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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 93 · 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: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Ramcharitmanas
  4. 4.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Alice in Wonderland
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  6. 6.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Bagheera
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  21. 21.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  26. 26.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. 27.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  28. 28.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) Alice in Wonderland
  33. 33.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  35. 35.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  37. 37.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Alice in Wonderland
  4. the Panchatantra
  5. Sanskrit
  6. False
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. Vishnu Sharma
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. True
  13. the Mahabharata
  14. 18
  15. 18
  16. Mowgli
  17. Ved Vyasa
  18. Tulsidas
  19. Lewis Carroll
  20. English
  21. True
  22. True
  23. English
  24. True
  25. The Jungle Book
  26. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. animal stories
  28. Rama
  29. True
  30. 5
  31. True
  32. the Ramayana
  33. False
  34. Ramcharitmanas
  35. True
  36. English
  37. True
  38. Awadhi
  39. Rabindranath Tagore
  40. Kalidasa

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