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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 260 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Gitanjali
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  17. 17.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  24. 24.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  27. 27.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  29. 29.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  30. 30.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  32. 32.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. 34.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki

Answer key

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

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