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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 384 · 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 books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  2. 2.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  34. 34.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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