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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 847 · 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 was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  7. 7.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  29. 29.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  34. 34.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. Sanskrit
  3. 5
  4. False
  5. False
  6. English
  7. Wings of Fire
  8. the Ramayana
  9. Premchand
  10. Sanskrit
  11. Rama
  12. True
  13. False
  14. the Panchatantra
  15. True
  16. Awadhi
  17. 18
  18. True
  19. Godan
  20. Premchand
  21. 18
  22. Tulsidas
  23. True
  24. Vishnu Sharma
  25. False
  26. Bengali
  27. True
  28. Mowgli
  29. False
  30. Rabindranath Tagore
  31. Sanskrit
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. Sanskrit
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. animal stories
  36. False
  37. English
  38. Ved Vyasa
  39. Thiruvalluvar
  40. Abhijnanashakuntalam

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