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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 298 · 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: Thiruvalluvar wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  27. 27.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Sanskrit
  4. Rama
  5. Rabindranath Tagore
  6. Premchand
  7. False
  8. True
  9. Idgah
  10. 5
  11. Sanskrit
  12. Premchand
  13. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. False
  16. Ved Vyasa
  17. 18
  18. animal stories
  19. False
  20. Sanskrit
  21. False
  22. The Jungle Book
  23. True
  24. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  25. True
  26. English
  27. True
  28. True
  29. 18
  30. Hindi
  31. the Mahabharata
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. Bengali
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Vishnu Sharma
  37. True
  38. Awadhi
  39. True
  40. False

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