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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 921 · 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 was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  14. 14.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  29. 29.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  34. 34.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

  1. Krishna
  2. True
  3. False
  4. Premchand
  5. 18
  6. Vishnu Sharma
  7. True
  8. the Ramayana
  9. Rama
  10. 18
  11. True
  12. True
  13. Tirukkural
  14. True
  15. True
  16. Sanskrit
  17. True
  18. Valmiki
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Idgah
  26. Alice in Wonderland
  27. Premchand
  28. Rabindranath Tagore
  29. False
  30. animal stories
  31. the Panchatantra
  32. False
  33. English
  34. False
  35. Bengali
  36. Wings of Fire
  37. 5
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Tulsidas

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