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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 41 · 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 the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  2. 2.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  20. 20.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  34. 34.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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