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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 399 · 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.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  4. 4.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  11. 11.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  18. 18.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  22. 22.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  25. 25.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  27. 27.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book

Answer key

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

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