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1The book 'Glimpses of World History' was written by:

A.Mahatma Gandhi

B.Jawaharlal Nehru

C.Rajendra Prasad

D.Charles Dickens

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2The satirical novel 'Gulliver's Travels' was written by:

A.Daniel Defoe

B.Jonathan Swift

C.Charles Lamb

D.Joseph Conrad

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3The famous Persian epic poem 'Shahnama' (Book of Kings) was written by:

A.Amir Khusro

B.Al-Beruni

C.Rumi

D.Firdausi (Ferdowsi)

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4Who is the author of the political treatise 'The Spirit of Laws'?

A.Thomas Hobbes

B.John Locke

C.Montesquieu

D.Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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5The book 'India Wins Freedom' was written by:

A.Mahatma Gandhi

B.Jawaharlal Nehru

C.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

D.K. M. Munshi

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6Who wrote the epic novel 'War and Peace'?

A.Fyodor Dostoevsky

B.Leo Tolstoy

C.Anton Chekhov

D.Maxim Gorky

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7The famous book 'Daughter of the East' is the autobiography of:

A.Fatima Jinnah

B.Benazir Bhutto

C.Hina Rabbani Khar

D.Tehmina Durrani

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8Who is the author of 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' (1984)?

A.Aldous Huxley

B.H. G. Wells

C.George Bernard Shaw

D.George Orwell

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9The book 'A Farewell to Arms' was written by:

A.Charles Dickens

B.Thomas Hardy

C.Ernest Hemingway

D.Aldous Huxley

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10Who wrote the famous novel 'Pride and Prejudice'

A.George Eliot

B.Jane Austen

C.Charlotte Bronte

D.R. L. Stevenson

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11Who wrote 'Magna Carta'?

A.King John of England

B.King Henry VIII

C.Barons of England

D.Oliver Cromwell

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12Who wrote 'The Prince'?

A.Thomas Hobbes

B.Niccolò Machiavelli

C.John Locke

D.Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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13Who wrote 'Brave New World'?

A.George Orwell

B.Aldous Huxley

C.H.G. Wells

D.Ray Bradbury

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14Who wrote '1984'?

A.Aldous Huxley

B.George Orwell

C.H.G. Wells

D.Ray Bradbury

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15Who wrote 'India Wins Freedom'?

A.Jawaharlal Nehru

B.Abul Kalam Azad

C.Rajendra Prasad

D.Sardar Patel

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16Who wrote 'Discovery of India'?

A.Mahatma Gandhi

B.Jawaharlal Nehru

C.Subhas Chandra Bose

D.Sardar Patel

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17Who wrote 'Daughter of the East'?

A.Fatima Jinnah

B.Benazir Bhutto

C.Hina Rabbani Khar

D.Sherry Rehman

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18Who wrote 'The Sole Spokesman'?

A.Stanley Wolpert

B.Ayesha Jalal

C.Ian Talbot

D.David Gilmartin

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19Who wrote 'Pakistan: A Hard Country'?

A.Anatol Lieven

B.Bruce Riedel

C.Ahmed Rashid

D.Stephen Cohen

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20Who wrote 'Jinnah of Pakistan'?

A.Ayesha Jalal

B.Stanley Wolpert

C.Lawrence Ziring

D.Ian Talbot

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Books and Authors MCQs with Answers for FPSC, NTS and CSS 2026

Books and Authors MCQs are common in General Knowledge and English sections because they test fast recall of famous writers, literary works, national books and repeated past-paper facts. MCQist has 35+ Books & Authors practice MCQs - free with answer explanations.

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Focus on famous English literature, Pakistani authors, Islamic history books, world classics, autobiographies, national poets and books connected with political movements. These short factual questions are easy marks when revised regularly.

How to revise literary facts for competitive exams

Practice in small sets and bookmark confusing pairs such as author-title matches, pen names and translated works. Repeated MCQ practice is more effective than memorising a long static list once.