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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 715 · 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 The Jungle Book? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Rudyard Kipling
  2. 2.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Bengali
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  8. 8.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  10. 10.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  17. 17.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  19. 19.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  24. 24.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Awadhi
  26. 26.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  38. 38.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  39. 39.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata

Answer key

  1. Rudyard Kipling
  2. False
  3. Wings of Fire
  4. Sanskrit
  5. True
  6. Vishnu Sharma
  7. Bengali
  8. 18
  9. English
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. False
  14. the Panchatantra
  15. False
  16. Kalidasa
  17. Idgah
  18. Tulsidas
  19. False
  20. True
  21. True
  22. 5
  23. Awadhi
  24. False
  25. English
  26. Tirukkural
  27. Sanskrit
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Rabindranath Tagore
  32. Rama
  33. False
  34. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  35. 18
  36. Ramcharitmanas
  37. English
  38. Krishna
  39. the Mahabharata
  40. the Mahabharata

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