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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 242 · 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 Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  9. 9.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  15. 15.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  26. 26.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  33. 33.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  40. 40.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. the Mahabharata
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. False
  5. English
  6. False
  7. Kalidasa
  8. Tamil
  9. True
  10. Mowgli
  11. 18
  12. Lewis Carroll
  13. True
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Ramcharitmanas
  16. animal stories
  17. False
  18. True
  19. Kalidasa
  20. English
  21. Sanskrit
  22. Premchand
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Meghaduta
  26. True
  27. Bengali
  28. 18
  29. 5
  30. Wings of Fire
  31. False
  32. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  33. False
  34. the Ramayana
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Rama
  38. False
  39. The Jungle Book
  40. False

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