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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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