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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 386 · 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.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  2. 2.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  18. 18.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  21. 21.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  25. 25.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  30. 30.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  35. 35.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  39. 39.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  40. 40.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. Tirukkural
  3. Alice in Wonderland
  4. Bengali
  5. True
  6. animal stories
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Sanskrit
  9. False
  10. Thiruvalluvar
  11. Wings of Fire
  12. Idgah
  13. False
  14. Valmiki
  15. True
  16. Rudyard Kipling
  17. Hindi
  18. False
  19. English
  20. Rabindranath Tagore
  21. True
  22. Rama
  23. False
  24. Awadhi
  25. False
  26. Krishna
  27. 5
  28. True
  29. Godan
  30. False
  31. Mowgli
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Vishnu Sharma
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Sanskrit
  38. Premchand
  39. Ramcharitmanas
  40. True

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