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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 572 · 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.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  4. 4.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  8. 8.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  11. 11.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  17. 17.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  19. 19.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  22. 22.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  32. 32.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) English
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  38. 38.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  39. 39.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  40. 40.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. True
  3. Rama
  4. Gitanjali
  5. Premchand
  6. Alice in Wonderland
  7. Sanskrit
  8. True
  9. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  10. Bengali
  11. False
  12. True
  13. Tulsidas
  14. False
  15. False
  16. Hindi
  17. False
  18. Thiruvalluvar
  19. Mowgli
  20. False
  21. Tamil
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Kalidasa
  25. True
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Sanskrit
  30. False
  31. Krishna
  32. True
  33. the Panchatantra
  34. English
  35. Wings of Fire
  36. True
  37. the Mahabharata
  38. 18
  39. 18
  40. False

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