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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 458 · 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 Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  6. 6.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Kalidasa
  19. 19.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  21. 21.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  22. 22.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  31. 31.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) The Jungle Book
  32. 32.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  34. 34.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Godan
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  37. 37.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling

Answer key

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

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