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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 940 · 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 Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  2. 2.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) The Jungle Book
  16. 16.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  21. 21.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  37. 37.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

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

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