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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 893 · 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.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  19. 19.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  40. 40.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata

Answer key

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

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