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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 467 · 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 Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  25. 25.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Idgah
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  38. 38.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  39. 39.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll

Answer key

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

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