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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 348 · 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.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  10. 10.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  11. 11.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  19. 19.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  25. 25.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  37. 37.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman

Answer key

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

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