FPSC Upper Division Clerk (UDC) General Knowledge: Books & Authors MCQs

FPSC Upper Division Clerk (UDC) General Knowledge: Books & Authors MCQs — sample questions

1. Question 1

   Q1. Pakistan: A Hard Country is a famous book written by __________.

   • A) Anatol Lieven
   • B) Stephen Philip Cohen
   • C) William Dalrymple
   • D) Ahmed Rashid

   Answer: Anatol Lieven

   Explanation: "Pakistan: A Hard Country" was written by British journalist and academic Anatol Lieven, published in 2011, offering an in-depth analysis of Pakistani society and politics.

2. Question 2

   Q2. Name the writer of the two great epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey".

   • A) Goethe
   • B) Homer
   • C) Byron
   • D) Joyce

   Answer: Homer

   Explanation: Homer, the ancient Greek poet, is traditionally credited with composing both "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," the two foundational epics of Western literature.

3. Question 3

   Q3. The book "The Indian Musalmans," published in 1871, was written by

   • A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
   • B) William Wilson Hunter
   • C) Rudyard Kipling
   • D) Justice Ameer Ali

   Answer: William Wilson Hunter

   Explanation: "The Indian Musalmans" (1871) was written by William Wilson Hunter, a British civil servant, examining the loyalty and status of Muslims in British India after the 1857 revolt.

4. Question 4

   Q4. The Author of book Pakistan A Hard Country is___________.

   • A) I H Qureshi
   • B) Ruskin Dom
   • C) Anatol lieven
   • D) Stephan Job

   Answer: Anatol lieven

   Explanation: "Pakistan: A Hard Country" was authored by British-American journalist and academic Anatol Lieven, published in 2011 by PublicAffairs.

5. Question 5

   Q5. The book 'A Brief History of Time' is written by:

   • A) Albert Einstein
   • B) Stephen Hawking
   • C) Carl Sagan
   • D) Oswald Spengler

   Answer: Stephen Hawking

   Explanation: "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes" was written by British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and published in 1988.