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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 981 · 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.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Valmiki (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  2. 2.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  4. 4.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Lewis Carroll (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  10. 10.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Godan (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Panchatantra
  14. 14.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  17. 17.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Bengali (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  19. 19.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Tulsidas (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Lewis Carroll
  26. 26.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) Idgah
  27. 27.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) Tirukkural (d) Meghaduta
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  32. 32.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  33. 33.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Tirukkural (d) Alice in Wonderland
  34. 34.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Meghaduta (d) the Mahabharata
  35. 35.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Rama (c) Arjuna (d) Karna
  36. 36.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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