GK Quiz (English)

ക്ലാസ് പരീക്ഷകള്‍ക്കും വിവിധ മത്സര പരീക്ഷകള്‍ക്കും തയാറെടുക്കാന്‍ സഹായിക്കുന്ന ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്‌ സംബന്ധിയായ പൊതുവിജ്ഞാന ചോദ്യങ്ങളും ഉത്തരങ്ങളും. (Here are some general Knowledge questions and answers based on English that will help you to prepare for class tests and other competitive exams.)

1. Which book won the first Man Booker Prize?

2. In which novel, does the character Sherlock Holmes first appear?

3. Who wrote the fantasy novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’?

4. Which Revolution is the historical source of the book ‘A Tale of Two Cities’?

5. In which language was ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ written first?

6. Which country does the poet Pablo Neruda belong  to?

7. What was Samuel Langhorne Clemen’s pen name?

8. Which book is Bram Stoker famous for?

9. Who is known as the father of epic poetry?

10.   Which is the first novel of Charles Dickens?

1. Something to Answer For

2. A Study in Scarlet

3. J.R.R. Tolkein

4. The French Revolution

5. Dutch

6. Chile

7. Mark Twain

8. Dracula

9. Homer

10.The Pickwick Papers

1. Who wrote ‘A Brief History of Time’?
2. Who is the author of the classic novel ‘Anna Karenina’?
3. What is the meaning of the phrase ‘mein kampf’ in Hitler’s autobiography of the same name?
4. Which is the last book authored by Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam?
5. How many Indian languages are the Sahithya Academy Awards for?
6. Whose autobiography is ’Lone Fox Dancing’?
7. Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Academy  Award for English Literature?
8.  Who was the first winner of Jnanpith Award?
9.  Who was the first woman winner of Jnanpith Award?
10. Name the state on which the book ’The God of Small Things’ is based.
11. Birth place of William Shakespeare. 

12. Only English word ends in the letters ‘mt’

13. Who wrote paradise lost?

14. Shakespear’s shortest play?

15. The longest running play in the history.

16. Ghosts appears only in 4 Shakespearean plays. Which are they?

17. A Hawaiian word means both ‘hello’ and ‘good bye’

18. First profession of American writer Dan Brown. 

19. How many  different words Milton used in ‘Paradise Lost;

20. In which book, Victor Hugo’s 823 words long sentence appeared?

1.  Stephen Hawking
2.  Leo Tolstoy
3.  My Struggle
4.  Advantage India: From Challenge to Opportunity
5.  24
6.  Ruskin Bond
7.  R.K.Narayan
8.  G.Sankara Kurup
9.   Ashapurna Devi
10. Kerala
11. Stratford-upon-Avon (England)

12. Dreamt

13. John Milton

14. Comedy of Errors

15. The mouse Trap (Agatha Christy)

16. Julius Caesar, Richard III, Hamlet, Macbeth

17. Alloha

18. Pop Singer

19. 8000

20. Les Miserable