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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 203 · 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.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  4. 4.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  13. 13.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  24. 24.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas

Answer key

  1. Alice in Wonderland
  2. Sanskrit
  3. Bengali
  4. the Ramayana
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Tirukkural
  8. False
  9. English
  10. Rudyard Kipling
  11. 18
  12. Idgah
  13. False
  14. False
  15. False
  16. English
  17. 18
  18. the Panchatantra
  19. 5
  20. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. Premchand
  22. False
  23. Ved Vyasa
  24. Ramcharitmanas
  25. Rama
  26. False
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Sanskrit
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Thiruvalluvar
  34. Godan
  35. True
  36. False
  37. animal stories
  38. False
  39. the Mahabharata
  40. Tulsidas

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