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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. 18
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Ramcharitmanas
  6. 18
  7. 5
  8. False
  9. the Mahabharata
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. Thiruvalluvar
  14. Awadhi
  15. Premchand
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Ved Vyasa
  20. True
  21. Mowgli
  22. Rama
  23. Tulsidas
  24. False
  25. the Panchatantra
  26. Alice in Wonderland
  27. True
  28. True
  29. Sanskrit
  30. True
  31. Hindi
  32. False
  33. Wings of Fire
  34. Bengali
  35. Rabindranath Tagore
  36. True
  37. the Mahabharata
  38. False
  39. Kalidasa
  40. Godan

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