General Knowledge MCQs
Topic Notes: General Knowledge
MCQs and preparation resources for competitive exams, covering important concepts, past papers, and detailed explanations.
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
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Who wrote 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
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Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas was a prolific French writer whose historical adventure novels remain popular globally.
32
Who is considered the author of the first English novel, 'Robinson Crusoe'?
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Daniel Defoe
Published in 1719, Daniel Defoe's novel about a castaway is a contender for the first novel in English.
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Who wrote the satire 'Gulliver's Travels'?
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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel is a satire on human nature and the 'traveller's tales' literary subgenre.
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Who is the author of 'The Canterbury Tales'?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Written in Middle English, this collection of stories follows a group of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket.
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Who wrote the tragedy 'Oedipus Rex'?
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Sophocles
Sophocles' play tells the story of King Oedipus, who is destined to kill his father and marry his mother.
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Who is the author of 'Midnight's Children', which won the Booker of Bookers prize?
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Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie's novel deals with India's transition from British colonialism to independence and the partition.
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Who wrote 'Things Fall Apart', a novel about the effects of colonialism in Nigeria?
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Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe's debut novel is the most widely read book in modern African literature.
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Who wrote 'Mrs. Dalloway' and 'To the Lighthouse'?
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Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was a pioneer of the 'stream of consciousness' narrative technique and a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group.
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Who is the author of the modernist masterpiece 'Ulysses'?
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James Joyce
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' chronicles the appointments and encounters of Leopold Bloom in Dublin on a single day in 1904.
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Who wrote the novella 'The Metamorphosis', where a man wakes up transformed into an insect?
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Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka's most famous work begins with Gregor Samsa waking to find himself transformed into a 'monstrous vermin'.