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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 271 · 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: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  7. 7.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  20. 20.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  25. 25.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  32. 32.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  40. 40.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. English
  6. Alice in Wonderland
  7. True
  8. Vishnu Sharma
  9. True
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. True
  12. 5
  13. the Panchatantra
  14. 18
  15. the Ramayana
  16. True
  17. Ved Vyasa
  18. False
  19. Mowgli
  20. False
  21. Awadhi
  22. Wings of Fire
  23. Tulsidas
  24. Tamil
  25. 18
  26. False
  27. Gitanjali
  28. False
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Rabindranath Tagore
  31. Bengali
  32. False
  33. Kalidasa
  34. the Mahabharata
  35. Sanskrit
  36. True
  37. False
  38. English
  39. Lewis Carroll
  40. animal stories

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