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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 651 · 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.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  7. 7.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Premchand (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  17. 17.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  26. 26.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  29. 29.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  31. 31.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  35. 35.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Arjuna
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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