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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 809 · 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.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Ramcharitmanas
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  7. 7.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  9. 9.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  14. 14.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Thiruvalluvar
  16. 16.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  18. 18.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Mahabharata (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Tirukkural
  24. 24.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  29. 29.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) The Jungle Book
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  33. 33.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  36. 36.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  37. 37.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  39. 39.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ramcharitmanas
  2. 5
  3. False
  4. The Jungle Book
  5. Hindi
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. False
  8. Wings of Fire
  9. False
  10. Krishna
  11. False
  12. Sanskrit
  13. English
  14. False
  15. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. the Mahabharata
  17. animal stories
  18. False
  19. Valmiki
  20. 18
  21. True
  22. Sanskrit
  23. Tirukkural
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Lewis Carroll
  28. Awadhi
  29. Gitanjali
  30. Premchand
  31. False
  32. Bengali
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Sanskrit
  36. Meghaduta
  37. Mowgli
  38. Kalidasa
  39. False
  40. True

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