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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 85 · 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.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  4. 4.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  7. 7.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  8. 8.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  16. 16.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. Krishna
  3. English
  4. True
  5. Tamil
  6. Alice in Wonderland
  7. Idgah
  8. False
  9. Ved Vyasa
  10. Vishnu Sharma
  11. English
  12. False
  13. 18
  14. Wings of Fire
  15. English
  16. the Panchatantra
  17. Meghaduta
  18. Hindi
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. the Ramayana
  21. 5
  22. 18
  23. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. True
  25. Gitanjali
  26. Rabindranath Tagore
  27. True
  28. Thiruvalluvar
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Sanskrit
  33. Tirukkural
  34. True
  35. the Mahabharata
  36. False
  37. animal stories
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Rama

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