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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Thiruvalluvar
  2. Sanskrit
  3. the Mahabharata
  4. False
  5. Krishna
  6. Kalidasa
  7. Valmiki
  8. Lewis Carroll
  9. 18
  10. English
  11. True
  12. False
  13. Hindi
  14. True
  15. English
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. False
  18. 5
  19. Premchand
  20. English
  21. True
  22. Rama
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Sanskrit
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. 18
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Ved Vyasa
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. the Panchatantra
  37. Awadhi
  38. Kalidasa
  39. Bengali
  40. animal stories

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