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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 108 · 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.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  2. 2.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  3. 3.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Baloo (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Mowgli
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Bengali
  5. 5.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Rama (d) Karna
  8. 8.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  10. 10.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Valmiki
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Ramayana (b) the Mahabharata (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Hindi
  20. 20.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) Ramcharitmanas
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Tulsidas (d) Thiruvalluvar
  22. 22.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Godan (b) Wings of Fire (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  24. 24.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) the Ramayana (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  25. 25.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  26. 26.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  28. 28.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  29. 29.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  31. 31.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Tirukkural (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Ved Vyasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Lewis Carroll
  33. 33.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) English
  35. 35.True or false: Premchand wrote Godan. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  38. 38.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Idgah (c) Meghaduta (d) Godan
  40. 40.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Sanskrit
  2. 5
  3. Mowgli
  4. Hindi
  5. False
  6. False
  7. Rama
  8. False
  9. the Mahabharata
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. 18
  15. Kalidasa
  16. Valmiki
  17. Gitanjali
  18. Bengali
  19. English
  20. the Ramayana
  21. Thiruvalluvar
  22. False
  23. the Panchatantra
  24. The Jungle Book
  25. Tulsidas
  26. False
  27. Vishnu Sharma
  28. Alice in Wonderland
  29. True
  30. 18
  31. the Mahabharata
  32. Lewis Carroll
  33. True
  34. English
  35. True
  36. True
  37. animal stories
  38. False
  39. Meghaduta
  40. False

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