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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 891 · 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 Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  4. 4.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  20. 20.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  35. 35.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  40. 40.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo

Answer key

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

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