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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 706 · 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 Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  8. 8.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  12. 12.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  13. 13.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  19. 19.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  30. 30.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  35. 35.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

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

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