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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 119 · 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.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  5. 5.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  6. 6.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  8. 8.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  9. 9.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  17. 17.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  39. 39.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the Mahabharata
  3. True
  4. Rabindranath Tagore
  5. Wings of Fire
  6. True
  7. Ramcharitmanas
  8. The Jungle Book
  9. False
  10. 5
  11. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. the Ramayana
  13. Vishnu Sharma
  14. Sanskrit
  15. False
  16. Hindi
  17. True
  18. Premchand
  19. Alice in Wonderland
  20. Premchand
  21. False
  22. 18
  23. True
  24. False
  25. 18
  26. Lewis Carroll
  27. Awadhi
  28. animal stories
  29. True
  30. False
  31. the Panchatantra
  32. False
  33. the Mahabharata
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. English
  38. Tamil
  39. Mowgli
  40. True

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