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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 645 · 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 was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  3. 3.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  4. 4.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  22. 22.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. Bengali
  3. Mowgli
  4. True
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. 18
  7. 18
  8. animal stories
  9. 5
  10. English
  11. Valmiki
  12. Premchand
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Thiruvalluvar
  15. False
  16. Ramcharitmanas
  17. False
  18. False
  19. True
  20. False
  21. the Mahabharata
  22. True
  23. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. Sanskrit
  25. False
  26. True
  27. Ved Vyasa
  28. False
  29. Premchand
  30. Godan
  31. the Panchatantra
  32. Gitanjali
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Tulsidas
  38. True
  39. Rama
  40. True

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