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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 700 · 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 Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  8. 8.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  18. 18.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  21. 21.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  22. 22.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  24. 24.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  29. 29.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. 40.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Tulsidas
  2. Tamil
  3. False
  4. Sanskrit
  5. Sanskrit
  6. 18
  7. English
  8. The Jungle Book
  9. False
  10. Alice in Wonderland
  11. Hindi
  12. Premchand
  13. Kalidasa
  14. Premchand
  15. Sanskrit
  16. animal stories
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. True
  19. 5
  20. Awadhi
  21. Wings of Fire
  22. False
  23. Rama
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Krishna
  27. 18
  28. Valmiki
  29. True
  30. True
  31. the Mahabharata
  32. Thiruvalluvar
  33. False
  34. Idgah
  35. False
  36. Kalidasa
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Godan
  40. False

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