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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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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
Very hard
  • A. London
  • B. EdinBurgh
  • C. Dublin
  • D. Leeds

Explanation: The Library of Mistakes is an economics and financial-history library based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Correct answer: EdinBurgh
Moderate
  • A. Michal Chosudovsky
  • B. Mark Taliano
  • C. Brzezinski
  • D. Fareed Zikriya

Explanation: The Post-American World was written by Fareed Zakaria, an Indian-American journalist and political commentator.

Correct answer: Fareed Zikriya
Fairly easy
  • A. 1641
  • B. 1651
  • C. 1671
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan in 1651, a foundational work of modern political philosophy.

Correct answer: 1651
Moderate
  • A. Raskhan
  • B. Surdas
  • C. Abdur Rahain Khan-i-Khanah
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan was a leading poet in Akbar’s court and is especially remembered for his Hindi dohas.

Correct answer: Abdur Rahain Khan-i-Khanah