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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 584 · 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.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  16. 16.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  29. 29.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

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

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