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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 217 · 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) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  38. 38.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

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

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