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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 764 · 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 Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  6. 6.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  9. 9.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  11. 11.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  22. 22.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  23. 23.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  24. 24.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  28. 28.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  31. 31.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan
  36. 36.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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