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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 886 · 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.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  3. 3.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  4. 4.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  9. 9.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  10. 10.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  22. 22.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  25. 25.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  26. 26.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  29. 29.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  31. 31.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  33. 33.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman

Answer key

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

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