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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 277 · 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: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  9. 9.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  10. 10.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  15. 15.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  29. 29.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  36. 36.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire

Answer key

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

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