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GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 91 · 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.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  7. 7.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  30. 30.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

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

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