CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Famous Personalities Of India And World Quiz 8 - MCQExams.com

What is common about these novels: Celebs in Search of a Wire, Evelyn, Simple Story, Emma, and The Old English Byron?
  • They are all Gothic novels.
  • They are all sentimental novels.
  • They are all written by women.
  • They are all romantic novels.
'Ghare Baire (The Home and the World)' is written by _____.
  • Bakimchandra Chatterjee
  • Devendranath Tagore
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Aurobindo Ghosh
The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian are the sequels of which of the following novel?
  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians
  • The Twilight Series
  • Millenium Series
  • None of these
Kalhana's well-known work 'Rajatarangini' is an important source material for the study of which one of the following?
  • Ancient Kamarupa
  • Post-Mauryan Magadha
  • Medieval Rajasthan
  • Early Medieval Kashmir
Who of the following is the author of the book 'Imagining India: Ideas for the New Centure'?
  • Arvind Adiga
  • MJ Akbar
  • Nandan Nilekani
  • Shashi Tharoor
'Can't Is Not An Option' is written by ____.
  • Maria Sharapova
  • Bob Woodward
  • Walter Isaacson
  • Nikki Haley
Who has written the book 'On the Pathway to Development?'
  • Jaswant Singh
  • Harishankar Singhania
  • Mark Owen
  • None of these
Consider the following statements
$$1.$$ Freedom from Fera - Aung San Suu Kyi
$$2.$$ Decision Points - George W. Bush
$$3.$$ The Illusion of Density - Prof. Amartya Sen
$$4.$$ The Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Which of the above is/ are correctly matched?
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$2, 3$$ and $$4$$
  • All of the above.
Who has written the book 'Still counting the Dead'?
  • Frances Harrison
  • Faisal Devj
  • JK Rowling
  • None of these
Who among the following is the author of the book 'Pakistan Paradox': Instability and Resilience?
  • Christopher Jaffrelot
  • G. Parthasarthy
  • Imran Khan
  • Mamnoon Hussain
Who is the author of 'A River Sutra'?
  • VS Naipaul
  • Nirad C Choudhari
  • Gita Mehta
  • Vikram Seth
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
  • The Impossible India : Faisal Devji
  • No Easy Day : Mark Owen
  • The Oath : Rowan Williams
  • The Price of Politics : Bob Woodward
'The Prince' was written by _____.
  • N Machiaveli
  • Boris Paternak
  • Devendranath Tagore
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
Who is the author of the book 'Golden Girl'?
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • PT Usha
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • Malleswari
The book named 'Don't Laugh : We are Police', was composed by .................
  • Bishan Lal Vohra (IGP)
  • KPS Gill (DGP)
  • Shanti Swaroop (IG Police)
  • None of the above
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List I
(Book)
List II
(Author)
A. Rahul Dravid Timeless Steel$$1.$$ Steve Waugh and Nasser Hussain
B. An Ashes Summer$$2.$$ Rahul Dravid
C. Sachin Hundred Hundreds Now$$3.$$ Mike Atherton
D. Opening Up My Autography$$4.$$ V. Krishnaswamy
  • $$3, 4, 1, 2$$
  • $$2, 1, 4, 3$$
  • $$3, 1, 4, 2$$
  • $$2, 1, 4, 3$$
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I
(Person)
List II
(Work)
A. Uddanda$$1.$$ Sudhanidhi
B. Sayana$$2.$$ Mallikamaruta
C. Yadavaprakasa$$3.$$ Malatimadhava
D. Bhavabhuti$$4.$$ Vaijayanti
  • $$2, 1, 4, 3$$
  • $$3, 4, 1, 2$$
  • $$2, 4, 1, 3$$
  • $$3, 1, 4, 2$$
Author of the book 'World of All Human Rights' is ____.
  • Chetan Bhagat
  • Vishnu Sahal
  • Soli J Sorabji
  • Arun Jaitley
'What happen to Netaji' is written by ____.
  • Anuj Dhar
  • Maithili Rao
  • Jairam Ramesh
  • C Raj Kumar
'Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji' is written by _____.
  • Shri Tarun Vijay
  • Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
  • Pandit Ravi Shankar
  • Amiya Chandra
Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination is written by ____.
  • Uma Lele
  • Teesta Setalvad
  • Meera Kumar
  • Amitav Gosh
Who is the author of Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights?
  • Ruskin Bond
  • Arvind Adiga
  • VS Naipaul
  • Salman Rushdie
Name the French Revolutionary who wrote 'Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen'.
  • Olympe de Geuges
  • Nancy Ruhling
  • Maximilien Robespierre
  • Mary Wollstonecraft
'Silent Spring', considered by many as one among the greatest science books of all tine, is written by Rachel Carson, the book deals with .............
  • Wildlife preservation
  • Protection of environment
  • Pollution at the water body
  • None of the above
Who among the following is the author of the book 'Indian Parliamentary Democracy'?
