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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 263 · 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) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  10. 10.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  23. 23.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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