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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 954 · 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 Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  4. 4.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  5. 5.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Bagheera
  6. 6.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Vishnu Sharma
  11. 11.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Ramcharitmanas
  18. 18.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Wings of Fire
  19. 19.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  21. 21.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  22. 22.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  24. 24.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Panchatantra
  30. 30.True or false: Valmiki wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: Premchand wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Hanuman (c) Ravana (d) Krishna
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Kalidasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  34. 34.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Ramayana (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  35. 35.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Rama (c) Bhima (d) Karna
  37. 37.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  39. 39.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  40. 40.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. English
  4. 5
  5. Mowgli
  6. 18
  7. True
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Vishnu Sharma
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Ramcharitmanas
  18. Wings of Fire
  19. Alice in Wonderland
  20. Hindi
  21. the Panchatantra
  22. Gitanjali
  23. Bengali
  24. True
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. the Mahabharata
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Krishna
  33. Ved Vyasa
  34. the Ramayana
  35. False
  36. Rama
  37. 18
  38. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  39. animal stories
  40. True

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