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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 454 · 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 the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  10. 10.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  23. 23.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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