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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 431 · 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 Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland
  8. 8.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Wings of Fire
  14. 14.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  15. 15.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  22. 22.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) Wings of Fire
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  37. 37.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

  1. Hindi
  2. Awadhi
  3. Lewis Carroll
  4. The Jungle Book
  5. Rama
  6. 18
  7. the Panchatantra
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Mowgli
  11. Sanskrit
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Godan
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. True
  16. False
  17. animal stories
  18. Sanskrit
  19. False
  20. 18
  21. Gitanjali
  22. Tirukkural
  23. Kalidasa
  24. Tulsidas
  25. Thiruvalluvar
  26. Krishna
  27. True
  28. Sanskrit
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Rabindranath Tagore
  33. False
  34. Premchand
  35. True
  36. Idgah
  37. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  38. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  39. False
  40. Alice in Wonderland

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