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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 456 · 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: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  3. 3.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  16. 16.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Godan
  21. 21.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  23. 23.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  27. 27.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  31. 31.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  35. 35.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) war songs
  40. 40.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. the Ramayana
  3. the Panchatantra
  4. Sanskrit
  5. False
  6. 18
  7. Rabindranath Tagore
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Mowgli
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. Wings of Fire
  13. Tamil
  14. Vishnu Sharma
  15. Sanskrit
  16. Ramcharitmanas
  17. Thiruvalluvar
  18. False
  19. 5
  20. Alice in Wonderland
  21. Rama
  22. Premchand
  23. False
  24. False
  25. Ved Vyasa
  26. Hindi
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Krishna
  31. False
  32. Gitanjali
  33. False
  34. English
  35. False
  36. Kalidasa
  37. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. True
  39. animal stories
  40. True

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