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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 112 · 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 Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  2. 2.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  3. 3.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) Wings of Fire (d) Meghaduta
  5. 5.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Godan (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) English
  7. 7.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) the Mahabharata (d) Tirukkural
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  9. 9.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  13. 13.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  15. 15.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Ved Vyasa
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  18. 18.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Panchatantra
  19. 19.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  22. 22.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Tulsidas (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Valmiki
  24. 24.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  25. 25.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  26. 26.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) English
  27. 27.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Godan (b) the Panchatantra (c) Idgah (d) Gitanjali
  30. 30.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Ved Vyasa
  33. 33.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Idgah
  34. 34.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma
  37. 37.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  38. 38.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Premchand
  40. 40.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) animal stories (c) war songs (d) recipes

Answer key

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

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