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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 451 · 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: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  9. 9.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  22. 22.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  31. 31.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  36. 36.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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