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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 546 · 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) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  3. 3.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  5. 5.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  14. 14.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  17. 17.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  27. 27.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  33. 33.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  40. 40.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. the Panchatantra
  3. Mowgli
  4. Sanskrit
  5. True
  6. False
  7. 18
  8. Sanskrit
  9. False
  10. the Ramayana
  11. 5
  12. Premchand
  13. Rama
  14. True
  15. Meghaduta
  16. Idgah
  17. True
  18. Awadhi
  19. Alice in Wonderland
  20. False
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. Tulsidas
  23. Ramcharitmanas
  24. Hindi
  25. True
  26. Thiruvalluvar
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Vishnu Sharma
  31. False
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Lewis Carroll
  36. True
  37. Wings of Fire
  38. False
  39. 18
  40. True

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