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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Alice in Wonderland
  2. Kalidasa
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. True
  5. Hindi
  6. Ved Vyasa
  7. Ramcharitmanas
  8. True
  9. False
  10. 5
  11. True
  12. the Panchatantra
  13. Lewis Carroll
  14. True
  15. Sanskrit
  16. Meghaduta
  17. 18
  18. True
  19. Valmiki
  20. Krishna
  21. True
  22. Vishnu Sharma
  23. Gitanjali
  24. Bengali
  25. English
  26. 18
  27. Rama
  28. False
  29. Tirukkural
  30. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  31. Sanskrit
  32. the Ramayana
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Awadhi
  36. False
  37. Idgah
  38. Godan
  39. the Mahabharata
  40. True

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