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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 746 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  2. 2.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  8. 8.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  25. 25.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Rama
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) recipes (c) maps (d) animal stories
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  36. 36.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  39. 39.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Bengali
  2. False
  3. False
  4. 18
  5. True
  6. False
  7. Rama
  8. False
  9. True
  10. False
  11. False
  12. Idgah
  13. 5
  14. Sanskrit
  15. False
  16. Mowgli
  17. False
  18. Kalidasa
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. 18
  21. The Jungle Book
  22. False
  23. the Ramayana
  24. Vishnu Sharma
  25. True
  26. Krishna
  27. False
  28. animal stories
  29. Rabindranath Tagore
  30. Sanskrit
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Wings of Fire
  34. Tirukkural
  35. Premchand
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Premchand
  39. False
  40. False

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