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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 198 · 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 Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  4. 4.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  5. 5.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  6. 6.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  31. 31.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  33. 33.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

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

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