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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 890 · 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: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  4. 4.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  9. 9.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Bhima (d) Rama
  12. 12.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  13. 13.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Valmiki
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  21. 21.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) recipes (c) war songs (d) maps
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  29. 29.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  36. 36.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  39. 39.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) The Jungle Book (d) Meghaduta
  40. 40.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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