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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 904 · 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.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  4. 4.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  6. 6.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  10. 10.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  11. 11.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  16. 16.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  20. 20.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  24. 24.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  27. 27.True or false: Valmiki wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  29. 29.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  30. 30.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  35. 35.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  36. 36.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  38. 38.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. False
  3. 18
  4. True
  5. Idgah
  6. False
  7. True
  8. English
  9. Tamil
  10. animal stories
  11. False
  12. 18
  13. 5
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Sanskrit
  16. True
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Rudyard Kipling
  20. the Panchatantra
  21. Bengali
  22. False
  23. Alice in Wonderland
  24. False
  25. False
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. False
  28. Thiruvalluvar
  29. Mowgli
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Kalidasa
  33. Premchand
  34. Premchand
  35. Meghaduta
  36. True
  37. Wings of Fire
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Gitanjali

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