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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 305 · 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.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  9. 9.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  12. 12.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  19. 19.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  22. 22.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  30. 30.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. True
  3. Rama
  4. False
  5. Vishnu Sharma
  6. Lewis Carroll
  7. Sanskrit
  8. English
  9. False
  10. 18
  11. Krishna
  12. False
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Kalidasa
  15. the Ramayana
  16. Awadhi
  17. True
  18. Idgah
  19. False
  20. False
  21. 5
  22. True
  23. the Panchatantra
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Sanskrit
  29. animal stories
  30. False
  31. Alice in Wonderland
  32. Tulsidas
  33. False
  34. Tirukkural
  35. Tamil
  36. 18
  37. English
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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