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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 999 · 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) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 2.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  10. 10.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  12. 12.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  22. 22.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  37. 37.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Krishna
  3. Tamil
  4. False
  5. Valmiki
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Kalidasa
  9. Premchand
  10. Alice in Wonderland
  11. Vishnu Sharma
  12. True
  13. True
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Thiruvalluvar
  16. Rama
  17. 18
  18. English
  19. Sanskrit
  20. True
  21. Godan
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. Mowgli
  24. Premchand
  25. False
  26. False
  27. 5
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Ved Vyasa
  30. the Ramayana
  31. Tulsidas
  32. Hindi
  33. English
  34. Rudyard Kipling
  35. True
  36. 18
  37. Tirukkural
  38. animal stories
  39. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. False

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