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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 900 · 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: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  30. 30.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  31. 31.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  36. 36.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  39. 39.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Gitanjali
  3. Premchand
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Thiruvalluvar
  7. Valmiki
  8. Sanskrit
  9. False
  10. Vishnu Sharma
  11. Meghaduta
  12. False
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Rabindranath Tagore
  15. True
  16. Mowgli
  17. the Ramayana
  18. False
  19. False
  20. 18
  21. Kalidasa
  22. True
  23. Sanskrit
  24. The Jungle Book
  25. Premchand
  26. 18
  27. True
  28. Alice in Wonderland
  29. Ved Vyasa
  30. 5
  31. False
  32. Ramcharitmanas
  33. Lewis Carroll
  34. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  35. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. True
  37. Hindi
  38. animal stories
  39. the Mahabharata
  40. Tamil

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