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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 899 · 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 Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  10. 10.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  12. 12.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. 24.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

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

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