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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 355 · 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.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  4. 4.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  18. 18.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  28. 28.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  39. 39.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam

Answer key

  1. the Panchatantra
  2. False
  3. Premchand
  4. True
  5. Rama
  6. Hindi
  7. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. Sanskrit
  9. Valmiki
  10. 5
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. English
  13. Rudyard Kipling
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Lewis Carroll
  17. 18
  18. Gitanjali
  19. Idgah
  20. Awadhi
  21. False
  22. 18
  23. Tamil
  24. False
  25. Tirukkural
  26. Kalidasa
  27. English
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Rabindranath Tagore
  32. False
  33. the Ramayana
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Sanskrit
  37. False
  38. Alice in Wonderland
  39. False
  40. Abhijnanashakuntalam

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