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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 664 · 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 Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  15. 15.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  19. 19.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  28. 28.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  38. 38.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Godan
  4. Bengali
  5. False
  6. Krishna
  7. 18
  8. False
  9. True
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. Wings of Fire
  12. False
  13. False
  14. English
  15. Meghaduta
  16. Premchand
  17. True
  18. Hindi
  19. False
  20. 18
  21. Vishnu Sharma
  22. 5
  23. Ramcharitmanas
  24. Ved Vyasa
  25. Mowgli
  26. True
  27. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. True
  29. Idgah
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Sanskrit
  33. Thiruvalluvar
  34. the Ramayana
  35. True
  36. Rama
  37. Rabindranath Tagore
  38. True
  39. Tirukkural
  40. Tulsidas

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