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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 974 · 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 Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  2. 2.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  24. 24.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  28. 28.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  38. 38.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam

Answer key

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

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