Free Books and Authors MCQs with Answers

252 Books and Authors MCQs from General Knowledge, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.

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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Fairly easy
  • A. Nelson Mandela
  • B. K. K. Aziz
  • C. Jimmy Carter
  • D. John J. Mearsheimer

Explanation: Former US President Jimmy Carter wrote Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, published in 2006.

Correct answer: Jimmy Carter
Easy
  • A. George Orwell
  • B. Laurence Cockcroft
  • C. Trevor Noah
  • D. Hans Rosling

Explanation: George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four, the dystopian novel featuring Big Brother, Newspeak, and the surveillance state.

Correct answer: George Orwell
Hard
  • A. Oliver Letwin
  • B. Bradley Hope
  • C. Justin Scheck
  • D. Both (B) and (C)

Explanation: Blood and Oil was written jointly by Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck, whose names therefore make option D correct.

Correct answer: Both (B) and (C)
Hard
  • A. Laurence Cockcroft
  • B. K. K. Aziz
  • C. Trevor Noah
  • D. Adam Smith

Explanation: Laurence Cockcroft wrote Global Corruption: Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World, examining how corruption operates across…

Correct answer: Laurence Cockcroft
Fairly easy
  • A. Laurence Cockcroft
  • B. K K Aziz
  • C. Trevor Noah
  • D. Adam Smith

Explanation: Trevor Noah wrote Born a Crime, a memoir about growing up in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.

Correct answer: Trevor Noah
Fairly easy
  • A. 1756
  • B. 1776
  • C. 1826
  • D. 1770

Explanation: Adam Smith’s economic classic was first published in 1776, the same year as the American Declaration of Independence.

Correct answer: 1776
Hard
  • A. France
  • B. Netherlands
  • C. England
  • D. Portugal

Explanation: The Orange Book is associated with the Netherlands and refers to an official Dutch publication.

Correct answer: Netherlands
Very hard
  • A. Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi
  • B. Mirza Hadi Ruswa
  • C. Dr. Khursheed Rizvi
  • D. Patras Bukhari

Explanation: Arabi Adab Qabl Az Islam was written by Dr Khursheed Rizvi, a Pakistani scholar known for his work on Arabic and Urdu literature.

Correct answer: Dr. Khursheed Rizvi
Fairly easy
  • A. Al-Khuwarizmi
  • B. Ibne Sina
  • C. Al Haysam
  • D. None of these

Explanation: This title is Al-Khwarizmi’s foundational treatise on algebra and balancing equations; the word ‘algebra’ itself comes from al-jabr in its…

Correct answer: Al-Khuwarizmi
Moderate
  • A. Mohsin Hamid
  • B. Allama Iqbal
  • C. Muhammad Hanif
  • D. Kamila Shamsi

Explanation: A Case of Exploding Mangoes is a satirical novel by Pakistani writer Muhammad Hanif, drawing on the mysterious 1988 death of General…

Correct answer: Muhammad Hanif
Fairly easy
  • A. Karl Marx
  • B. Lenin
  • C. Stalin
  • D. None

Explanation: Das Kapital was written by Karl Marx, who analysed capitalist production, labour, commodities and the accumulation of capital.

Correct answer: Karl Marx
Hard
  • A. Spirit of Islam
  • B. Aab-e- Hayat
  • C. Hayat-e-jawaid
  • D. Pir-e-Kamil

Explanation: Hayat-e-Javaid is a biographical work on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, written by Altaf Hussain Hali.

Correct answer: Hayat-e-jawaid
Fairly easy
  • A. Stephen covey
  • B. Carl Sagan
  • C. Stephen Hawking
  • D. steven Weinberg

Explanation: A Brief History of Time was written by Stephen Hawking and explains major ideas in cosmology for general readers.

Correct answer: Stephen Hawking
Fairly easy
  • A. Adam Smith
  • B. Karl Marx
  • C. Steve Smith
  • D. Shakespeare

Explanation: Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, a foundational work in classical economics.

Correct answer: Adam Smith
Fairly easy
  • A. Benazir Bhutto
  • B. Mumtaz Bhutto
  • C. Waheed Rehman
  • D. Aslam Memon

Explanation: Daughter of Destiny is the autobiography of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s former prime minister.

Correct answer: Benazir Bhutto
Moderate
  • A. XI JinPing
  • B. Joe Bidden
  • C. Peter Frankopan
  • D. David Ricardo

Explanation: Peter Frankopan wrote The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, a history centred on the networks connecting Asia, Europe and the Middle…

Correct answer: Peter Frankopan
Moderate
  • A. Elon Musk
  • B. Bill Gates
  • C. Deewey
  • D. Shahid Khan

Explanation: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster was written by Bill Gates and published in 2021.

Correct answer: Bill Gates
Very hard
  • A. Z.A Bhutto
  • B. Aitzaz Ahsan
  • C. Maleeha Lodhi
  • D. William Dalrymple

Explanation: Pakistan: Beyond the Crisis State was written by Maleeha Lodhi, a Pakistani diplomat and scholar.

Correct answer: Maleeha Lodhi
Fairly easy
  • A. American
  • B. British
  • C. German
  • D. Swedish

Explanation: Alfred Nobel was Swedish, having been born in Stockholm in 1833. The Nobel Prizes were established through his will after his death in 1896.

Correct answer: Swedish
Fairly easy
  • A. Sir Victor turner
  • B. Thomas Edward Lawrence
  • C. Syed Amir Ali
  • D. Muneer Ahmed Qureshi

Explanation: Lawrence of Arabia was Thomas Edward Lawrence, a British archaeologist, military officer and writer who supported the Arab Revolt during…

Correct answer: Thomas Edward Lawrence