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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 400 · 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.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  9. 9.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Ved Vyasa
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  40. 40.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?

Answer key

  1. Rama
  2. Sanskrit
  3. True
  4. False
  5. Ved Vyasa
  6. English
  7. English
  8. the Panchatantra
  9. Krishna
  10. Lewis Carroll
  11. False
  12. English
  13. Thiruvalluvar
  14. 18
  15. Sanskrit
  16. False
  17. Kalidasa
  18. Premchand
  19. Hindi
  20. Rudyard Kipling
  21. the Ramayana
  22. False
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Wings of Fire
  29. True
  30. Tamil
  31. Alice in Wonderland
  32. Vishnu Sharma
  33. Tirukkural
  34. Meghaduta
  35. True
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Idgah
  40. 5

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