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Class 5 GK Worksheet: Books and Authors

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

Answer key

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

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