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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 229 · 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.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  17. 17.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. 5
  3. Ved Vyasa
  4. Kalidasa
  5. False
  6. Meghaduta
  7. False
  8. Premchand
  9. Wings of Fire
  10. True
  11. True
  12. Idgah
  13. Valmiki
  14. animal stories
  15. True
  16. English
  17. False
  18. the Mahabharata
  19. Krishna
  20. Rama
  21. True
  22. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. Sanskrit
  24. False
  25. Vishnu Sharma
  26. True
  27. Hindi
  28. 18
  29. 18
  30. the Ramayana
  31. False
  32. Mowgli
  33. Sanskrit
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. Lewis Carroll
  36. Sanskrit
  37. Sanskrit
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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