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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 253 · 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.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  24. 24.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  28. 28.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  30. 30.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  34. 34.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  37. 37.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. 18
  3. 18
  4. The Jungle Book
  5. False
  6. True
  7. True
  8. Premchand
  9. Tulsidas
  10. Sanskrit
  11. True
  12. Gitanjali
  13. False
  14. Rama
  15. Premchand
  16. Mowgli
  17. 5
  18. True
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. English
  23. Alice in Wonderland
  24. the Ramayana
  25. Bengali
  26. Vishnu Sharma
  27. Sanskrit
  28. Ramcharitmanas
  29. Kalidasa
  30. False
  31. Lewis Carroll
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. English
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. Awadhi
  36. Wings of Fire
  37. False
  38. Tamil
  39. Hindi
  40. False

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