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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 404 · 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 Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  2. 2.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  4. 4.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  13. 13.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  18. 18.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  21. 21.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  28. 28.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Tulsidas
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  32. 32.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil

Answer key

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

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