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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 235 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  4. 4.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. 11.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Bengali
  25. 25.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  26. 26.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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