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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 254 · 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 Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  4. 4.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  14. 14.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  15. 15.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 20.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  23. 23.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  28. 28.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  29. 29.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas

Answer key

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

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