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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 640 · 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.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  3. 3.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  8. 8.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  9. 9.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

  1. True
  2. animal stories
  3. False
  4. Vishnu Sharma
  5. the Ramayana
  6. English
  7. English
  8. Mowgli
  9. the Mahabharata
  10. Rudyard Kipling
  11. Valmiki
  12. Sanskrit
  13. False
  14. Hindi
  15. False
  16. Idgah
  17. Lewis Carroll
  18. Wings of Fire
  19. 5
  20. Krishna
  21. The Jungle Book
  22. Tamil
  23. 18
  24. False
  25. English
  26. True
  27. True
  28. Godan
  29. Ved Vyasa
  30. False
  31. Kalidasa
  32. 18
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Sanskrit
  37. Rama
  38. False
  39. Premchand
  40. Kalidasa

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