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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 691 · 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 the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  6. 6.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  16. 16.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  23. 23.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  29. 29.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  31. 31.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  40. 40.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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