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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 113 · 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 Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  2. 2.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  19. 19.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  32. 32.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

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

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