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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 258 · 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 the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  11. 11.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  30. 30.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  31. 31.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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