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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 515 · 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 Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  4. 4.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  8. 8.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  10. 10.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  26. 26.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  39. 39.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Premchand
  2. False
  3. The Jungle Book
  4. True
  5. False
  6. the Mahabharata
  7. Gitanjali
  8. True
  9. Sanskrit
  10. True
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Tulsidas
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Mowgli
  18. 5
  19. True
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Rama
  23. Kalidasa
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Rudyard Kipling
  26. True
  27. Sanskrit
  28. True
  29. Sanskrit
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Vishnu Sharma
  33. Godan
  34. False
  35. English
  36. Rabindranath Tagore
  37. the Panchatantra
  38. Krishna
  39. False
  40. False

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