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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 774 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  4. 4.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  17. 17.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  24. 24.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  25. 25.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Idgah
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  36. 36.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  39. 39.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

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

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