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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 44 · 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 Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  20. 20.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  22. 22.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  26. 26.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  29. 29.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  39. 39.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. Lewis Carroll
  4. Awadhi
  5. Sanskrit
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. 18
  10. Wings of Fire
  11. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 5
  13. Ved Vyasa
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Valmiki
  16. Rama
  17. Sanskrit
  18. False
  19. animal stories
  20. True
  21. Meghaduta
  22. Alice in Wonderland
  23. English
  24. Premchand
  25. Bengali
  26. True
  27. Premchand
  28. Tulsidas
  29. True
  30. Krishna
  31. False
  32. the Ramayana
  33. Sanskrit
  34. True
  35. Gitanjali
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. Kalidasa
  38. 18
  39. The Jungle Book
  40. False

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