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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 363 · 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 Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  2. 2.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  5. 5.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  11. 11.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  14. 14.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  30. 30.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  38. 38.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  40. 40.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire

Answer key

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

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