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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 735 · 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 Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Tulsidas
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) English
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  24. 24.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  30. 30.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  37. 37.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Ravana
  40. 40.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Lewis Carroll
  2. 18
  3. False
  4. False
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. Gitanjali
  7. True
  8. Tulsidas
  9. English
  10. False
  11. Premchand
  12. Bengali
  13. Vishnu Sharma
  14. Wings of Fire
  15. 5
  16. False
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Sanskrit
  20. English
  21. Sanskrit
  22. Thiruvalluvar
  23. Sanskrit
  24. False
  25. Hindi
  26. 18
  27. False
  28. False
  29. animal stories
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Meghaduta
  34. Premchand
  35. Tamil
  36. Ved Vyasa
  37. Ramcharitmanas
  38. False
  39. Krishna
  40. False

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