A. Lollywood
  • B. Bollywood
  • C. Hollywood
  • D. Nestor Studios

Explanation: Hollywood is commonly regarded in basic GK material as the oldest of the listed major film industries, having developed earlier than…

Correct answer: Hollywood
Moderate
  • A. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
  • B. Hassan Mohani
  • C. Amir Khusrow
  • D. Mir Taqi Mir

Explanation: Amir Khusrow is traditionally regarded in South Asian general knowledge as the first Urdu poet, although the early development of Hindavi…

Correct answer: Amir Khusrow
Moderate
  • A. Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
  • B. Mir Taqi Mir
  • C. Hassan Mohani
  • D. Molvi Abdul Haq

Explanation: Maulvi Abdul Haq is commonly called the Father of Urdu because of his major work in promoting Urdu language and literature.

Correct answer: Molvi Abdul Haq
Very hard
  • A. Balochi
  • B. Pushto
  • C. Sindhi
  • D. Kashmiri

Explanation: Amir Krore is traditionally regarded as one of the earliest known Pashto poets.

Correct answer: Pushto
Fairly easy
  • A. D.H.Lawrence
  • B. Hemingway
  • C. Voctoria Schofield
  • D. T.S.Eliot

Explanation: Ernest Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises, published in 1926 and regarded as a major novel of the Lost Generation.

Correct answer: Hemingway
Fairly easy
  • A. Languages
  • B. Muscles
  • C. Architecture
  • D. Bones

Explanation: Philology examines language through historical texts, including their development, meanings and literary use.

Correct answer: Languages