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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 507 · 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.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  11. 11.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  15. 15.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  20. 20.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  26. 26.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  34. 34.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand

Answer key

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

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