Bihar Special GK · Chapter 12 of 16

Books and Authors: BPSC Prelims PYQs

14 previous-year questions on Books and Authors, asked 2001–2025. Each one opens to its answer and explanation.

1. 1. 71st BPSC Prelims 2025

   Among the following Newspapers of Bihar, which was the first one to get published?

   1. APatna Harkara
   2. BBihar Bandhu
   3. CAkhbar-e-Bihar
   4. DBihar Herald
   Answer and explanation →

2. 2. 70th BPSC Prelims 2024

   The hundred years of Indian National Congress in Bihar was edited by

   1. AK. K. Dutta
   2. BP. N. Ojha
   3. CA. R. Desai
   4. DB. B. Mishra
   Answer and explanation →

3. 3. 64th BPSC Prelims 2018

   On 22nd March, 2018 who unveiled the book, Neel Ke Dhabbe on the occasion of 106th Bihar Day in Patna?

   1. AVice President Shri Venkaiah Naidu
   2. BPrime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
   3. CHome Minister Shri Rajnath Singh
   4. DSpeaker Smt. Sumitra Mahajan
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

4. 4. 68th BPSC Prelims 2023

   Who was the author of 'Mahatma Gandhi and Bihar, Some Reminiscences'?

   1. ADr. Rajendra Prasad
   2. BJ. P. Narayan
   3. CKarpoori Thakur
   4. DMore than one of the above
   5. ENone of the above
   Answer and explanation →

5. 5. 60th–62nd BPSC Prelims 2016

   The author of 'Rajneeti Ratnakar' is:

   1. AChandeshwar
   2. BVidyapati
   3. CJyotirishwar
   4. DHaribrahma Dev
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

6. 6. 56th–59th BPSC Prelims 2014

   Who highlighted the plight of the farmers of Champaran by writing under pseudonyms such as 'Dukhi', 'Dukhi Atma', 'Dukhi Hriday'?

   1. APir Muhammad Munis
   2. BRajendra Prasad
   3. CSahajanand Saraswati
   4. DS.N. Sinha
   Answer and explanation →

7. 7. 63rd BPSC Prelims 2017

   Swami Sahajanand Saraswati published a magazine named-

   1. AJankranti
   2. BHunkar
   3. CKrishak Samachar
   4. DVidrohi
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

8. 8. 65th BPSC Prelims Re-exam 2020

   Who wrote ‘Kisan Kya Karein’?

   1. ASwami Sahajanand Saraswati
   2. BKaryanand Sharma
   3. CBaba Ramchandra
   4. DAll of the above
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

9. 9. 65th BPSC Prelims 2019

   Who was the Editor of Searchlight newspaper in Bihar?

   1. AAbdul Bari
   2. BLambodar Mukherjee
   3. CMurli Mohan Prasad
   4. DRamananda Chatterjee
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

10. 10. 45th BPSC Prelims 2001

    Which of the following newspapers was published from Patna?

    1. AIndian Nation
    2. BPunjab Kesari
    3. CPrabhakar
    4. DDawn
    Answer and explanation →

11. 11. 53rd–55th BPSC Prelims 2011

    The editor of 'Bihari', a leading newspaper of Bihar, was –

    1. ABabu G. Prasad
    2. BBabu Ram Prasad
    3. CBabu Gopal Prasad
    4. DBabu Maheshwar Prasad
    Answer and explanation →

12. 12. 65th BPSC Prelims Re-exam 2020

    Who published “Motherland”?

    1. ARajendra Prasad
    2. BMuhammad Shafi
    3. CMazharul Haque
    4. DBraj Kishore Prasad
    5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
    Answer and explanation →

13. 13. 66th BPSC Prelims Re-exam 2020

    The Bihar Herald was started in 1872 by –

    1. AMunshi Surajmal
    2. BRai Roshan Lal
    3. CBabu Guru Prasad Sen
    4. DKrishna Bhatt
    5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
    Answer and explanation →

14. 14. BPSC CDPO Prelims 2018

    Which was the first English newspaper published from Patna?

    1. AThe Indian Nation
    2. BBihar Herald
    3. CThe Mirror
    4. DHindu Patriot
    5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
    Answer and explanation →