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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 958 · 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 Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  5. 5.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  39. 39.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. 5
  3. False
  4. Krishna
  5. Ramcharitmanas
  6. Awadhi
  7. 18
  8. English
  9. Mowgli
  10. 18
  11. False
  12. the Mahabharata
  13. Valmiki
  14. False
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Lewis Carroll
  18. False
  19. False
  20. the Ramayana
  21. animal stories
  22. Gitanjali
  23. Tirukkural
  24. Rudyard Kipling
  25. Tulsidas
  26. True
  27. Bengali
  28. True
  29. Kalidasa
  30. Sanskrit
  31. True
  32. the Mahabharata
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Wings of Fire
  35. Ved Vyasa
  36. False
  37. Premchand
  38. Thiruvalluvar
  39. False
  40. English

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