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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 822 · 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: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  10. 10.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  30. 30.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  31. 31.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  32. 32.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  33. 33.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

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

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