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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 827 · 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: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Arjuna
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  13. 13.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  17. 17.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Valmiki wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  23. 23.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Godan
  25. 25.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  26. 26.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Premchand
  29. 29.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  32. 32.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  38. 38.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma

Answer key

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

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