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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 326 · 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: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  15. 15.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  16. 16.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  33. 33.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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