  • Amitav Gosh
  • Hamid Ansari
  • Prof. Abdul Haq
  • Meera Kumar
Who among the following is the author of 'Interlinking of Indian rivers'?
  • P V Manoranjan Rao
  • J. B Kripalani
  • Nandan Nilehani
  • Radha kant Bharati
Match the following.
List I(Committee)List II(Head)
A. Accountability and damages with regard to destruction of public property$$1$$. Raghuram C Rajan
B. Financial Sector reforms$$2$$. Fall S Nariman
C. Making Mumbai an International Financial Sector$$3$$. EMS Nachiappan
D. Reforms in the higher judiciary$$4$$. Percy Mistry
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$2$$, C-$$3$$, D-$$4$$
  • A-$$2$$, B-$$1$$, C-$$4$$, D-$$3$$
  • A-$$2$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$4$$, D-$$1$$
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$2$$, D-$$4$$
The Rihla was written in ____.
  • Arabic in the $$14th$$ century by Ibn Battuta
  • Persian in the $$15th$$ century by Abdul Razzag
  • Persian in the $$13th$$ century by Ibn Battuta
  • Italian in the $$13th$$ century by Marcopolo
'And Then One Day " A Memoir' is a autobiography of ______.
  • Kamal Hasan
  • Shahrukh Khan
  • Nasuruddin Shah
  • Karan Johar
James C Morgan Global Humanitarian Award for humanitarian services is conferred to __________.
  • Ratan Tata
  • Narayana Murthy
  • Nandan Nilekani
  • Anna Hazare
Which among of the following 18th century Indian rulers has been called "Plato of his tribe"? 
  • Sawai Jai Singh
  • Badam Singh
  • Suraj Mal
  • Guru Govind Singh
Who founded the Indian National Party- in Berlin during 1914?
  • Subhash Chandra Bose
  • WC. Banerjee
  • Surendranath Banerjee
  • Champakaraman Pillai
The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between
  • Nehru and Ambedkar
  • Gandhi and Ambedkar
  • Malaviya and Ambedkar
  • Gandhi and Nehru
The 'Sur Sagar' is__________.
  • A Medieval Treatise on music composed by Tansen
  • A poetic work of Surdas
  • Memories of Bahadur Shah Zafar
  • None of the above
Two Russian diplomats were declared "Persona non grata" it means.............
  • unscrupulous
  • spy
  • undesirable person
  • economy
Who is the author of "The Kalam effect: My years with the president"?
  • Sonia Gandhi
  • P.M.Nayar
  • Arun Shourie
  • L.K. Advani
Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'?
  • Walter Scott
  • Thomas Hardy
  • Emile Zola
  • George Orwell
Who wrote the famous book - 'We the people'? 
  • Khushwant Singh
  • T.N. Kaul
  • Nani Palkhivala
  • J.R.D. Tata
Who wrote 'Periplus of Erithean Sea'?
  • Pliny
  • Ptolemy
  • Periplus
  • None of the above
Who abolished dual system of Government in Bengal?
  • Robert Clive
  • Warren Hastings
  • Corn Wallis
  • Lord Wellesley
Who is the author of the book " Superstar India: From Incredible to Unstoppable"? 
  • Arundhati Roy
  • L.K. Advani
  • Vikram Sethi
  • Shobha De
What is the name of the autobiography of Firoz Tuglaq?
  • Tarikh-Ferozshahi
  • Sirat-i-Ferozshahi
  • Futuhat-i-Ferozshahi
  • Tujuk-i-Ferozshahi
Doctrine of Lapse was introduced by_________.
  • Lord Warren Hastings
  • Lord Dalhousie
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Rippon
What is the name of the Autobiography of Rishi Kapoor that was in news recently?
  • The Chocolate Boy
  • Lover Boy of Bollywood
  • Khullam Khulla
  • Rishi and Bollywood
The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare? 
  • Tulasidas
  • Kalidasa
  • Kautilya
  • Sudraka
Which Indian actor/actress has recently launched her second book "The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad"?
  • Twinkle Khanna
  • Akshay Kumar
  • Amitabha Bachchan
  • Hema Malini
The lead character in the film 'The Bandit Queen' has been played by  
  • Rupa Ganguly
  • Sourav Ganguly
  • Seema Biswas
  • Pratibha Sinha
Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters?
  • Surjit Singh Barnala
  • E.M. Forster
  • Paul Kennedy
  • Lalu Prasad Yadav
"Man - The Maker of His Own Destiny" book was written by _______.
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • V.S. Naipaul
  • Swami Vivekananda
  • Guenter Grass
Who is the author of the book 'Forbidden Verses'?
  • Abu Nuwas
  • Salman Rushdie
  • D.H. Lawrence
  • Ms. Taslima Nasrin
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