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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 141 · 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 Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  4. 4.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  8. 8.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  33. 33.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  36. 36.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  37. 37.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  39. 39.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand

Answer key

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

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