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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 197 · 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: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  7. 7.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  13. 13.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  22. 22.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  23. 23.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  26. 26.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  30. 30.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  39. 39.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ramcharitmanas
  3. 18
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Bengali
  7. The Jungle Book
  8. False
  9. Sanskrit
  10. 5
  11. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  12. Gitanjali
  13. True
  14. Premchand
  15. English
  16. Ved Vyasa
  17. Sanskrit
  18. Kalidasa
  19. Lewis Carroll
  20. the Ramayana
  21. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  22. Wings of Fire
  23. True
  24. the Panchatantra
  25. the Mahabharata
  26. Rama
  27. Tamil
  28. Sanskrit
  29. Godan
  30. True
  31. Awadhi
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Idgah
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Alice in Wonderland
  39. False
  40. 18

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