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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 374 · 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 Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  12. 12.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  14. 14.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  23. 23.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  27. 27.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. False
  3. animal stories
  4. True
  5. Premchand
  6. Valmiki
  7. English
  8. False
  9. 5
  10. Rudyard Kipling
  11. Sanskrit
  12. Ramcharitmanas
  13. Tamil
  14. True
  15. Krishna
  16. False
  17. Bengali
  18. 18
  19. Awadhi
  20. Rabindranath Tagore
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. Tirukkural
  23. False
  24. Sanskrit
  25. True
  26. Kalidasa
  27. Rama
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Godan
  35. True
  36. Sanskrit
  37. True
  38. Alice in Wonderland
  39. Hindi
  40. English

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