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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 652 · 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.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  2. 2.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  19. 19.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  30. 30.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  34. 34.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  40. 40.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the Ramayana
  2. False
  3. Sanskrit
  4. Idgah
  5. False
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Rabindranath Tagore
  9. False
  10. 5
  11. Tamil
  12. False
  13. Rama
  14. Vishnu Sharma
  15. Kalidasa
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Krishna
  19. Tirukkural
  20. False
  21. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. False
  23. Rudyard Kipling
  24. True
  25. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. False
  27. Kalidasa
  28. 18
  29. Tulsidas
  30. False
  31. The Jungle Book
  32. False
  33. Premchand
  34. False
  35. Lewis Carroll
  36. animal stories
  37. 18
  38. the Panchatantra
  39. Meghaduta
  40. True

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