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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 280 · 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 Godan first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  2. 2.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  10. 10.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  25. 25.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  31. 31.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English

Answer key

  1. Hindi
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Alice in Wonderland
  5. Valmiki
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Bengali
  8. 18
  9. the Mahabharata
  10. True
  11. False
  12. Tirukkural
  13. False
  14. 5
  15. False
  16. Ramcharitmanas
  17. Mowgli
  18. 18
  19. False
  20. True
  21. Thiruvalluvar
  22. True
  23. Meghaduta
  24. Lewis Carroll
  25. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  26. Krishna
  27. False
  28. Rama
  29. Premchand
  30. Tulsidas
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Kalidasa
  37. Ved Vyasa
  38. True
  39. True
  40. English

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