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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 248 · 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.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  3. 3.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  8. 8.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  9. 9.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  22. 22.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  23. 23.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Ved Vyasa
  3. True
  4. False
  5. 18
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Rama
  8. animal stories
  9. True
  10. Wings of Fire
  11. False
  12. Idgah
  13. Bengali
  14. Kalidasa
  15. Hindi
  16. English
  17. False
  18. True
  19. Mowgli
  20. 18
  21. Rabindranath Tagore
  22. the Panchatantra
  23. False
  24. Tulsidas
  25. English
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. 5
  28. Gitanjali
  29. English
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Ramcharitmanas
  33. The Jungle Book
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Krishna
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Premchand

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