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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 367 · 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 Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  2. 2.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  4. 4.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  24. 24.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  38. 38.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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