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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 789 · 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: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  31. 31.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  34. 34.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali

Answer key

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

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