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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 711 · 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 Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Idgah (c) the Mahabharata (d) Meghaduta
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  11. 11.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Wings of Fire
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  13. 13.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) The Jungle Book
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  25. 25.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  26. 26.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) maps
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  31. 31.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. 5
  3. False
  4. 18
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. Ramcharitmanas
  7. Lewis Carroll
  8. True
  9. 18
  10. Tirukkural
  11. the Ramayana
  12. Sanskrit
  13. False
  14. Premchand
  15. Sanskrit
  16. False
  17. Alice in Wonderland
  18. Godan
  19. Idgah
  20. Ved Vyasa
  21. Wings of Fire
  22. Hindi
  23. English
  24. Awadhi
  25. Rama
  26. the Panchatantra
  27. animal stories
  28. Tulsidas
  29. True
  30. English
  31. Mowgli
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. Kalidasa
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Rudyard Kipling
  40. False

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