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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 151 · 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.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  4. 4.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. Valmiki
  4. False
  5. Kalidasa
  6. Thiruvalluvar
  7. True
  8. Sanskrit
  9. True
  10. Awadhi
  11. False
  12. Premchand
  13. Lewis Carroll
  14. True
  15. 5
  16. False
  17. Rudyard Kipling
  18. the Ramayana
  19. True
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Kalidasa
  23. True
  24. True
  25. the Mahabharata
  26. True
  27. 18
  28. Alice in Wonderland
  29. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  30. False
  31. Rama
  32. False
  33. Rabindranath Tagore
  34. The Jungle Book
  35. Sanskrit
  36. False
  37. Sanskrit
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Gitanjali

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