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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 158 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  19. 19.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. the Mahabharata
  3. 18
  4. True
  5. Tirukkural
  6. Rabindranath Tagore
  7. the Mahabharata
  8. True
  9. Sanskrit
  10. 5
  11. True
  12. False
  13. True
  14. Kalidasa
  15. True
  16. Bengali
  17. animal stories
  18. Vishnu Sharma
  19. The Jungle Book
  20. Alice in Wonderland
  21. Godan
  22. Tulsidas
  23. False
  24. Idgah
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. Thiruvalluvar
  29. Lewis Carroll
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Kalidasa
  32. True
  33. 18
  34. Sanskrit
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Premchand
  39. English
  40. Wings of Fire

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