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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 549 · 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) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  3. 3.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  6. 6.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  22. 22.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  25. 25.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  30. 30.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  33. 33.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam

Answer key

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

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