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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 247 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  20. 20.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  23. 23.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  25. 25.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  29. 29.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  35. 35.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa

Answer key

  1. Awadhi
  2. Valmiki
  3. Premchand
  4. False
  5. False
  6. Alice in Wonderland
  7. Mowgli
  8. Krishna
  9. Sanskrit
  10. False
  11. False
  12. the Ramayana
  13. Ramcharitmanas
  14. 18
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Tamil
  19. Thiruvalluvar
  20. False
  21. True
  22. Kalidasa
  23. True
  24. Wings of Fire
  25. 18
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Sanskrit
  29. False
  30. True
  31. True
  32. True
  33. English
  34. English
  35. the Panchatantra
  36. the Mahabharata
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Rudyard Kipling

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