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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 450 · 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: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  3. 3.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  8. 8.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  10. 10.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  14. 14.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Hindi
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  23. 23.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  24. 24.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  27. 27.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  34. 34.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi

Answer key

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

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