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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 139 · 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 The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  2. 2.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  4. 4.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  8. 8.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  12. 12.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  22. 22.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  33. 33.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki

Answer key

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

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