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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 54 · 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 Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  5. 5.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Godan
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  15. 15.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  20. 20.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  25. 25.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  31. 31.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  35. 35.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. 40.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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