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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 559 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  19. 19.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  33. 33.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. Rabindranath Tagore
  3. Sanskrit
  4. 5
  5. English
  6. False
  7. Vishnu Sharma
  8. Sanskrit
  9. Alice in Wonderland
  10. 18
  11. False
  12. Krishna
  13. False
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Gitanjali
  18. The Jungle Book
  19. animal stories
  20. Valmiki
  21. Tulsidas
  22. Rudyard Kipling
  23. False
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Tamil
  26. Premchand
  27. True
  28. False
  29. the Mahabharata
  30. 18
  31. Hindi
  32. Meghaduta
  33. Ramcharitmanas
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Kalidasa
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Godan

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