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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 835 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. 3.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  19. 19.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  30. 30.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  34. 34.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  38. 38.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. Kalidasa
  3. False
  4. Sanskrit
  5. Sanskrit
  6. True
  7. Vishnu Sharma
  8. True
  9. True
  10. False
  11. Ved Vyasa
  12. Rudyard Kipling
  13. Alice in Wonderland
  14. False
  15. True
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. Rama
  18. Krishna
  19. 18
  20. True
  21. 18
  22. True
  23. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. the Panchatantra
  26. Mowgli
  27. Awadhi
  28. False
  29. Wings of Fire
  30. True
  31. Tirukkural
  32. Tulsidas
  33. Sanskrit
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Hindi
  38. Ramcharitmanas
  39. Premchand
  40. Valmiki

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