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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 771 · 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) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  3. 3.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) The Jungle Book
  4. 4.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Mahabharata (d) The Jungle Book
  5. 5.True or false: Premchand wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  9. 9.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) war songs (d) recipes
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  19. 19.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  21. 21.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  26. 26.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  27. 27.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  28. 28.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  37. 37.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  39. 39.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. English
  2. Rama
  3. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  4. Alice in Wonderland
  5. False
  6. False
  7. 18
  8. Ved Vyasa
  9. False
  10. True
  11. False
  12. 5
  13. True
  14. True
  15. False
  16. animal stories
  17. False
  18. Godan
  19. False
  20. Premchand
  21. The Jungle Book
  22. Sanskrit
  23. Vishnu Sharma
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. Mowgli
  26. 18
  27. Ramcharitmanas
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Krishna
  31. Sanskrit
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. Gitanjali
  37. False
  38. Idgah
  39. the Ramayana
  40. True

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