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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 805 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  4. 4.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  13. 13.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  24. 24.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. Sanskrit
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. False
  5. Tirukkural
  6. Hindi
  7. 5
  8. Ved Vyasa
  9. True
  10. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. Ramcharitmanas
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Gitanjali
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. Valmiki
  16. Sanskrit
  17. False
  18. Premchand
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. 18
  23. Bengali
  24. True
  25. Mowgli
  26. True
  27. Sanskrit
  28. Premchand
  29. animal stories
  30. Awadhi
  31. Kalidasa
  32. False
  33. Kalidasa
  34. the Panchatantra
  35. False
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. Idgah
  38. Krishna
  39. English
  40. True

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