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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 357 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  2. 2.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  19. 19.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Wings of Fire
  2. False
  3. 5
  4. English
  5. the Panchatantra
  6. False
  7. False
  8. Awadhi
  9. animal stories
  10. True
  11. Ramcharitmanas
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Rabindranath Tagore
  15. the Mahabharata
  16. True
  17. Mowgli
  18. The Jungle Book
  19. False
  20. True
  21. Hindi
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Rudyard Kipling
  29. Rama
  30. Gitanjali
  31. Valmiki
  32. Vishnu Sharma
  33. Ved Vyasa
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. False

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