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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 179 · 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 wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  6. 6.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  10. 10.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  14. 14.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  18. 18.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  24. 24.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  26. 26.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Idgah
  31. 31.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling

Answer key

  1. Valmiki
  2. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Rama
  6. False
  7. Rabindranath Tagore
  8. Awadhi
  9. Premchand
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. Sanskrit
  14. True
  15. English
  16. 5
  17. Alice in Wonderland
  18. True
  19. Vishnu Sharma
  20. Ramcharitmanas
  21. Krishna
  22. 18
  23. animal stories
  24. False
  25. 18
  26. True
  27. Tirukkural
  28. False
  29. the Mahabharata
  30. the Mahabharata
  31. True
  32. True
  33. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  34. False
  35. Mowgli
  36. Tamil
  37. Idgah
  38. Tulsidas
  39. Sanskrit
  40. Rudyard Kipling

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