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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 834 · 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.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Tirukkural (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  4. 4.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  18. 18.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Rama (d) Ravana
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  21. 21.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) war songs
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  33. 33.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  34. 34.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Valmiki
  38. 38.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) Meghaduta
  39. 39.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland

Answer key

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

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