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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 673 · 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) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. 5.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  7. 7.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  24. 24.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  29. 29.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  33. 33.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas

Answer key

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

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