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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 94 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  7. 7.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  35. 35.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  40. 40.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta

Answer key

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

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