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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 150 · 40 questions
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Remember (Book and writer): Ramayana – Valmiki, Mahabharata – Ved Vyasa, Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma, Ramcharitmanas – Tulsidas, Meghaduta – Kalidasa, Gitanjali – Rabindranath Tagore, Tirukkural – Thiruvalluvar. Godan and Idgah – Premchand, The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling, Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll, Wings of Fire – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Bhagavad Gita is part of the Mahabharata and has 18 chapters; there were 5 Pandava brothers.

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  1. 1.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  4. 4.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  15. 15.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  17. 17.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  32. 32.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  35. 35.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  38. 38.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Rudyard Kipling
  3. animal stories
  4. False
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. Valmiki
  7. Godan
  8. 5
  9. False
  10. Thiruvalluvar
  11. False
  12. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. Meghaduta
  15. the Panchatantra
  16. Gitanjali
  17. Idgah
  18. Wings of Fire
  19. the Ramayana
  20. True
  21. False
  22. True
  23. 18
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Kalidasa
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Tulsidas
  29. Rabindranath Tagore
  30. True
  31. Mowgli
  32. Alice in Wonderland
  33. True
  34. Krishna
  35. 18
  36. False
  37. Sanskrit
  38. Tirukkural
  39. Tamil
  40. True

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