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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 423 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  4. 4.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  28. 28.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  29. 29.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  30. 30.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  39. 39.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Awadhi
  2. 18
  3. Rama
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. Sanskrit
  8. False
  9. Premchand
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. False
  12. Kalidasa
  13. Mowgli
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. 18
  16. Alice in Wonderland
  17. Premchand
  18. Krishna
  19. Vishnu Sharma
  20. Godan
  21. True
  22. False
  23. True
  24. English
  25. False
  26. Valmiki
  27. Ved Vyasa
  28. Wings of Fire
  29. the Ramayana
  30. The Jungle Book
  31. Tamil
  32. English
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Kalidasa
  36. Bengali
  37. True
  38. Sanskrit
  39. True
  40. False

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