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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 798 · 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: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Arjuna (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  10. 10.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  12. 12.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  17. 17.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  18. 18.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  20. 20.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Premchand (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  24. 24.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Tulsidas
  29. 29.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Gitanjali
  32. 32.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Panchatantra (d) Idgah
  34. 34.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  36. 36.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  37. 37.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  40. 40.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata

Answer key

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

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