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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 189 · 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) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  2. 2.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  3. 3.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  24. 24.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  29. 29.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English

Answer key

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

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