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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 489 · 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.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  4. 4.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  27. 27.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  32. 32.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. Tamil
  3. the Mahabharata
  4. the Panchatantra
  5. Sanskrit
  6. 18
  7. Idgah
  8. False
  9. True
  10. Ramcharitmanas
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. Valmiki
  13. Sanskrit
  14. True
  15. 18
  16. Rabindranath Tagore
  17. 5
  18. English
  19. False
  20. The Jungle Book
  21. Tirukkural
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Kalidasa
  25. Thiruvalluvar
  26. Bengali
  27. Alice in Wonderland
  28. True
  29. Sanskrit
  30. False
  31. Awadhi
  32. False
  33. Mowgli
  34. Godan
  35. True
  36. Gitanjali
  37. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  38. Vishnu Sharma
  39. False
  40. True

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