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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 608 · 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) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) maps (d) recipes
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Meghaduta
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  25. 25.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  29. 29.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  30. 30.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  36. 36.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer key

  1. Bengali
  2. True
  3. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  4. animal stories
  5. False
  6. True
  7. True
  8. Awadhi
  9. Vishnu Sharma
  10. Idgah
  11. Rama
  12. Sanskrit
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. True
  15. The Jungle Book
  16. False
  17. Hindi
  18. 18
  19. False
  20. Tulsidas
  21. False
  22. 5
  23. English
  24. Sanskrit
  25. False
  26. Lewis Carroll
  27. Sanskrit
  28. Kalidasa
  29. Gitanjali
  30. False
  31. the Ramayana
  32. False
  33. True
  34. Ramcharitmanas
  35. Premchand
  36. the Panchatantra
  37. True
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Ved Vyasa

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