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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 726 · 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 is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  5. 5.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  9. 9.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  10. 10.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  28. 28.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta

Answer key

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

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