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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 361 · 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 Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  2. 2.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  5. 5.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  37. 37.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

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

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