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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 520 · 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 books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  9. 9.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  11. 11.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. Rama
  3. Sanskrit
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Kalidasa
  7. English
  8. Ved Vyasa
  9. False
  10. Awadhi
  11. True
  12. Alice in Wonderland
  13. Premchand
  14. English
  15. False
  16. False
  17. the Panchatantra
  18. 18
  19. True
  20. Kalidasa
  21. True
  22. Rudyard Kipling
  23. Gitanjali
  24. True
  25. False
  26. Sanskrit
  27. 5
  28. the Mahabharata
  29. False
  30. True
  31. True
  32. Premchand
  33. Sanskrit
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. English
  39. Krishna
  40. Wings of Fire

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