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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 135 · 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 the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  18. 18.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  27. 27.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman

Answer key

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

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