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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 968 · 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: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Kalidasa (b) Tulsidas (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  5. 5.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Gitanjali (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Gitanjali (b) The Jungle Book (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) The Jungle Book
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  12. 12.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  13. 13.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) maps (c) recipes (d) war songs
  16. 16.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Rama (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Bhima
  17. 17.True or false: Valmiki wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Idgah (d) the Mahabharata
  20. 20.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Premchand (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  28. 28.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Tirukkural
  29. 29.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Tulsidas
  35. 35.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Bengali (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Kalidasa (d) Premchand
  38. 38.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Bengali
  4. Rabindranath Tagore
  5. Gitanjali
  6. the Panchatantra
  7. Alice in Wonderland
  8. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  9. Premchand
  10. False
  11. 18
  12. Wings of Fire
  13. True
  14. False
  15. animal stories
  16. Rama
  17. False
  18. False
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. 5
  21. Valmiki
  22. False
  23. True
  24. True
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Lewis Carroll
  28. Tirukkural
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Sanskrit
  32. English
  33. Sanskrit
  34. Kalidasa
  35. 18
  36. English
  37. Kalidasa
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Mowgli

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