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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 471 · 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 Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  2. 2.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  3. 3.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  9. 9.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  15. 15.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  31. 31.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  35. 35.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna

Answer key

  1. English
  2. Wings of Fire
  3. True
  4. True
  5. Mowgli
  6. 5
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Hindi
  9. False
  10. True
  11. False
  12. False
  13. True
  14. animal stories
  15. Gitanjali
  16. Rama
  17. Sanskrit
  18. 18
  19. Bengali
  20. 18
  21. Idgah
  22. the Ramayana
  23. Thiruvalluvar
  24. Sanskrit
  25. True
  26. the Panchatantra
  27. Premchand
  28. False
  29. Ved Vyasa
  30. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  31. False
  32. Tulsidas
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Godan
  35. the Mahabharata
  36. Alice in Wonderland
  37. False
  38. Valmiki
  39. Vishnu Sharma
  40. Krishna

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