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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 425 · 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 was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  7. 7.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  19. 19.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  22. 22.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  33. 33.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  36. 36.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. 18
  3. False
  4. Valmiki
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Gitanjali
  8. True
  9. False
  10. 18
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Tulsidas
  14. False
  15. Rudyard Kipling
  16. Hindi
  17. True
  18. Bengali
  19. True
  20. Kalidasa
  21. Rama
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Tirukkural
  25. Ramcharitmanas
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Kalidasa
  30. False
  31. Premchand
  32. the Ramayana
  33. False
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. Ved Vyasa
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Sanskrit
  39. Tamil
  40. Rabindranath Tagore

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