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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 391 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  2. 2.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  7. 7.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  21. 21.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  24. 24.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  27. 27.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  29. 29.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  35. 35.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Bengali
  2. False
  3. Ved Vyasa
  4. False
  5. Premchand
  6. Mowgli
  7. True
  8. Tamil
  9. 18
  10. English
  11. 5
  12. Hindi
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. 18
  17. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. Rama
  19. Gitanjali
  20. Tirukkural
  21. True
  22. animal stories
  23. Kalidasa
  24. True
  25. False
  26. Rabindranath Tagore
  27. Ramcharitmanas
  28. Rudyard Kipling
  29. Alice in Wonderland
  30. Sanskrit
  31. True
  32. The Jungle Book
  33. False
  34. Meghaduta
  35. the Panchatantra
  36. True
  37. Krishna
  38. Vishnu Sharma
  39. False
  40. True

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