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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 936 · 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: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Ramayana (d) The Jungle Book
  4. 4.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Karna (d) Bhima
  6. 6.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  7. 7.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  12. 12.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  13. 13.True or false: Premchand wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Vishnu Sharma
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. 21.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Awadhi
  23. 23.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Idgah (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) the Panchatantra
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Valmiki (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  26. 26.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  33. 33.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Tulsidas (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Thiruvalluvar
  36. 36.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Valmiki
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. Alice in Wonderland
  4. True
  5. Rama
  6. animal stories
  7. True
  8. Sanskrit
  9. True
  10. False
  11. Kalidasa
  12. Ramcharitmanas
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Vishnu Sharma
  16. 5
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  21. False
  22. Tamil
  23. False
  24. Gitanjali
  25. Thiruvalluvar
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. 18
  31. False
  32. Bengali
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Lewis Carroll
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Rudyard Kipling
  39. False
  40. English

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