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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 459 · 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) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  2. 2.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  7. 7.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  9. 9.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  13. 13.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  31. 31.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) maps
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  36. 36.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas

Answer key

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

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