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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 50 · 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.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  8. 8.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  10. 10.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  13. 13.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  23. 23.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali

Answer key

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

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