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

Answer key

  1. False
  2. animal stories
  3. Hindi
  4. Tirukkural
  5. True
  6. Krishna
  7. Vishnu Sharma
  8. Bengali
  9. Gitanjali
  10. False
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Premchand
  14. English
  15. 18
  16. False
  17. False
  18. False
  19. True
  20. Kalidasa
  21. False
  22. Thiruvalluvar
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. Sanskrit
  27. Tamil
  28. the Mahabharata
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Godan
  31. 5
  32. the Ramayana
  33. Mowgli
  34. Wings of Fire
  35. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. English
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Lewis Carroll

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