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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 935 · 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: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  3. 3.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  9. 9.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  13. 13.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  15. 15.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Gitanjali (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  16. 16.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire
  17. 17.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  19. 19.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) the Panchatantra
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  26. 26.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) English
  29. 29.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  33. 33.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Godan (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  37. 37.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  39. 39.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  40. 40.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Tulsidas

Answer key

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

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