Books and Authors is an important topic in the General Awareness section in XAT exam. Practising this topic will increase your score overall and make your conceptual grip on XAT exam stronger.
This article gives you a full set of XAT Books and Authors MCQs with explanations and XAT previous year questions (PYQs) for effective practice. Practice of General Awareness MCQs including Books and Authors questions regularly will improve accuracy, speed, and confidence in the XAT 2026 exam.
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XAT Books and Authors MCQs with Solutions
1.
Match the following books with their authors.
Books Authors P The Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet I. Dinayar Patel
China 1949-1962I Dinayar Patel Q False Allies: India's Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma II Tamal Bandyopadhyay R VP Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India III Manu S Pillai S Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy IV Nirupama Menon Rao T Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism V Narayani Basu - P-II, Q-V, R- I, S-IV, T-III
- P-V, Q-IV, R-I, S-III, T-II
- P-III, Q-V, R-I, S-II, T-IV
- P-II, Q-IV, R-I, S-V, T-III
- P-IV, Q-III, R-V, S-II, T-I
2.
Match the famous CEOS with the title of their biographies.A. Indra Nooyi 1. Zero to one B. Gregory Zuckerman 2. The man who solved the market C. Peter Thiel 3. My life in Full: work Family and our future D. Sheryl Sandberg 4. Lean In: Women work and will to lead - A4, B3, C1, D2
- A1, B2, C3, D4
- A2, B1, C4, D3
- A3, B2, C1, D4
- A1, B3, C4, D2
3.
Name the Indian saint who wrote ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’.- Satya Sai Baba
- Swami Abhedananda
- Sri Aurobindo
- Paramhansa Yogananda
- Hanuman Das Baba
4.
Match the following literary works with their authors.
Literary Works Authors P Mrcchakatika I Kalidasa Q Mudrarakshasa II Shudraka R Abhijnanashakuntalam III Bāṇabhaṭṭa S Rasamanjari IV Vishakhadatta T Harshacharita V Krishnadevaraya - P-II, Q-V, R- I, S-IV, T-III
- P-III, Q-V, R-I, S-II, T-IV
- P-II, Q-IV, R-I, S-V, T-III
- P-V, Q-I, R-III, S-II, T-IV
- P-V, Q-IV, R-I, S-III, T-II
5.
Perumal Murugan is a(n):- Writer
- Painter
- Journalist
- Actor
- Director
6.
Which former Prime Minister of India wrote “Kaidi Kavirai Ki Kundalian,” a poetic compilation, while being lodged in jail?- I.K. Gujral
- Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Chandra Shekhar
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
7.
Which of the following novelists has won the Booker Prize?- Ruskin Bond
- R. K. Narayan
- Amitav Ghosh
- Anita Desai
- Kiran Desai
8.
Match the following books with their authors.Books Authors a Adventures of Tom Sawyer i Charles Dickens b Around the World in eighty days ii Arthur Conan Doyle c Gulliver's Travels iii Jules Verne d Adventures of Sherlock Holmes iv Mark Twain e David Copperfield v Jonathan Swift - a-iv, b-iii, c-v, d-ii, e-i
- b-iv, a-iii, c-v, d-ii, e-i
- a-iv, c-iii, b-v, d-ii, e-i
- e-iv, b-iii, d-v, c-ii, a-i
- a-iv, c-iii, e-v, d-ii, b-i
9.
Samantha Harvey won the 2024 Booker Prize for her space novel, based on the events on a single day, of lives of six astronauts in the international space station as they revolve around the Earth, wondering about what is happening at the Earth.- Orbital
- Creation Lake
- James
- Held
- The Safekeep
10.
Match the following authors with their respective works.
Authors Books 1. Andy Weir A. Dune 2. Cixin Liu B. The Time Machine 3. Stephen Hawking C. The Brief History of Time 4. HG Wells D. The Martian 5. Frank Herbert E. The Three Body Problem - 1-E, 2-A, 3-B, 4-C, 5-D
- 1-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B, 5-A
- 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-E, 5-D
- 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D, 5-E
11.
Who authored the famous book Economy of Permanence?- Vinayak Narahari "Vinoba" Bhave
- “Lokamanya” Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Murlidhar Devidas “Baba” Amte
- Joseph Chelladurai Cornelius “JC” Kumarappa
- “Diwan Bahadur” Rettamalai Srinivasan
12.
Match the following authors with their works:A Shashi Tharoor P The Suitable Boy B Salman Rushdie Q Sea of Poppies C Vikram Seth R Inglorious Empire D Arundhati Roy S Shalimar the Clown E Amitav Ghosh T The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - ABCDE-SRPTQ
- ABCDE-RSPTQ
- ABCDE-PQRST
- ABCDE-TSPRQ
- ABCDE-TRQSP
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