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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 219 · 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 books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  2. 2.Which of these did Rudyard Kipling write? (a) The Jungle Book (b) Godan (c) Wings of Fire (d) Idgah
  3. 3.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Wings of Fire (c) the Mahabharata (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  4. 4.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  6. 6.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  7. 7.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) recipes (b) maps (c) war songs (d) animal stories
  8. 8.🗣️ In which language was Tirukkural first written? (a) Tamil (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  9. 9.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was Godan first written? (a) Hindi (b) English (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
  11. 11.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Ravana (b) Rama (c) Krishna (d) Hanuman
  13. 13.True or false: Gitanjali was first written in Bengali. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: Valmiki wrote the Ramayana. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.📚 Who wrote Wings of Fire? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Valmiki
  16. 16.🐺 In The Jungle Book, which boy is raised by wolves? (a) Mowgli (b) Bagheera (c) Baloo (d) Shere Khan
  17. 17.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Gitanjali (b) Alice in Wonderland (c) the Ramayana (d) Meghaduta
  18. 18.Which of these did Kalidasa write? (a) Idgah (b) Meghaduta (c) Tirukkural (d) the Ramayana
  19. 19.True or false: Wings of Fire was first written in Tamil. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: the Ramayana was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Tirukkural. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Panchatantra (c) the Mahabharata (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.True or false: Tulsidas wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these did Thiruvalluvar write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) the Ramayana (c) Tirukkural (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  27. 27.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) Hindi (b) Awadhi (c) English (d) Sanskrit
  28. 28.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) Awadhi (b) Hindi (c) Bengali (d) English
  29. 29.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: Kalidasa wrote Meghaduta. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Meghaduta (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) Godan
  33. 33.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Godan (c) Gitanjali (d) Alice in Wonderland
  34. 34.True or false: Thiruvalluvar wrote Wings of Fire. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) English (b) Hindi (c) Sanskrit (d) Bengali
  36. 36.Which of these did Valmiki write? (a) Tirukkural (b) the Ramayana (c) Ramcharitmanas (d) the Mahabharata
  37. 37.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Ramayana (b) Ramcharitmanas (c) the Mahabharata (d) Alice in Wonderland
  38. 38.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Alice in Wonderland. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.📚 Who wrote Tirukkural? (a) Valmiki (b) Lewis Carroll (c) Premchand (d) Thiruvalluvar
  40. 40.True or false: Godan was first written in Awadhi. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. The Jungle Book
  3. Wings of Fire
  4. True
  5. 18
  6. Abhijnanashakuntalam
  7. animal stories
  8. Tamil
  9. 5
  10. Hindi
  11. False
  12. Krishna
  13. True
  14. True
  15. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  16. Mowgli
  17. Gitanjali
  18. Meghaduta
  19. False
  20. False
  21. False
  22. True
  23. the Mahabharata
  24. False
  25. False
  26. Tirukkural
  27. English
  28. English
  29. True
  30. True
  31. True
  32. Alice in Wonderland
  33. the Panchatantra
  34. False
  35. Sanskrit
  36. the Ramayana
  37. the Mahabharata
  38. False
  39. Thiruvalluvar
  40. False

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