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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 142 · 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: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  8. 8.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) Idgah
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  26. 26.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Krishna
  3. 5
  4. True
  5. English
  6. Valmiki
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Tirukkural
  9. 18
  10. Tulsidas
  11. English
  12. Ved Vyasa
  13. Lewis Carroll
  14. True
  15. False
  16. Premchand
  17. animal stories
  18. True
  19. Rabindranath Tagore
  20. True
  21. 18
  22. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. Gitanjali
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. Hindi
  26. False
  27. the Ramayana
  28. True
  29. Sanskrit
  30. False
  31. the Panchatantra
  32. True
  33. True
  34. Ramcharitmanas
  35. the Mahabharata
  36. False
  37. Alice in Wonderland
  38. Vishnu Sharma
  39. False
  40. Thiruvalluvar

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