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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 892 · 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: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Thiruvalluvar
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Vishnu Sharma
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Idgah (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  20. 20.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  23. 23.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  25. 25.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  28. 28.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  33. 33.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Ravana
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  35. 35.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Gitanjali
  36. 36.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) The Jungle Book
  40. 40.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna

Answer key

  1. False
  2. English
  3. Vishnu Sharma
  4. False
  5. Tulsidas
  6. Rudyard Kipling
  7. Thiruvalluvar
  8. Valmiki
  9. Hindi
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. Awadhi
  14. 18
  15. 5
  16. Idgah
  17. Bengali
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Ved Vyasa
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Sanskrit
  23. False
  24. Mowgli
  25. the Mahabharata
  26. Godan
  27. animal stories
  28. False
  29. English
  30. True
  31. False
  32. 18
  33. Krishna
  34. Lewis Carroll
  35. Gitanjali
  36. True
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Alice in Wonderland
  40. Rama

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