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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 182 · 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: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  8. 8.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  18. 18.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  19. 19.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  23. 23.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  31. 31.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  38. 38.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

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

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