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

Answer key

  1. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. animal stories
  3. Tirukkural
  4. False
  5. Hindi
  6. False
  7. Valmiki
  8. True
  9. the Ramayana
  10. False
  11. Sanskrit
  12. False
  13. Sanskrit
  14. True
  15. Gitanjali
  16. 5
  17. False
  18. Ved Vyasa
  19. True
  20. Tamil
  21. Premchand
  22. Tulsidas
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. English
  27. Meghaduta
  28. Rama
  29. Krishna
  30. the Mahabharata
  31. Sanskrit
  32. 18
  33. English
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Alice in Wonderland
  38. True
  39. the Mahabharata
  40. Lewis Carroll

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