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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 787 · 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: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  32. 32.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  35. 35.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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