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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 269 · 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: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Idgah
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  7. 7.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  18. 18.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. 23.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  36. 36.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  37. 37.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English

Answer key

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

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