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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 497 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  3. 3.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  14. 14.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  39. 39.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  40. 40.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Rama
  3. False
  4. True
  5. English
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. Meghaduta
  10. Premchand
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. Bengali
  13. animal stories
  14. True
  15. False
  16. The Jungle Book
  17. False
  18. Ramcharitmanas
  19. 18
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Sanskrit
  24. Ved Vyasa
  25. Kalidasa
  26. False
  27. Alice in Wonderland
  28. Tulsidas
  29. Idgah
  30. Sanskrit
  31. True
  32. English
  33. Sanskrit
  34. True
  35. True
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. False
  38. 5
  39. Gitanjali
  40. the Panchatantra

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