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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 156 · 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 Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  11. 11.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  18. 18.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  23. 23.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah

Answer key

  1. English
  2. True
  3. Kalidasa
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. 18
  6. True
  7. True
  8. 5
  9. Godan
  10. Tulsidas
  11. True
  12. the Panchatantra
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Gitanjali
  16. True
  17. Rama
  18. False
  19. True
  20. True
  21. Sanskrit
  22. Rabindranath Tagore
  23. Wings of Fire
  24. Premchand
  25. Ramcharitmanas
  26. Vishnu Sharma
  27. Rudyard Kipling
  28. Krishna
  29. True
  30. False
  31. 18
  32. Sanskrit
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Thiruvalluvar
  35. True
  36. the Ramayana
  37. Tamil
  38. False
  39. False
  40. the Mahabharata

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