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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 573 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  2. 2.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  8. 8.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  11. 11.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  14. 14.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  15. 15.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  21. 21.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  23. 23.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  27. 27.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  29. 29.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  39. 39.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

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

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