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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 312 · 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: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  12. 12.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  22. 22.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  29. 29.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

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

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