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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 919 · 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 Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  3. 3.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  4. 4.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Tirukkural (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  8. 8.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  9. 9.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  11. 11.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  14. 14.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Lewis Carroll
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  21. 21.True or false: Godan was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  28. 28.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  31. 31.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  33. 33.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  37. 37.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar

Answer key

  1. Awadhi
  2. Premchand
  3. Mowgli
  4. Gitanjali
  5. the Mahabharata
  6. True
  7. 18
  8. 5
  9. True
  10. 18
  11. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  12. Sanskrit
  13. Tamil
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Hindi
  17. Tulsidas
  18. English
  19. Premchand
  20. English
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Sanskrit
  28. False
  29. English
  30. Valmiki
  31. Rama
  32. Sanskrit
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Wings of Fire
  36. Lewis Carroll
  37. True
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Kalidasa

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