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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 776 · 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 Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  8. 8.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  14. 14.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  16. 16.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  17. 17.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  19. 19.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  27. 27.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  37. 37.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  38. 38.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand

Answer key

  1. Ramcharitmanas
  2. English
  3. False
  4. Valmiki
  5. 18
  6. English
  7. the Ramayana
  8. True
  9. Sanskrit
  10. True
  11. False
  12. Vishnu Sharma
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. False
  15. Premchand
  16. Alice in Wonderland
  17. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  18. The Jungle Book
  19. the Panchatantra
  20. False
  21. Sanskrit
  22. animal stories
  23. True
  24. 18
  25. Awadhi
  26. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  27. False
  28. False
  29. 5
  30. Bengali
  31. Krishna
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Kalidasa
  36. Rama
  37. the Mahabharata
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Tulsidas

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