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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 688 · 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.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 4.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  7. 7.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  13. 13.True or false: Tulsidas wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  19. 19.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  24. 24.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Alice in Wonderland
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Thiruvalluvar
  2. English
  3. Premchand
  4. True
  5. Wings of Fire
  6. English
  7. True
  8. Valmiki
  9. Sanskrit
  10. Tamil
  11. Kalidasa
  12. Bengali
  13. False
  14. 18
  15. 18
  16. True
  17. True
  18. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. False
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Godan
  24. True
  25. 5
  26. Sanskrit
  27. True
  28. the Ramayana
  29. False
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Premchand
  33. True
  34. Alice in Wonderland
  35. Tulsidas
  36. True
  37. Rudyard Kipling
  38. False
  39. Ved Vyasa
  40. False

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