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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 617 · 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) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  6. 6.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. 8.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  11. 11.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  15. 15.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  20. 20.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  31. 31.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  34. 34.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  39. 39.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  40. 40.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. English
  2. 18
  3. False
  4. True
  5. English
  6. The Jungle Book
  7. Kalidasa
  8. True
  9. False
  10. the Panchatantra
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. animal stories
  15. False
  16. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. Tamil
  18. False
  19. 5
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Sanskrit
  23. Wings of Fire
  24. Thiruvalluvar
  25. Krishna
  26. 18
  27. Hindi
  28. Awadhi
  29. True
  30. Alice in Wonderland
  31. True
  32. Tirukkural
  33. Valmiki
  34. Rama
  35. Meghaduta
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Vishnu Sharma
  39. the Ramayana
  40. False

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