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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 70 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  3. 3.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  7. 7.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  10. 10.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  17. 17.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  18. 18.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  19. 19.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  20. 20.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  23. 23.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  24. 24.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  25. 25.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. Tulsidas
  3. True
  4. True
  5. False
  6. Ved Vyasa
  7. 18
  8. False
  9. Valmiki
  10. animal stories
  11. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  12. False
  13. True
  14. Rama
  15. Sanskrit
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. Wings of Fire
  18. 18
  19. The Jungle Book
  20. Godan
  21. Tamil
  22. English
  23. Gitanjali
  24. the Ramayana
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Krishna
  29. False
  30. Bengali
  31. True
  32. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  33. Rabindranath Tagore
  34. Alice in Wonderland
  35. English
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Awadhi
  39. False
  40. the Mahabharata

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