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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 128 · 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 Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Mowgli (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  5. 5.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  6. 6.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) the Mahabharata
  7. 7.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Vishnu Sharma
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  9. 9.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  10. 10.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Gitanjali
  11. 11.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Tirukkural (d) the Panchatantra
  12. 12.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Idgah (b) Godan (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Ramayana
  14. 14.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Godan (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  16. 16.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Kalidasa (b) Premchand (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  19. 19.True or false: Godan was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  21. 21.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Bengali (c) Sanskrit (d) Hindi
  23. 23.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  24. 24.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Meghaduta (b) Idgah (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  25. 25.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  27. 27.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  28. 28.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Bhima (c) Karna (d) Rama
  31. 31.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) Gitanjali (d) Idgah
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  33. 33.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  35. 35.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) war songs (c) maps (d) animal stories
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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