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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 749 · 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.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) English
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  9. 9.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  15. 15.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Hanuman
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Awadhi
  18. 18.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  21. 21.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  22. 22.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  23. 23.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  26. 26.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  28. 28.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.True or false: Kalidasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  38. 38.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Awadhi
  4. English
  5. Vishnu Sharma
  6. Rama
  7. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  8. Kalidasa
  9. True
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. Sanskrit
  12. True
  13. 18
  14. Tulsidas
  15. Ramcharitmanas
  16. Krishna
  17. English
  18. Alice in Wonderland
  19. Valmiki
  20. Mowgli
  21. 18
  22. 5
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Tirukkural
  26. False
  27. Ved Vyasa
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Hindi
  31. Sanskrit
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. the Panchatantra
  36. False
  37. Lewis Carroll
  38. animal stories
  39. Rabindranath Tagore
  40. Sanskrit

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