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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. the Panchatantra
  3. Rama
  4. animal stories
  5. True
  6. Sanskrit
  7. Tamil
  8. True
  9. the Ramayana
  10. Sanskrit
  11. Mowgli
  12. 5
  13. False
  14. Krishna
  15. 18
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Rabindranath Tagore
  19. True
  20. True
  21. Wings of Fire
  22. the Mahabharata
  23. Sanskrit
  24. True
  25. Sanskrit
  26. True
  27. True
  28. The Jungle Book
  29. Meghaduta
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Kalidasa
  33. True
  34. Lewis Carroll
  35. Bengali
  36. Premchand
  37. Awadhi
  38. Hindi
  39. Tirukkural
  40. Ved Vyasa

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