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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 291 · 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: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  19. 19.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  23. 23.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  26. 26.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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