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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 230 · 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 Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  3. 3.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  10. 10.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  15. 15.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  17. 17.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  20. 20.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  33. 33.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  34. 34.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  35. 35.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand

Answer key

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

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