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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 52 · 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 Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  2. 2.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  5. 5.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  18. 18.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  20. 20.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  26. 26.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  27. 27.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  32. 32.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  33. 33.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  34. 34.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Shere Khan
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  39. 39.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll

Answer key

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

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