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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 334 · 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.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. 2.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  4. 4.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  18. 18.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  25. 25.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  28. 28.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  30. 30.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

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

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