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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 134 · 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 Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  4. 4.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) the Panchatantra (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Ramayana
  5. 5.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Kalidasa
  6. 6.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Tirukkural (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. 7.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  8. 8.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Alice in Wonderland? (a) Premchand (b) Tulsidas (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Lewis Carroll
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  12. 12.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) The Jungle Book (c) Tirukkural (d) Gitanjali
  13. 13.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Kalidasa (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  14. 14.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) The Jungle Book (c) Idgah (d) Wings of Fire
  15. 15.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  16. 16.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Thiruvalluvar (b) Premchand (c) Kalidasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  17. 17.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) Tamil (d) English
  19. 19.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  20. 20.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  21. 21.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Arjuna (c) Rama (d) Karna
  22. 22.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Bagheera (b) Shere Khan (c) Mowgli (d) Baloo
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Godan (b) the Mahabharata (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Tirukkural
  25. 25.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Panchatantra. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Tamil (b) Hindi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  31. 31.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) The Jungle Book (c) Godan (d) Gitanjali
  32. 32.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Thiruvalluvar (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Vishnu Sharma (b) Ved Vyasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Rudyard Kipling
  37. 37.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) the Mahabharata (c) The Jungle Book (d) the Panchatantra
  40. 40.True or false: Tulsidas wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Vishnu Sharma
  4. The Jungle Book
  5. Rabindranath Tagore
  6. Tirukkural
  7. Sanskrit
  8. False
  9. Lewis Carroll
  10. Tamil
  11. 18
  12. Gitanjali
  13. Kalidasa
  14. Wings of Fire
  15. Krishna
  16. Thiruvalluvar
  17. True
  18. Bengali
  19. Sanskrit
  20. 18
  21. Rama
  22. Mowgli
  23. True
  24. the Mahabharata
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Sanskrit
  31. Godan
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Tulsidas
  36. Rudyard Kipling
  37. False
  38. True
  39. the Panchatantra
  40. False

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