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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 317 · 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: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  8. 8.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  15. 15.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  20. 20.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. 29.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  40. 40.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah

Answer key

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

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