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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 429 · 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 Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah

Answer key

  1. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. Sanskrit
  3. 18
  4. True
  5. False
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Kalidasa
  9. Vishnu Sharma
  10. Ramcharitmanas
  11. Premchand
  12. Rama
  13. False
  14. True
  15. the Mahabharata
  16. Awadhi
  17. False
  18. True
  19. Gitanjali
  20. 18
  21. True
  22. English
  23. False
  24. Premchand
  25. True
  26. Valmiki
  27. the Mahabharata
  28. Rabindranath Tagore
  29. Hindi
  30. True
  31. animal stories
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. False
  34. Wings of Fire
  35. Krishna
  36. True
  37. the Panchatantra
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Idgah

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