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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 214 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. 3.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  15. 15.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  19. 19.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. Tirukkural
  3. the Panchatantra
  4. Kalidasa
  5. True
  6. True
  7. the Ramayana
  8. True
  9. 18
  10. False
  11. English
  12. False
  13. Rudyard Kipling
  14. Tamil
  15. Wings of Fire
  16. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. True
  18. Sanskrit
  19. False
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Sanskrit
  23. False
  24. Thiruvalluvar
  25. True
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. 18
  32. False
  33. Kalidasa
  34. Bengali
  35. Godan
  36. True
  37. Vishnu Sharma
  38. Krishna
  39. True
  40. Gitanjali

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