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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 579 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Wings of Fire
  2. 2.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  7. 7.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  10. 10.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Gitanjali
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) Wings of Fire
  21. 21.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  24. 24.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  34. 34.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  37. 37.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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