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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 931 · 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: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  4. 4.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  5. 5.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  6. 6.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Mowgli (d) Bagheera
  7. 7.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) the Ramayana
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Valmiki
  10. 10.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  12. 12.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  14. 14.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Hindi
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  17. 17.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  19. 19.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Hanuman (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  24. 24.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Godan (c) the Mahabharata (d) Wings of Fire
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  28. 28.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  29. 29.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  31. 31.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Alice in Wonderland
  32. 32.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  34. 34.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) the Panchatantra
  39. 39.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  40. 40.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Godan

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. Awadhi
  4. Rama
  5. the Ramayana
  6. Mowgli
  7. False
  8. Gitanjali
  9. Valmiki
  10. False
  11. Premchand
  12. Kalidasa
  13. Rudyard Kipling
  14. Hindi
  15. Premchand
  16. Sanskrit
  17. 5
  18. Sanskrit
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. Ved Vyasa
  21. True
  22. Krishna
  23. English
  24. True
  25. English
  26. Wings of Fire
  27. Kalidasa
  28. 18
  29. False
  30. Vishnu Sharma
  31. Alice in Wonderland
  32. True
  33. Thiruvalluvar
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. 18
  38. the Panchatantra
  39. the Mahabharata
  40. The Jungle Book

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