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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 481 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  9. 9.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  10. 10.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  19. 19.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  29. 29.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Meghaduta
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  39. 39.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

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

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