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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 299 · 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.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  3. 3.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  7. 7.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  35. 35.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. animal stories
  2. Rama
  3. Gitanjali
  4. Ved Vyasa
  5. Premchand
  6. Premchand
  7. False
  8. 18
  9. Ramcharitmanas
  10. True
  11. Krishna
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Sanskrit
  15. False
  16. False
  17. 18
  18. the Mahabharata
  19. False
  20. Sanskrit
  21. English
  22. Bengali
  23. 5
  24. Valmiki
  25. Sanskrit
  26. Tulsidas
  27. Rabindranath Tagore
  28. English
  29. True
  30. Mowgli
  31. Thiruvalluvar
  32. False
  33. the Panchatantra
  34. Tirukkural
  35. True
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Kalidasa
  39. Awadhi
  40. False

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