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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

  1. the Mahabharata
  2. 5
  3. 18
  4. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  5. English
  6. False
  7. Awadhi
  8. the Ramayana
  9. Hindi
  10. False
  11. the Panchatantra
  12. False
  13. Ramcharitmanas
  14. Sanskrit
  15. Rama
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Rudyard Kipling
  19. the Mahabharata
  20. 18
  21. Alice in Wonderland
  22. Bengali
  23. Vishnu Sharma
  24. False
  25. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  26. Tulsidas
  27. False
  28. animal stories
  29. Godan
  30. English
  31. False
  32. Ved Vyasa
  33. Thiruvalluvar
  34. Premchand
  35. True
  36. Mowgli
  37. Tamil
  38. False
  39. Sanskrit
  40. Gitanjali

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