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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 339 · 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.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  9. 9.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. 18.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  28. 28.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  34. 34.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  35. 35.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. Sanskrit
  3. the Ramayana
  4. 18
  5. False
  6. Premchand
  7. True
  8. Thiruvalluvar
  9. True
  10. 5
  11. 18
  12. Ved Vyasa
  13. False
  14. False
  15. English
  16. True
  17. Kalidasa
  18. Ramcharitmanas
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Tamil
  22. Rama
  23. Rudyard Kipling
  24. Mowgli
  25. True
  26. True
  27. English
  28. False
  29. The Jungle Book
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Vishnu Sharma
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Wings of Fire
  35. True
  36. True
  37. Sanskrit
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Kalidasa

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