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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 938 · 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 Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Premchand (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  7. 7.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  8. 8.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  10. 10.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Meghaduta
  11. 11.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  13. 13.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  16. 16.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  18. 18.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  20. 20.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  24. 24.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Thiruvalluvar
  31. 31.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  36. 36.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) Meghaduta (c) the Mahabharata (d) Ramcharitmanas
  37. 37.True or false: Valmiki wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. 39.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Awadhi
  2. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. English
  4. 5
  5. False
  6. Sanskrit
  7. the Panchatantra
  8. False
  9. Sanskrit
  10. the Mahabharata
  11. True
  12. Wings of Fire
  13. the Ramayana
  14. True
  15. Tamil
  16. False
  17. the Mahabharata
  18. True
  19. Idgah
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. English
  24. True
  25. English
  26. False
  27. False
  28. 18
  29. Valmiki
  30. Tulsidas
  31. False
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Krishna
  36. Ramcharitmanas
  37. False
  38. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  39. False
  40. False

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