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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 957 · 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.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  18. 18.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Tirukkural
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  28. 28.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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