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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 516 · 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 Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  9. 9.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  35. 35.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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