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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 852 · 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 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) Godan
  2. 2.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  3. 3.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  11. 11.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  14. 14.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Tamil
  17. 17.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  19. 19.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Godan was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  37. 37.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Alice in Wonderland
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Ramcharitmanas

Answer key

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

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