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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 885 · 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 Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  3. 3.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  14. 14.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  21. 21.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  22. 22.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  27. 27.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  34. 34.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. Sanskrit
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Vishnu Sharma
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. True
  8. 18
  9. Sanskrit
  10. False
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. True
  13. animal stories
  14. True
  15. True
  16. The Jungle Book
  17. False
  18. Ved Vyasa
  19. the Ramayana
  20. Rabindranath Tagore
  21. Krishna
  22. True
  23. 18
  24. 5
  25. True
  26. Mowgli
  27. Gitanjali
  28. English
  29. Kalidasa
  30. Tulsidas
  31. Tamil
  32. True
  33. Rama
  34. False
  35. True
  36. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Godan
  40. English

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