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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 618 · 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 wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  16. 16.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  23. 23.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) maps (d) war songs
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata

Answer key

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

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