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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 606 · 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) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  2. 2.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  5. 5.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Bengali
  15. 15.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  17. 17.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Shere Khan
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  30. 30.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  33. 33.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Krishna (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  40. 40.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Bengali
  2. True
  3. 5
  4. Gitanjali
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Tamil
  8. Sanskrit
  9. 18
  10. Rama
  11. True
  12. False
  13. Sanskrit
  14. Hindi
  15. Wings of Fire
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. Meghaduta
  18. False
  19. English
  20. True
  21. True
  22. True
  23. Premchand
  24. English
  25. True
  26. Mowgli
  27. English
  28. Kalidasa
  29. Tulsidas
  30. the Panchatantra
  31. Vishnu Sharma
  32. Valmiki
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Rabindranath Tagore
  36. False
  37. Krishna
  38. False
  39. 18
  40. True

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