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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 421 · 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) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  2. 2.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  9. 9.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  11. 11.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  19. 19.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  20. 20.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  24. 24.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  34. 34.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

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

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