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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

GK lesson 28: Books, epics and their authors · Set 239 · 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: Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.📚 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas? (a) Tulsidas (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Rudyard Kipling
  3. 3.🏹 Who is the hero of the Ramayana? (a) Arjuna (b) Karna (c) Rama (d) Bhima
  4. 4.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: Tirukkural was first written in Hindi. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these did Vishnu Sharma write? (a) Idgah (b) Gitanjali (c) the Panchatantra (d) Abhijnanashakuntalam
  8. 8.True or false: Vishnu Sharma wrote Godan. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.📚 Who wrote Meghaduta? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  10. 10.🗣️ In which language was The Jungle Book first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  11. 11.Which of these did A. P. J. Abdul Kalam write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) Wings of Fire (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) the Ramayana
  12. 12.🏹 How many Pandava brothers were there in the Mahabharata?
  13. 13.Which of these did Tulsidas write? (a) Godan (b) The Jungle Book (c) the Ramayana (d) Ramcharitmanas
  14. 14.True or false: the Panchatantra was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: The Jungle Book was first written in Awadhi. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🗣️ In which language was Ramcharitmanas first written? (a) Tamil (b) Sanskrit (c) Hindi (d) Awadhi
  17. 17.📚 Who wrote Idgah? (a) Premchand (b) Kalidasa (c) Thiruvalluvar (d) Vishnu Sharma
  18. 18.🗣️ In which language was Wings of Fire first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Tamil (d) Hindi
  19. 19.📚 Who wrote the Ramayana? (a) Tulsidas (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Valmiki (d) Kalidasa
  20. 20.🗣️ In which language was the Mahabharata first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) Tamil (c) Hindi (d) English
  21. 21.🦊 The Panchatantra is famous for its ___. (a) war songs (b) maps (c) recipes (d) animal stories
  22. 22.Which of these did Lewis Carroll write? (a) Abhijnanashakuntalam (b) the Panchatantra (c) Alice in Wonderland (d) the Mahabharata
  23. 23.📖 The Bhagavad Gita is a part of which epic? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Tirukkural (c) the Panchatantra (d) the Ramayana
  24. 24.📖 How many chapters are there in the Bhagavad Gita?
  25. 25.True or false: Rabindranath Tagore wrote Gitanjali. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these did Ved Vyasa write? (a) the Mahabharata (b) Idgah (c) Abhijnanashakuntalam (d) Meghaduta
  27. 27.True or false: Meghaduta was first written in Sanskrit. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these did Rabindranath Tagore write? (a) Alice in Wonderland (b) Gitanjali (c) Godan (d) the Mahabharata
  29. 29.🗣️ In which language was the Panchatantra first written? (a) Sanskrit (b) English (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi
  30. 30.📚 Who wrote the Panchatantra? (a) Rudyard Kipling (b) Vishnu Sharma (c) Ved Vyasa (d) Rabindranath Tagore
  31. 31.📚 Who wrote Abhijnanashakuntalam? (a) Tulsidas (b) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (c) Rudyard Kipling (d) Kalidasa
  32. 32.🗣️ In which language was the Ramayana first written? (a) English (b) Sanskrit (c) Bengali (d) Tamil
  33. 33.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in Sanskrit. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🗣️ In which language was Gitanjali first written? (a) English (b) Awadhi (c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit
  35. 35.📖 How many books (parvas) is the Mahabharata divided into?
  36. 36.🏹 Who was Arjuna’s charioteer in the Mahabharata? (a) Rama (b) Ravana (c) Hanuman (d) Krishna
  37. 37.Which of these did Premchand write? (a) the Panchatantra (b) the Mahabharata (c) Godan (d) Wings of Fire
  38. 38.True or false: Ved Vyasa wrote Ramcharitmanas. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: Alice in Wonderland was first written in English. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🗣️ In which language was Alice in Wonderland first written? (a) English (b) Tamil (c) Awadhi (d) Hindi

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Tulsidas
  3. Rama
  4. True
  5. True
  6. False
  7. the Panchatantra
  8. False
  9. Kalidasa
  10. English
  11. Wings of Fire
  12. 5
  13. Ramcharitmanas
  14. False
  15. False
  16. Awadhi
  17. Premchand
  18. English
  19. Valmiki
  20. Sanskrit
  21. animal stories
  22. Alice in Wonderland
  23. the Mahabharata
  24. 18
  25. True
  26. the Mahabharata
  27. True
  28. Gitanjali
  29. Sanskrit
  30. Vishnu Sharma
  31. Kalidasa
  32. Sanskrit
  33. False
  34. Bengali
  35. 18
  36. Krishna
  37. Godan
  38. False
  39. True
  40. English

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