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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 356 · 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 Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  8. 8.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  9. 9.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  11. 11.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  27. 27.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  30. 30.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  33. 33.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  36. 36.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English

Answer key

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

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