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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 587 · 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.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  3. 3.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  17. 17.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  25. 25.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  36. 36.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Krishna
  3. False
  4. Rama
  5. Valmiki
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 18
  9. True
  10. English
  11. False
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Ved Vyasa
  15. Sanskrit
  16. Hindi
  17. The Jungle Book
  18. Kalidasa
  19. True
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. animal stories
  22. Bengali
  23. False
  24. Vishnu Sharma
  25. False
  26. Kalidasa
  27. the Panchatantra
  28. Premchand
  29. False
  30. Tulsidas
  31. English
  32. True
  33. 18
  34. True
  35. Wings of Fire
  36. 5
  37. False
  38. True
  39. the Ramayana
  40. True

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