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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 273 · 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 Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  8. 8.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  34. 34.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi

Answer key

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

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