Art, Culture & Institutions • Topic 4 of 4

Books & Authors

Match famous works to their authors — a recurring SSC item. Tagore wrote the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh.

Book → author

BookAuthor
Discovery of IndiaJawaharlal Nehru
Gitanjali (Nobel 1913)Rabindranath Tagore
My Experiments with TruthMahatma Gandhi (autobiography)
Wings of FireA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
ArthashastraChanakya (Kautilya)
Tagore facts. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in 1913 for Gitanjali, and wrote the national anthems of both India and Bangladesh — a very common SSC question.

✅ Solved examples

1. Who wrote "Discovery of India"?
Jawaharlal Nehru.
2. Who is the author of "Gitanjali"?
Rabindranath Tagore.
3. "My Experiments with Truth" is the autobiography of whom?
Mahatma Gandhi.
4. Who wrote "Wings of Fire"?
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. "Arthashastra" was written by?
Mauryan minister.
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Chanakya (Kautilya)
2. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in which year?
For Gitanjali.
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1913
3. The author of "Discovery of India" is?
First PM.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
4. "Wings of Fire" was written by which former President?
Missile Man.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
5. Tagore wrote the national anthems of India and ___.
Eastern neighbour.
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Bangladesh

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