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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 729 · 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 Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  2. 2.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  15. 15.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  37. 37.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. True
  3. Sanskrit
  4. Krishna
  5. Mowgli
  6. Kalidasa
  7. 18
  8. English
  9. Kalidasa
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  13. False
  14. Awadhi
  15. Idgah
  16. animal stories
  17. Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18
  19. Bengali
  20. 5
  21. Sanskrit
  22. True
  23. Hindi
  24. Valmiki
  25. True
  26. True
  27. the Panchatantra
  28. False
  29. Rama
  30. True
  31. Ved Vyasa
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Wings of Fire
  37. Gitanjali
  38. the Ramayana
  39. False
  40. False

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