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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 130 · 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 Tulsidas write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  2. 2.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) Tirukkural
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Thiruvalluvar
  4. 4.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  5. 5.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) The Jungle Book (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  6. 6.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) Meghaduta (d) the Panchatantra
  7. 7.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Meghaduta (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Tirukkural
  9. 9.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  12. 12.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Valmiki (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Vishnu Sharma
  14. 14.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Shere Khan (b) Baloo (c) Bagheera (d) Mowgli
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Bengali
  16. 16.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  18. 18.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  20. 20.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) Tirukkural (d) The Jungle Book
  24. 24.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  27. 27.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Gitanjali
  28. 28.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) recipes (c) animal stories (d) war songs
  29. 29.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Gitanjali (b) the Ramayana (c) The Jungle Book (d) Wings of Fire
  30. 30.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Idgah. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  34. 34.True or false: Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  37. 37.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  38. 38.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  40. 40.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Ramcharitmanas
  2. the Mahabharata
  3. Rudyard Kipling
  4. Krishna
  5. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  6. Gitanjali
  7. True
  8. Meghaduta
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Sanskrit
  12. False
  13. Valmiki
  14. Mowgli
  15. Bengali
  16. False
  17. Rama
  18. 18
  19. Awadhi
  20. False
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Tirukkural
  24. Sanskrit
  25. False
  26. 18
  27. the Panchatantra
  28. animal stories
  29. Wings of Fire
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Tamil
  34. True
  35. True
  36. Tulsidas
  37. English
  38. True
  39. the Ramayana
  40. False

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