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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 194 · 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 Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  25. 25.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  28. 28.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Kalidasa
  2. Ved Vyasa
  3. Rama
  4. Lewis Carroll
  5. Sanskrit
  6. 5
  7. True
  8. Kalidasa
  9. True
  10. Rudyard Kipling
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. English
  13. 18
  14. True
  15. Bengali
  16. Awadhi
  17. True
  18. False
  19. 18
  20. False
  21. Hindi
  22. True
  23. the Mahabharata
  24. Godan
  25. Wings of Fire
  26. Rabindranath Tagore
  27. Premchand
  28. the Panchatantra
  29. animal stories
  30. Valmiki
  31. Meghaduta
  32. English
  33. Krishna
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Sanskrit
  37. False
  38. Gitanjali
  39. English
  40. False

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