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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 482 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  5. 5.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  11. 11.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  20. 20.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  24. 24.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  29. 29.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali

Answer key

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

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