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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 59 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  4. 4.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  10. 10.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  39. 39.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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