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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 419 · 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 the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  3. 3.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  14. 14.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  15. 15.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  18. 18.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  29. 29.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. English
  3. False
  4. Wings of Fire
  5. False
  6. Thiruvalluvar
  7. True
  8. True
  9. Tamil
  10. True
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. English
  13. Idgah
  14. Gitanjali
  15. Rama
  16. Sanskrit
  17. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. False
  19. Ramcharitmanas
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. 18
  22. True
  23. True
  24. False
  25. False
  26. Sanskrit
  27. 5
  28. the Ramayana
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Tulsidas
  32. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. Meghaduta
  34. False
  35. 18
  36. Rudyard Kipling
  37. English
  38. Lewis Carroll
  39. Alice in Wonderland
  40. Premchand

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