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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 996 · 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) Ramcharitmanas (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Panchatantra
  2. 2.True or false: Valmiki wrote Meghaduta. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) English (d) Tamil
  5. 5.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  9. 9.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Valmiki (d) Lewis Carroll
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Ramcharitmanas
  12. 12.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Alice in Wonderland
  13. 13.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Krishna (b) Rama (c) Ravana (d) Hanuman
  14. 14.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Valmiki (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Baloo (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  21. 21.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  26. 26.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Mahabharata
  27. 27.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Tirukkural (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) The Jungle Book
  28. 28.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Awadhi
  30. 30.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Sanskrit
  32. 32.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  35. 35.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Idgah (d) the Ramayana
  38. 38.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Tirukkural (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  39. 39.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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