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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 173 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  3. 3.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  38. 38.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki

Answer key

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

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