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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 124 · 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.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  3. 3.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  5. 5.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  6. 6.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Gitanjali (c) Wings of Fire (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.True or false: Valmiki wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Tirukkural (d) Godan
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) English
  13. 13.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Tulsidas
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Valmiki
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  23. 23.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Tulsidas (b) Kalidasa (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Lewis Carroll
  25. 25.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  26. 26.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  27. 27.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Panchatantra (c) Godan (d) Ramcharitmanas
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Hindi (d) English
  35. 35.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: Premchand wrote Idgah. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  38. 38.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Wings of Fire (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Ved Vyasa (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  40. 40.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Mowgli (c) Bagheera (d) Baloo

Answer key

  1. False
  2. animal stories
  3. False
  4. 18
  5. 5
  6. Tirukkural
  7. False
  8. the Mahabharata
  9. Sanskrit
  10. English
  11. Sanskrit
  12. English
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Kalidasa
  16. Tulsidas
  17. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  18. True
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Valmiki
  22. English
  23. Rama
  24. Ved Vyasa
  25. 18
  26. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. Gitanjali
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Krishna
  31. Sanskrit
  32. Sanskrit
  33. True
  34. Hindi
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Tamil
  38. the Ramayana
  39. Lewis Carroll
  40. Mowgli

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