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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 42 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  16. 16.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  20. 20.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  29. 29.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  33. 33.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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