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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 797 · 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: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  4. 4.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  15. 15.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  18. 18.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  27. 27.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  35. 35.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  38. 38.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali

Answer key

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

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