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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 621 · 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 the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  5. 5.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  14. 14.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Lewis Carroll
  17. 17.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  19. 19.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  30. 30.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  36. 36.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  39. 39.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra

Answer key

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

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