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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 413 · 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 Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  22. 22.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  30. 30.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  36. 36.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand

Answer key

  1. Tirukkural
  2. True
  3. 18
  4. English
  5. Tamil
  6. Gitanjali
  7. Valmiki
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Sanskrit
  10. the Panchatantra
  11. 5
  12. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  13. Meghaduta
  14. 18
  15. True
  16. True
  17. Ramcharitmanas
  18. English
  19. Sanskrit
  20. the Ramayana
  21. Krishna
  22. True
  23. Kalidasa
  24. True
  25. Idgah
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Bengali
  29. animal stories
  30. True
  31. The Jungle Book
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. Awadhi
  34. Alice in Wonderland
  35. Sanskrit
  36. False
  37. Tulsidas
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Ved Vyasa

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