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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 801 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  4. 4.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  32. 32.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas

Answer key

  1. Awadhi
  2. True
  3. Rama
  4. Ramcharitmanas
  5. English
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. False
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Thiruvalluvar
  10. English
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. Tamil
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Rudyard Kipling
  15. Krishna
  16. 5
  17. Sanskrit
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Hindi
  21. Sanskrit
  22. Vishnu Sharma
  23. False
  24. False
  25. True
  26. 18
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Valmiki
  30. True
  31. Tulsidas
  32. Gitanjali
  33. Lewis Carroll
  34. False
  35. Sanskrit
  36. Godan
  37. The Jungle Book
  38. False
  39. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  40. Premchand

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