Books and Authors MCQs

103. Who wrote the book ‘Reminiscences of the Nehru Age’?

A. C. D. Deshmukh
B. Dr. P. C. Alexander
C. M. O. Mathai
D. S. C. Rajagopalachari
✅ The correct answer is option C.
M. O. Mathai (Mundapallil Oommen Mathai) was the Private Secretary to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He is primarily famed for his controversial memoirs in ‘Reminiscences of the Nehru Age’ (1978) and ‘My Days with Nehru’ (1979).

105. The original name of ‘Mahabharata’ is –

A. Katha Saritsagar
B. Jaya Samhita
C. Vrahat Katha
D. Rajatarangini
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The Mahabharata in its original version was called Jaya Samhita, and it was written down by Ganesha and narrated by Maharishi Ved Vyasa. The original epic had only 8800 shlokas and was called Jaya. Then it was called Vijaya, then Bharata and finally Mahabharata.

108. The famous character ‘Pickwick’ was created by –

A. Steven Spielberg
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Walt Disney
D. Charles Dickens
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Samuel Pickwick is a fictional character and the main protagonist in The Pickwick Papers (1836), the first novel by author Charles Dickens.