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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 169 · 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: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  3. 3.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  8. 8.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  27. 27.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  32. 32.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Kalidasa
  3. Godan
  4. False
  5. Krishna
  6. True
  7. Bengali
  8. False
  9. True
  10. 18
  11. True
  12. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. False
  14. False
  15. False
  16. English
  17. Rudyard Kipling
  18. Rama
  19. True
  20. Sanskrit
  21. 18
  22. True
  23. Hindi
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Awadhi
  26. Alice in Wonderland
  27. the Ramayana
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Tirukkural
  30. True
  31. animal stories
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. Ved Vyasa
  34. English
  35. 5
  36. False
  37. Premchand
  38. Sanskrit
  39. Idgah
  40. Meghaduta

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