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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 176 · 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.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  2. 2.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  4. 4.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Idgah
  5. 5.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) the Ramayana (d) Idgah
  8. 8.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  10. 10.📚 Who wrote Gitanjali? (a) Ved Vyasa (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Tulsidas
  11. 11.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) Idgah (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Shere Khan (d) Baloo
  13. 13.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (b) Kalidasa (c) Tulsidas (d) Ved Vyasa
  16. 16.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Wings of Fire (b) Godan (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  17. 17.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  19. 19.True or false: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Tamil
  22. 22.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Hindi (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  23. 23.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) animal stories (c) recipes (d) maps
  25. 25.True or false: Ramcharitmanas was first written in English. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) the Panchatantra (c) Meghaduta (d) Gitanjali
  28. 28.True or false: Kalidasa wrote the Ramayana. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Bhima (b) Karna (c) Arjuna (d) Rama
  31. 31.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Hindi
  32. 32.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Gitanjali (c) The Jungle Book (d) Godan
  33. 33.📚 Who wrote The Jungle Book? (a) Kalidasa (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Valmiki (d) Rudyard Kipling
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Bengali (c) English (d) Tamil
  35. 35.📚 Who wrote Godan? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rudyard Kipling (c) Premchand (d) Kalidasa
  36. 36.True or false: the Mahabharata was first written in Bengali. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Godan (b) Tirukkural (c) Wings of Fire (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Kalidasa (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Lewis Carroll
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Kalidasa (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Premchand (d) Vishnu Sharma
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Tamil (c) English (d) Bengali

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. True
  3. 5
  4. the Mahabharata
  5. False
  6. False
  7. the Ramayana
  8. True
  9. 18
  10. Rabindranath Tagore
  11. Ramcharitmanas
  12. Mowgli
  13. True
  14. True
  15. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. Wings of Fire
  17. True
  18. Sanskrit
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Sanskrit
  22. Sanskrit
  23. False
  24. animal stories
  25. False
  26. True
  27. the Panchatantra
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Rama
  31. English
  32. The Jungle Book
  33. Rudyard Kipling
  34. English
  35. Premchand
  36. False
  37. Tirukkural
  38. Kalidasa
  39. Premchand
  40. English

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