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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 53 · 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) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  11. 11.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  13. 13.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  17. 17.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  34. 34.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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