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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 778 · 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) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  2. 2.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Premchand
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  8. 8.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  13. 13.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Godan
  14. 14.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  16. 16.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  31. 31.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  34. 34.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  40. 40.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Bengali
  2. True
  3. the Panchatantra
  4. English
  5. False
  6. Premchand
  7. Hindi
  8. False
  9. True
  10. True
  11. True
  12. Rabindranath Tagore
  13. Godan
  14. False
  15. the Mahabharata
  16. False
  17. Tirukkural
  18. True
  19. Thiruvalluvar
  20. Sanskrit
  21. Tamil
  22. English
  23. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  24. Sanskrit
  25. Krishna
  26. False
  27. 18
  28. True
  29. True
  30. Gitanjali
  31. True
  32. Mowgli
  33. English
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Ved Vyasa
  39. 5
  40. False

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