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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 100 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Rama
  8. 8.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  9. 9.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  14. 14.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  19. 19.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Meghaduta
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

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

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