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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 543 · 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.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  2. 2.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  16. 16.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  19. 19.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire

Answer key

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

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