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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 484 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  22. 22.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  27. 27.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  33. 33.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Wings of Fire
  2. True
  3. Awadhi
  4. True
  5. Thiruvalluvar
  6. Sanskrit
  7. the Mahabharata
  8. False
  9. 5
  10. True
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. True
  13. Bengali
  14. the Ramayana
  15. False
  16. Premchand
  17. Kalidasa
  18. Rama
  19. Sanskrit
  20. Godan
  21. animal stories
  22. The Jungle Book
  23. 18
  24. Tirukkural
  25. False
  26. English
  27. True
  28. Alice in Wonderland
  29. English
  30. Mowgli
  31. False
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. 18
  34. False
  35. Ramcharitmanas
  36. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. True
  38. Rudyard Kipling
  39. Rabindranath Tagore
  40. False

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