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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 589 · 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.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  4. 4.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  9. 9.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  20. 20.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  23. 23.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  27. 27.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  29. 29.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Premchand
  32. 32.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  33. 33.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  38. 38.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Kalidasa
  3. Hindi
  4. False
  5. the Panchatantra
  6. False
  7. True
  8. Krishna
  9. True
  10. Sanskrit
  11. Premchand
  12. Ved Vyasa
  13. 18
  14. the Mahabharata
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. Wings of Fire
  20. the Mahabharata
  21. Meghaduta
  22. Mowgli
  23. The Jungle Book
  24. True
  25. True
  26. English
  27. False
  28. Rama
  29. Alice in Wonderland
  30. False
  31. Vishnu Sharma
  32. 5
  33. False
  34. Bengali
  35. False
  36. Sanskrit
  37. Lewis Carroll
  38. Ramcharitmanas
  39. True
  40. Sanskrit

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