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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 401 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  12. 12.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  16. 16.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  25. 25.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  30. 30.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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