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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 684 · 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 Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  11. 11.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  17. 17.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  19. 19.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. Kalidasa
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Valmiki
  5. Rama
  6. Rudyard Kipling
  7. True
  8. animal stories
  9. Sanskrit
  10. Premchand
  11. False
  12. 18
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. False
  15. Alice in Wonderland
  16. Kalidasa
  17. True
  18. Krishna
  19. False
  20. Godan
  21. Vishnu Sharma
  22. True
  23. Lewis Carroll
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Bengali
  26. False
  27. False
  28. 5
  29. True
  30. True
  31. 18
  32. False
  33. Ved Vyasa
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Hindi
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. English

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