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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 844 · 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.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  4. 4.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  29. 29.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

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

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