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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 769 · 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) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  4. 4.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  10. 10.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  12. 12.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  13. 13.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  22. 22.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  28. 28.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  29. 29.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  30. 30.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Gitanjali
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  35. 35.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Rudyard Kipling
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. English
  2. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. Tamil
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Rabindranath Tagore
  7. True
  8. Bengali
  9. Kalidasa
  10. True
  11. Rama
  12. the Ramayana
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Godan
  16. Tulsidas
  17. Sanskrit
  18. 5
  19. Sanskrit
  20. Thiruvalluvar
  21. Vishnu Sharma
  22. True
  23. False
  24. 18
  25. Alice in Wonderland
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. 18
  28. Gitanjali
  29. animal stories
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Wings of Fire
  33. False
  34. Mowgli
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Lewis Carroll
  38. Rudyard Kipling
  39. True
  40. False

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