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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 126 · 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: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  6. 6.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  10. 10.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  15. 15.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  21. 21.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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