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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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