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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 983 · 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.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Meghaduta (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Valmiki (b) Premchand (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Kalidasa
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Tulsidas
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Valmiki (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Premchand
  10. 10.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Arjuna
  11. 11.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Tirukkural. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Shere Khan (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Kalidasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  20. 20.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  26. 26.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  27. 27.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Awadhi
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Valmiki (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Gitanjali (c) Idgah (d) Ramcharitmanas
  33. 33.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Idgah (d) Tirukkural
  34. 34.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  35. 35.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) Tulsidas (d) Premchand
  37. 37.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra

Answer key

  1. the Panchatantra
  2. Tamil
  3. 5
  4. True
  5. True
  6. The Jungle Book
  7. Kalidasa
  8. Ved Vyasa
  9. Premchand
  10. Rama
  11. True
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Mowgli
  15. Valmiki
  16. False
  17. Sanskrit
  18. True
  19. 18
  20. 18
  21. Lewis Carroll
  22. Awadhi
  23. Sanskrit
  24. True
  25. Sanskrit
  26. Idgah
  27. False
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Hindi
  31. Kalidasa
  32. Gitanjali
  33. Wings of Fire
  34. animal stories
  35. Alice in Wonderland
  36. Premchand
  37. True
  38. True
  39. True
  40. the Mahabharata

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