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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 344 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  14. 14.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  16. 16.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  17. 17.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  26. 26.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Sanskrit
  3. False
  4. False
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. Krishna
  7. False
  8. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 5
  10. False
  11. Ramcharitmanas
  12. Premchand
  13. Tamil
  14. False
  15. Sanskrit
  16. Meghaduta
  17. False
  18. True
  19. Gitanjali
  20. True
  21. True
  22. False
  23. False
  24. False
  25. Lewis Carroll
  26. True
  27. the Panchatantra
  28. Idgah
  29. Vishnu Sharma
  30. the Mahabharata
  31. True
  32. Alice in Wonderland
  33. Premchand
  34. Sanskrit
  35. Sanskrit
  36. Thiruvalluvar
  37. Rudyard Kipling
  38. False
  39. Kalidasa
  40. Bengali

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