Q1. Who is the author of the book 'Hitopadesh'?
- AVishnu Sharma
- BNarayan Pandit
- CNagarjuna
- DVatsyayana
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Answer: B) Narayan Pandit
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Q2. Who was the author of 'Shahnama'?
- AUttavi
- BFirdausi
- CAlberuni
- DBernie
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Answer: B) Firdausi
Q3. Which of the following is not a work of Kalidasa?
- ARaghuvamsham
- BAbhigyanshakuntalam
- CKumarasambhavam
- DMudrarakshasa
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Answer: D) Mudrarakshasa
Q4. Who among the following wrote the first Indian epic on drama, Natyashastra?
- ABharata Muni
- BAbhinav Gupta
- CValmiki
- DVeda Vyasa
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Answer: A) Bharata Muni
Q5. The history of which Indian state is known from the book 'Rajtarangini'?
- ARajasthan
- BJammu and Kashmir
- CUttar Pradesh
- DKarnataka
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Answer: B) Jammu and Kashmir
Q6. Who is the author of the book 'Rajtarangini'?
- AKalidasa
- BSomdev
- CKalhana
- DBanabhatta
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Answer: C) Kalhana
Q7. Which of the following works is by Kalidasa?
- AKiratarjuniyam
- BThe character of the ten princes
- CMrichchakatikam
- DMalavikagnimitra
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Answer: D) Malavikagnimitra
Q8. Raghuvansh' is the author of the epic
- ABhavabhuti
- BKalidasa
- CTarashankar
- DShudraka
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Answer: B) Kalidasa
Q9. Who was the author of the book 'Economics'?
- AChanakya
- BSeleucus
- CChandragupta
- DMegasthenes
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Answer: A) Chanakya
Q10. Who was the author of 'Harshacharita'?
- AHarisena
- BBanabhatta
- CAmar Singh
- DKalidasa
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Answer: B) Banabhatta
Q11. Ashtadhyaayi' is written by whom?
- AVedavyasa
- BPanini
- CShukdev
- DValmiki
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Answer: B) Panini
Q12. Which of the following books is not written by Kalidasa?
- ARaghuvamsham
- BRitusanhar
- CMrichchakatikam
- DMeghadootam
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Answer: C) Mrichchakatikam
Q13. 'Charaka Samhita' is related to which of the following?
- AArt
- BMethod
- CPolitics
- DTreatment
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Answer: D) Treatment
Q14. 'Bijak' is a collection of whose sayings?
- ABaba Farid
- BRamanand
- CGuru Nanak
- DKabir
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Answer: D) Kabir
Q15. The author of the story 'Padmavati' is
- AMullah Dawood
- BDamodar Kavi
- CJoyce
- Dunique
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Answer: C) Joyce
Q16. Who wrote the book 'Kavyadarsh'?
- ABhamaha
- BMammut
- CBharata Muni
- DDandi
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Answer: D) Dandi
Q17. 'Naganand', 'Priyadarshika' and 'Ratnavali' are the works of which of the following?
- AKalidasa
- BVishakhadatta
- CHarsh Vardhan
- DBanabhatta
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Answer: C) Harsh Vardhan
Q18. Who wrote the book 'Humayunnama'?
- AHumayun
- BGulbadan Begum
- CBabar
- DAkbar
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Answer: B) Gulbadan Begum
Q19. Whose creation is 'Mitakshara'?
- AHarsh Vardhan
- BVigyaneshwar
- CKalhana
- DYagyavalakya
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Answer: B) Vigyaneshwar
Q20. Mitakshara is related to—
- Afrom science
- BBy the Hindu method
- CFrom Hindu philosophy
- DFrom astronomy
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Answer: B) By the Hindu method
Q21. Lilavati' book is related
- AFrom mathematics
- BFrom Botany
- CFrom zoology
- DFrom economics
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Answer: A) From mathematics
Q22. The Sanskrit text 'Ashtadhyaayi' is related
- AFrom Pharmacology
- BFrom astrology
- CFrom Political Science
- DFrom grammar
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Answer: D) From grammar
Q23. Mahabharata' is the original name of the epic
- ALarge story
- BRajatarangini
- CKathasaritsagar
- DJayasamhita
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Answer: D) Jayasamhita
Q24. Buddhacharita is the work of which of the following?
- AMahatma Buddha
- BHarsh Vardhan
- CNagarjuna
- DAsvaghosha
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Answer: D) Asvaghosha
Q25. Whose work is 'Mahabhashya'?
- AKapil
- BPatanjali
- CGautam
- Dowl
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Answer: B) Patanjali