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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 721 · 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 Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  5. 5.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  14. 14.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  24. 24.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  36. 36.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  38. 38.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. Kalidasa
  3. Sanskrit
  4. Tamil
  5. False
  6. True
  7. 18
  8. False
  9. Vishnu Sharma
  10. The Jungle Book
  11. 18
  12. Rudyard Kipling
  13. Rama
  14. the Panchatantra
  15. True
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. Krishna
  18. True
  19. Tulsidas
  20. Bengali
  21. True
  22. Sanskrit
  23. Thiruvalluvar
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Ved Vyasa
  27. False
  28. Sanskrit
  29. False
  30. True
  31. 5
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. Gitanjali
  34. Premchand
  35. Premchand
  36. False
  37. Wings of Fire
  38. False
  39. True
  40. English

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