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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 725 · 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.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  5. 5.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  11. 11.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  36. 36.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Idgah
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  39. 39.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Vishnu Sharma
  3. 18
  4. Tulsidas
  5. False
  6. True
  7. False
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. True
  10. Valmiki
  11. True
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Sanskrit
  14. animal stories
  15. False
  16. Tirukkural
  17. True
  18. False
  19. Wings of Fire
  20. Lewis Carroll
  21. True
  22. Ramcharitmanas
  23. False
  24. Awadhi
  25. The Jungle Book
  26. True
  27. False
  28. 5
  29. False
  30. the Mahabharata
  31. the Panchatantra
  32. Godan
  33. Premchand
  34. Kalidasa
  35. the Ramayana
  36. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  37. Rama
  38. Meghaduta
  39. 18
  40. Bengali

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