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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 131 · 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: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Valmiki (b) Kalidasa (c) Premchand (d) Lewis Carroll
  3. 3.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  4. 4.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) maps (b) war songs (c) animal stories (d) recipes
  5. 5.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  7. 7.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: Godan was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Sanskrit (c) Awadhi (d) Tamil
  11. 11.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  12. 12.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Awadhi (d) Sanskrit
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) English
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Hindi (d) English
  21. 21.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Valmiki (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  24. 24.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Tulsidas (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  25. 25.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Gitanjali (d) Tirukkural
  26. 26.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  28. 28.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Abhijnanashakuntalam (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Lewis Carroll (d) Rudyard Kipling
  32. 32.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  33. 33.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Idgah (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) The Jungle Book (d) Alice in Wonderland
  35. 35.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Tamil (b) Bengali (c) Awadhi (d) English
  37. 37.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  39. 39.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Premchand
  3. Sanskrit
  4. animal stories
  5. False
  6. Awadhi
  7. True
  8. True
  9. Mowgli
  10. Sanskrit
  11. the Mahabharata
  12. False
  13. True
  14. 18
  15. True
  16. 18
  17. False
  18. Sanskrit
  19. Tamil
  20. English
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Rabindranath Tagore
  24. Valmiki
  25. Tirukkural
  26. True
  27. 5
  28. False
  29. the Ramayana
  30. False
  31. Tulsidas
  32. Ramcharitmanas
  33. False
  34. The Jungle Book
  35. False
  36. Bengali
  37. True
  38. Rama
  39. False
  40. False

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