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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 593 · 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 Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  3. 3.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  5. 5.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Thiruvalluvar
  28. 28.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Valmiki
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  31. 31.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  32. 32.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  35. 35.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata

Answer key

  1. Bengali
  2. Tulsidas
  3. True
  4. the Ramayana
  5. 18
  6. Ved Vyasa
  7. Sanskrit
  8. Alice in Wonderland
  9. False
  10. Sanskrit
  11. 5
  12. Kalidasa
  13. False
  14. True
  15. False
  16. English
  17. True
  18. animal stories
  19. False
  20. Rama
  21. False
  22. True
  23. Premchand
  24. Rudyard Kipling
  25. False
  26. True
  27. Lewis Carroll
  28. Idgah
  29. Valmiki
  30. Rabindranath Tagore
  31. The Jungle Book
  32. Tirukkural
  33. True
  34. 18
  35. False
  36. Sanskrit
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. the Mahabharata

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