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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 337 · 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 the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  21. 21.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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