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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 424 · 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: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  7. 7.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  9. 9.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  10. 10.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  11. 11.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  16. 16.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  23. 23.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  36. 36.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

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

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