Books and Authors MCQs

72. ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ was a short novel written by

A. Graham Greene
B. Ernest Hemingway
C. Albert Camus
D. Saul Bellow
✅ The correct answer is option B.
‘The Old Man and the Sea’ is a short heroic novel by Ernest Hemingway, published in 1952 and awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

76. The programme ‘Gyan Vani’ is broadcasted by –

A. Zee TV
B. AIR
C. Sony TV
D. Doordarshan
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Gyan Vani is an educational FM radio station in several cities of India. Gyan Vani stations operate as a media cooperative with the day-to-day programmes being contributed by various educational institutions, NGOs, government and semi – government organizations, UN agencies, ministries such as Agriculture, Environment, Health, Women and Child Welfare, Science & Technology etc.

78. Who is the author of ‘Tom Sawyer’?

A. John Ruskin
B. William Shakespeare
C. Leo Tolstoy
D. Mark Twain
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Mark Twain was an American humorist, novelist, and travel writer. Today he is best remembered as the author of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ (1876) and ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ (1885).

80. Who said “God helps those who help themselves”?

A. Andre Maurois
B. Andre Gide
C. Algernon Sidney
D. Swami Vivekananda
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The phrase “God helps those who help themselves” is a popular motto which emphasizes the importance of self-initiative.The phrase originated in ancient Greece, occurring as the moral to one of Aesop’s Fables, and later in the great tragedy authors of ancient Greek drama. It has been commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin, however the modern English wording appears earlier in Algernon Sidney’s work.It is mistaken by many to be a Bible quote, however the phrase does not occur in the Bible. Some Christians have criticized it as actually against the Bible’s basic message of God’s grace.