Some Famous Indian Books and Authors
BOOKS AUTHORS
1.
A Suitable Boy Vikram
Seth
2.
Akbarnama / Ain-I-Akbari Adbul
Fazal
3.
Anandhmath/Vish Vriksha Bankim
C. Chatterjee
4.
Arthashastra Kautilya
5.
Ashtadhyayi Panini
6.
Between the Lines Kuldip
Nayar
7.
Bitter Sweet Noel
Coward
8.
Ceasar & Cleopatra G.
B. Shaw
9.
Coolie Mukul
Raj Anand
10.
Das Kapital Karl
Marx
11.
David Copperfield Charles
Dickens
12.
Don Quixote Miguel
de Carvantes
13.
Experiments with Untruth Michael
Anderson
14.
End of an Era C.
S. Pandit
15.
Five Point Someone Chetan
Bhagat
16.
Frankenstein Mary
Shelley
17.
Freedom from fear Aung
San Suu Kyi
18.
Geet Govinda Jayadev
19.
Gitanjali / The Wreck Rabindra
Nath Tagore
20.
Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal
Nehru
21.
Godan Prem
Chand
22.
Harry Potter J.K.
Rowling
23.
Ignited Minds/Wings of Fire A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam
24.
Importance of Being Earnest Oscar
Wilde
25.
Jet City Women Ankush
Saikia
26.
Jurassic Park Michael
Crichton
27.
Kadambari Bana
Bhatt
28.
Kamsutra Vatsayayan
29.
Les Miserables Victor
Hugo
30.
Let's Kill Gandhi Tushar
A. Gandhi
31.
Life Divine Aurobindo
Ghosh
32.
Malgudi Days/Guide R.K.
Narayan
33.
Management Elizabeth
34.
Mein Kampf Adolf
Hitler
35.
Midnight's Children Salman
Rushdie
36.
Mill On the Floss George
Eliot
37.
Non-violence in Peace & War M.K. Gandhi
38.
Natya Shastra Bharat
Muni
39.
Odyssey Homer
40.
Oliver Twist Charles
Dickens
41.
Panchtantra Vishnu
Sharma
42.
Paradise lost John
Milton
43.
Rajatarangini Kalhana
44.
Ramcharitamanas Tulsidas
45.
Ratnavali Harshavardhan
46.
Saket / Yashodhara Maithili
Sharan Gupt
47.
Shahnama Firdausi
48.
Shakuntala Kalidas
49.
Stutichintamani Bhima
Bhoi
50.
The God of Small Things Arundhati
Roy
51.
The Inheritance of Loss Kiran
Desai
52.
The Merchant of Venice William
Shakespeare
53.
The Nameshake Jhumpa Leheri
54.
The song of India Sarojini
Naidu
55.
The White Tiger Aravind
Adiga
56.
Time Machine H.G.
Wells
57.
Unhappy India Lala
Lajpat Rai
58.
Voice of conscience V.V.
Giri
59.
War and Peace Leo
Tolstoy
60.
We Indians Khushwant
Singh
61.
Why England Slept John
F. Kennedy
62.
Yama Mahadevi
Verma
QUIZ on BOOKS &
AUTHORS
Answer the following questions:
1.
Which is the longest novel ever
published?
2.
What do you mean by philology?
3.
Which language has the richest
vocabulary?
4.
Which is the oldest language of the
world?
5.
Which book has beeb printed in a
shorthand script and in maximum number of languages?
6.
Which is the oldest printed work in the
world which dates back to AD 868?
7.
What is the weight of largest superbook
which is 270 cm × 300 cm in size?
8.
Which languages are included in the 8th
schedule of the constitution of India?
9.
Which famous Hindu epic was written by
Ved Vyas and Valmiki respectively?
10.
Which highest literary award setup by
the Booker company & the British Publishers Association in 1968?
ANSWERS
1. Les Hommes de bonne
volonte 2.Science of Language 3. English 4. Sanskrit 5. The Bible 6. The Hiraka
Sutra 7. 252 kg 8. Sindhi and Kashmiri 9. Mahabharata and Ramayan 10. Booker
Prize
