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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 184 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  6. 6.True or false: Premchand wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  22. 22.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  40. 40.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

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

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