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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 324 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  17. 17.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  24. 24.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  26. 26.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.True or false: Premchand wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. animal stories
  3. Premchand
  4. Vishnu Sharma
  5. Kalidasa
  6. English
  7. 5
  8. False
  9. the Panchatantra
  10. False
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. Bengali
  13. Hindi
  14. Rudyard Kipling
  15. True
  16. Thiruvalluvar
  17. False
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Godan
  20. 18
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Krishna
  24. True
  25. Alice in Wonderland
  26. the Ramayana
  27. True
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Kalidasa
  31. 18
  32. True
  33. Rabindranath Tagore
  34. False
  35. Premchand
  36. Rama
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Wings of Fire
  40. True

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