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

Answer key

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

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