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

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. True
  3. Ramcharitmanas
  4. False
  5. Tirukkural
  6. Kalidasa
  7. the Ramayana
  8. False
  9. Gitanjali
  10. Bengali
  11. Alice in Wonderland
  12. 5
  13. English
  14. Thiruvalluvar
  15. English
  16. Sanskrit
  17. True
  18. True
  19. 18
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. True
  22. True
  23. Awadhi
  24. Wings of Fire
  25. Mowgli
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  30. False
  31. Premchand
  32. False
  33. Rama
  34. 18
  35. animal stories
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. Kalidasa
  38. Tulsidas
  39. False
  40. Valmiki

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