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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 71 · 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: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  4. 4.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  26. 26.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  30. 30.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  40. 40.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. English
  3. animal stories
  4. False
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Awadhi
  8. the Ramayana
  9. Rabindranath Tagore
  10. False
  11. Sanskrit
  12. Hindi
  13. English
  14. False
  15. False
  16. Gitanjali
  17. Rama
  18. True
  19. True
  20. 5
  21. False
  22. False
  23. 18
  24. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  25. Ramcharitmanas
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Lewis Carroll
  29. Premchand
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Sanskrit
  35. False
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. Krishna
  38. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. Kalidasa
  40. False

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