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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 824 · 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 wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  24. 24.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  30. 30.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Tulsidas
  2. False
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Hindi
  6. Rabindranath Tagore
  7. Krishna
  8. English
  9. Meghaduta
  10. True
  11. 18
  12. animal stories
  13. the Panchatantra
  14. 5
  15. Lewis Carroll
  16. False
  17. False
  18. Rama
  19. Sanskrit
  20. False
  21. True
  22. Alice in Wonderland
  23. Vishnu Sharma
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Rudyard Kipling
  29. the Mahabharata
  30. The Jungle Book
  31. False
  32. True
  33. the Ramayana
  34. True
  35. Kalidasa
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. True
  38. 18
  39. Sanskrit
  40. False

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