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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 948 · 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: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  5. 5.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Vishnu Sharma
  9. 9.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  16. 16.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. 19.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Karna (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  22. 22.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  23. 23.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Mahabharata
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Tulsidas
  30. 30.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Baloo (d) Mowgli
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Thiruvalluvar
  35. 35.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Wings of Fire (c) Godan (d) Tirukkural
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  40. 40.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Idgah (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Ramayana (d) Wings of Fire

Answer key

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

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