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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 175 · 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.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 2.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.📚 Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Premchand (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Ved Vyasa
  4. 4.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  5. 5.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Mahabharata (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  6. 6.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Premchand
  7. 7.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  8. 8.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Premchand (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Idgah (c) Gitanjali (d) Ramcharitmanas
  12. 12.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Bengali (b) Awadhi (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  13. 13.🗣️ In which language was Meghaduta first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  16. 16.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  18. 18.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Rudyard Kipling
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) animal stories (b) war songs (c) recipes (d) maps
  22. 22.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Ramcharitmanas (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Panchatantra (d) Meghaduta
  23. 23.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: Premchand wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Valmiki (c) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  28. 28.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  30. 30.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Godan (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Tamil (d) Bengali
  32. 32.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Valmiki (d) Premchand
  33. 33.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Hanuman (b) Krishna (c) Ravana (d) Rama
  34. 34.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  35. 35.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) the Mahabharata
  36. 36.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote the Mahabharata. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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