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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 439 · 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: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  24. 24.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  27. 27.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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