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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 597 · 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) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  2. 2.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Gitanjali
  3. 3.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Idgah
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Idgah
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  15. 15.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  16. 16.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  19. 19.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  27. 27.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  28. 28.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  36. 36.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

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

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