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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 475 · 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 Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  5. 5.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  13. 13.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  24. 24.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  30. 30.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  37. 37.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

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

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