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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 923 · 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 Godan first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Krishna (d) Rama
  4. 4.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Wings of Fire (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Meghaduta
  5. 5.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  9. 9.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  10. 10.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) maps
  14. 14.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Premchand
  15. 15.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  18. 18.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  20. 20.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  23. 23.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) English
  25. 25.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Valmiki (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Kalidasa
  27. 27.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Valmiki wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Tulsidas (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rudyard Kipling
  38. 38.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Tirukkural (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Panchatantra (d) Wings of Fire
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Tamil

Answer key

  1. Hindi
  2. 5
  3. Krishna
  4. Alice in Wonderland
  5. True
  6. 18
  7. English
  8. Kalidasa
  9. 18
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. animal stories
  14. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  15. False
  16. Vishnu Sharma
  17. Gitanjali
  18. False
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. False
  21. False
  22. Premchand
  23. Godan
  24. English
  25. Mowgli
  26. Lewis Carroll
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Valmiki
  32. True
  33. True
  34. True
  35. Sanskrit
  36. Awadhi
  37. Rabindranath Tagore
  38. False
  39. The Jungle Book
  40. Tamil

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