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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 937 · 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 Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  2. 2.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  9. 9.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  29. 29.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Kalidasa
  2. Meghaduta
  3. False
  4. True
  5. False
  6. Rama
  7. Tulsidas
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Tirukkural
  10. Thiruvalluvar
  11. Vishnu Sharma
  12. True
  13. Alice in Wonderland
  14. English
  15. 5
  16. Rabindranath Tagore
  17. Sanskrit
  18. False
  19. Premchand
  20. 18
  21. Premchand
  22. Awadhi
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Godan
  26. Bengali
  27. 18
  28. Ved Vyasa
  29. Ramcharitmanas
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Sanskrit
  32. False
  33. the Mahabharata
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Valmiki
  38. True
  39. Tamil
  40. False

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