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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 946 · 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 the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Bengali (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Premchand (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rudyard Kipling
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Awadhi
  5. 5.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Ved Vyasa
  7. 7.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Valmiki (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  11. 11.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  12. 12.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  14. 14.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Hindi
  16. 16.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) maps (d) recipes
  18. 18.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  20. 20.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) English
  23. 23.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Godan
  24. 24.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Ravana (c) Rama (d) Krishna
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Ved Vyasa
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  28. 28.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  31. 31.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  34. 34.True or false: Godan was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. English
  3. Premchand
  4. Sanskrit
  5. False
  6. Lewis Carroll
  7. False
  8. False
  9. 5
  10. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  11. Vishnu Sharma
  12. True
  13. 18
  14. Ramcharitmanas
  15. Sanskrit
  16. False
  17. animal stories
  18. Idgah
  19. Rudyard Kipling
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Awadhi
  23. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  24. Krishna
  25. True
  26. Valmiki
  27. Tirukkural
  28. 18
  29. False
  30. the Ramayana
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Wings of Fire
  34. False
  35. Gitanjali
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Mowgli
  39. Hindi
  40. False

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