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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 309 · 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 Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  3. 3.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  5. 5.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  29. 29.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  31. 31.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  33. 33.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas

Answer key

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

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