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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 978 · 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 the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  8. 8.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  13. 13.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  16. 16.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  25. 25.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  28. 28.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  30. 30.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  32. 32.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  33. 33.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  35. 35.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  36. 36.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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